note to self: polish turd of my ignorance and flaunt as badge of superiority, moral, political, cultural, whatever….
[belated link via matos: i try never to read the G on music, and this is why][…]

THE BREAKFAST OF GRAMPIANS[…]

the JULIA LENNON PRINCIPLE revisited:
(recap: the debate is, who, in a JUST world, gets paid band-royalties for creative contribution? the guys on-stage, the guys on-record, the gals behind the guys? “who wrote the song?” vs “who m[…]

“Of his ability as a poet, however, there can be no reasonable doubt“:
hitchens is always SO way out of his depth talking abt matters popcult that i kind of assumed he just didn’t like rock (or any music at all, come to that) &#821[…]

FT Top 100 Films
69: JOAN OF ARC: THE MESSENGERmark sinker says:
This is in the 100 because GOD’S ANGELS spoke to me. If you disagree then I shall raise THE FIGHTING MANHOOD OF ALL FRANCE and drive you from our blog. IT IS STYLISH AND FUNNY an[…]

BROWN WEDGE COMPETITION: Design a Bauhaus Dalek!!
(backstory of idea to be found in comments box HERE, viz stevem’s rather brilliant observation that – contra bauhaus precepts – form did NOT follow function when that davros was a-[…]

“the color of television tuned to a dead channel”
pictures of cassini-huygen’s mission to saturn and titan[…]

“But by now it was taking some doing not to notice a qualitative difference between the teams[…]

just call me statto…

(i expect this wayne rooney joke is ancient by now but it was new to me last night when my friend glyn made it and i laughed so now you can) (unless you heard it before already)[…]

i wub hackney part #238457
ok so stelfox suggested we go to this newish vietnamese place on mare street, and between us as seasoned public cuisineers being maybe more showoffy adventurous we picked choices we probably wouldn’t have done if we&[…]