MODAID 20!
It was a bad idea in 1985, it is a bad idea now.
Sorry, churlishness there. Obviously a wonderful initiaitve and all (though I guess in 1985 they might have done a better deed by raising a little bit of money for Stevie Marriott). I do wo[…]

SALADS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOU DESPITE THE HEADLINE WOT SEZ THEY ARE NOT
More idiot food science. Salads in some restaurants have quite a high calorie count. NO SHIT! Creamy sauce, croutons, cheese, bacon – a sprinkling of rocket and tomatoes do […]

NOT MY THEORY
Thinkin’pon Eastwood the brain quickly jumps to Woody Allen. Seventies, actor/star cum director/star. How often does Woody die in his films?
Well Love & Death (obv). But again like Eastwood, in the later films death is not an[…]

HELP MY THEORY. I am probably wrong, so help me out before I make a big fool of myself. Has Clint Eastwood ever died in a film? Watching Million Dollar Baby yesterday it struck me that old actors are a wee bit wary of actually dying in films (unlike […]

SECRET RESOLUTION REVEALED
Okay, here is one of my benign, pointless resolutions revealed.
I have been sleeping the other way round in my bed since Jan 1st. Apparently a change is as good as a rest, and since I have been resting as well as making the[…]

Set yr videos. Just a quick reminder (mainly because I know I’ll forget). The BBC is repeating The Power OF Nightmares this week on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday after Newsnight. And handily just before you go to sleep and have actual nigh[…]

Refurb Update
Pre-Christmas I noted that one of my locals had undergone a substantial refurbishment. The Shaftesbury, in Upper Holloway, had been shut for four weeks – which is why I tagged it substantial .On further examination though they hav[…]

Alexander The GayTe. Ho ho ho…
Alexander is a very silly movie, but surprisingly good fun. Surprising considering it is three hours long. It ditches any idea of historical authenticity the moment Tony Hopkins’ Ptolemy rears his head, and […]

BUSTED TRIBUTE #2
How to judge how much a band affects ones life? How about the medium of karaoke?
I like karaoke. I rather like flicking through the big book and picking whatever takes my fancy at that moment. I do not have standards that I always d[…]

Rockumentaries = Spnl Tp.
Proof: End Of The Century: The Ramones Story which ticks off in band arguments, amusing tales of childhood, acrimonious splits over women. It is of course not as funny as Rob Reiner’s movie because-
Actually one bit is[…]