MY MISSION: To find an ‘upbeat instrumental’ that could be used for a lame powerpoint montage of smiling team members around the world at an internal event.
THE OUTCOME: A short CD of (largely) instrumentals – can you guess which on[…]

MPs also made gun signs with their hands and pretended to shoot each other. (Not UK sadly).[…]

Poptimism In Space (Slight Return)
(Spoilers for Dr Who Episode 2)
In episode 2 of Dr Who the character Lady Cassandra proudly displays an “iPod” which turns out to be a vinyl jukebox. It plays “Toxic” by Britney and this has […]

This question posed by an American in our office. Tony Blair will today go to the Queen and ask her to dissolve, etc etc. Of course this is a ‘formality’. “There would be a constitutional crisis,” I replied rather lamely. I su[…]

This must be number one on the list “phrases you don’t want to find yourself saying”. Or more accurately, be reported as saying*. It means one of only two things:
– your thoughtless play has inadvertently caused some ghastly a[…]

Oi Mate, have you got “Election Day” by Arcadia?
WE CERTAINLY DO. No Poptimism in April but after that we’ve got three dates lined up at the start of May, June and July for pop club summer fun action. The first of which is 5th May w[…]

EMP Pop Conference – HELP ME OUT!
OK, now I’ve finally received by flight confirmations I no longer feel I’ll be jinxing it by mentioning it again on NYLPM (plus you probably all know anway) – I will be going to the EMP Pop Mu[…]

Batman #638
(Caution: contains spoilers)
Out of long habit I will read any comic which cover-features the magic words “N-No! It can’t be…YOU“. The shock revelation (be it ever so bogus) is meat and drink to my somewhat jaded b[…]

…but not these animals. They are the ones who FAILED to get voted on to the Top 25 list.
Okapi (late doors admission to mammal kingdom)
Bat (“sonar”? The rest of us call it HEARING THINGS.)
Willy out of Free Willy (A robot.)
Coeloca[…]

SHORT VERSION:
Look, we were in the pub, OK?
LONG VERSION:
So what have we learned about animals from this list? We like animals which:
– eat lots of different things (#2 – goat)
– are like big versions of small cute animals (#3 &#8[…]