As Matt DC rightly points out via email, this is the greatest BBC Talking Point of all time.[…]

War on pants!
“That’s why they’re called undergarments…they’re supposed to be worn under something else.”
Superman was unavailable for comment.[…]

Fun Tonight!
Just a reminder that tonight we’re guest-DJing at Hit or Miss at Nambucca. “Soul, funk and surprises” – as of yet I don’t know whether I’ll be playing anything soulful, funky, or surprising, but the CD[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
88. Subway Sect – “Ambition”
Sarah says
What’s the matter, Vic? “I don’t write any words you get in rock songs…I like those words – that seem out of place in a rock song.” It&[…]

Man U ultras’ anti-Glazer tactics – notably the revelation that “the group also claim to have a severed horses head” which they are waiting to unleash. For some reason the idea of this waiting neatly in someone’s freezer[…]

Gay Bar! I wanna take you to a GAY BAR! And what shall we drink in this gay bar? Well – why not…
Gay Beer
or possibly
Gay Wine
Reading these stories – especially the wine one – you might be forgiven for thinking that the marke[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
89. REEL 2 REEL feat THE MAD STUNTMAN – “I Like To Move It”
This had a previous life as “Jazz It Up” by the Erick Morillo Project, a funky disco-house number which no doubt kept many a party rollin&#[…]

Where have all the good themes gone?
In the pub on Friday night a question was posed – what was the last really good TV theme? It sparked plenty of discussion. We took a rockist position on the subject, dismissing the two most prevalent trends […]

When random acts of kindness GO BAD: a heartwarming tale of charity, neighbourliness, and litigation.[…]

PopNose MP3 of the Week
1. Pipkins – “Gimme Dat Ding”
Welcome one and all to the slight return of PopNose, an MP3 each week (at least initially) which will build over time into a De’Agostini style partwork celebrating the uniq[…]