Lost in Trance-Nation: Mark leads the way with Alix, Alan, Meg and Steve on Knobs.

Of course, the best thing about S4C whilst I was growing up in the north-west was getting to watch Countdown on poorly tuned S4C in the telly in my room, then trotting downstairs to where my parents were watching English Channel 4 in the living room […]

 
Flemish chart record-breaker![…]

After last weeks high concept high art piece, lets go back a bit to a time when book jackets were not all airbrushed wasps and TV-Tie-ins. This cover to The Body In The Library is still pretty high concept, and designed nicely without a computer in s[…]

“that alluring mixture of bravado, frustration and loss”[…]

This morning I discovered that the new toothpaste I bought had vanished. Knowing my 1-year-old son’s love of raiding shopping bags I worked out quickly what had happened to it: the where proved more elusive, and to avoid being late I decided to[…]

Canadian indie-rock[…]

If you are the commenter known as COCO, who asked to play in Europop 2008 and was given PORTUGAL, can you send your email to leagueofpop@gmail.com ASAP confirming you still want to join in – we need a track for your opening game next week.
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This week we’re privy to a ‘drinking establishment focus group’. Tom leads, Tim, Pete, Sarah
and Magnus follow. Drinking songs as a chaser.

AP story on wbay.com “Gary Gygax died this morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin”
Yes, he’s failed that final saving throw and the Official D’n’D site has a black front page today.[…]