San Andreas – Quick Questions?
1. Is it the case that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the first big-ticket computer game in which the player character is invariably black*?
2. Does this matter at all? In particular does it matter given the &#8[…]

CHEAP FOOD I LOVE #4: Fray Bentos Pies
An office conversation reminded me of these delights, which I’ve regretfully given up as they are too obviously unhealthy even for me. The basic idea is PIE IN A TIN – you open the tin to reveal a ge[…]

ILM is big and unwieldy enough now that doing this seems sensible as a way of a) directing the casual reader to good stuff and b) maybe drawing in new people who will say good stuff in their turn. Of course part of the appeal of ILM is always in the […]

Europop Vs Alan
(This is a CD-R I made for Alan’s birthday, but I haven’t been able to give it to him yet. Thankyou to the several websites some tracks were plundered from – you know who you are.)
ANNIE – “Heartbeat&#822[…]

Blind Travel
Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books have aged poorly in spots. The uproarious adventures of ‘Prince Bumpo’ aren’t the only reason, either. Too often the stories slip into whimsy, telling predictable adventure yar[…]

POP FACTOR: 620 CONTROVERSY SCORE: 248
What you hear in Baby Cakes depends on what story you’ve been following. The story of garage? Then it’s an afterthought, a sidestep, barely even vital enough to qualify as a move backwards. The sto[…]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
NIGHT TIME MILK – the results!
i. It is tasty stuff, good quality organic milk, a nice creamy burr to it but never claggy, exactly what you think a glass of milk should be like.
ii. Immediately after drinking it I went to bed and […]

Gareth’s postcard collection[…]

“I have always been delighted by Deleuze’s disdain for ‘travelling’”: K-Punk’s holiday write-ups (scroll up on the main page of his site for some stuff on Portmeiron). I can’t claim more than the most nodding aquai[…]

In August 2004 Blog Seven was a weblog about London.[…]