Sports of the future!: bit of a missed opportunity this since the only advances the BBC seems able to imagine involve robo-referees of one sort of another. As we all know real actual future sport will involve jetpacks and be called something like &#8[…]

Yesterday I started sneezing. Fair enough, I have a cold after all. But every time I start sneezing I always remember those poor children who would appear on Record Breakers having sneezed uncontrollably for weeks, months or even years. How could the[…]

In September 2004 Blog Seven was a weblog about travel.[…]

Official Nominees List (as of 21/10)
NOMINEES
100 Bullets (Azzarello/Risso)1963 (Moore/Veitch/Bissette)2001 Nights (Hoshino)A1 (anthology)ABC Warriors – First Series (Mills/McMahon)Action (anthology)Akira (Otomo)Alec (Campbell)Amazing Spider-Ma[…]

BBC on fine form today.. “When the beverage has boiled to a certain level, it sparkles and gives explosive-like rumbling sounds when you open the pot.”. The Brown Wedge’s Vic Fluro once invented a cocktail he called the Al-Quaeda, I[…]

Superman Lovers: this seems like the worst reason for a baby’s name ever. Would other European countries be so draconian, however? I am sure for instance that a baby born in Germany being named “Ubermensch” because when he was born […]

9 Songs To Go…!
Until the 1000th No.1. From the record industry’s point of view it would be neat if the 1000th No.1 also coincides with this year’s Xmas No.1. Will the public be so accomodating? With another week at the top for Eri[…]

Dungeons and Dragons’ sell was simple and appealing. You were the hero in a fantastic world – you could star in an epic saga of your very own. Set against this was the fact that Dungeons and Dragons was a game, and moreover had been put t[…]

POP FACTOR: 857 CONTROVERSY RATING: 174
My second favourite record of the year – ten out of ten! Ten squared! Can I justify that? Maybe. There are a lot of things I can use music for – catharsis, communication, comfort, profundity, scra[…]

The King’s Aquarium. I haven’t bought Smile yet, by the way.[…]