THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
85. Teddybears STHLM ft Mad Cobra – “Cobrastyle”
If I was a real music journalist I would look forward most to the part of the job where you make up new genres! I think I would make up a genre which would includ[…]

WBS’ last UK Top 40 thread: William has fought the good pop fight, and finally came up against the one foe (OK, two foes) that he could not beat. Hats off to an entertaining feature, finger up to JK and Joel.
Now is as good a time as any, thoug[…]

Watch out, Spider-Man!

Too late!

What is the secret of his awesome power??

The cover of this masterpiece.
Danger: logo abuse![…]

Walking With Myths has been my #1 why-isn’t-this-on-TV idea for years now: using spiffy CGI beast-animation technology to bring to life loads of fake animals* with a narration that asks if and why people believed in them in the first place. Now[…]

Thanks to Nick for bringing this to our attention. Wang’s course of action in the final paragraph strikes me as foolhardy.[…]

POPNOSE MP3 OF THE WEEK
4. Smiley Culture – “Nuclear Weapon”
Smiley Culture’s mix of sunshine tunes and fast, funny toasting hit big in ’84 or so with the fantastic “Police Officer”. His Hold Your Tongue albu[…]

Onwards, Indie Amnesty!
The following CDs on eBay are part of the Indie Amnesty, i.e. the proceeds go to our Exeter City ‘Grecian Earn’ appeal.
Nothing painted who??!?
I think this was a Ned recommendation!
FITE!
You should probably try a[…]

Now I can read ILM in the office again it means I can rubberneck threads like this, which takes over 100 posts humming and hawing over innovation before James Blount brings up the elephant in the room, viz. nu-metal, which was clearly – in main[…]

The pig is one of the most versatile animals in the kitchen (pork, sausage, bacon, scratchings, ears, trotters, rilettes, belly, all manner of fat-based goodness) and for this alone we love it. But its uses in rhetoric are almost as broad.
Greed is t[…]

Entertaining sandwich blog via Jess. For the sake of our national pride I hope these people never eat a British sandwich.[…]