How to popularise botany?: two crass routes spring to mind. The first is FLESH-EATING PLANTS. The second is DRUGS. Neither is open to a family attraction like The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Well, OK, you could try for the flesh-eating plants thing[…]

The Square Table: 2/ The Ordinary Boys – “Talk Talk Talk”
Pop Rating: 407 Controversy Score: 204 Length:
Yelling the words “grey and boring” in your chorus is tempting fate, and sure enough fate rears up and grabs the[…]

In The Beginning…: in this month’s Edge magazine Stephen Poole says some interesting things about how games begin. He contrasts them with other cultural forms, where the intro or opening scenes or first paragraphs often try to make as muc[…]

“Peace and Love… or nothing at all”: trolls (or critics?) make poor George Michael shut his web forum. A salutary tale for these ILX-less times.
Incidentally – a pitiful plea here – if you’re among the people who&#[…]

This is nepotism not music but oh well…
GO AND VISIT MY BROTHER’S BLOG.
k thx.
cheap larff at expense of well-known music site, c/o Clap Clap Blog. I know we shouldn’t, but it’s been ages.
Jess finishes his tour of duty. Thank[…]

HOW TO MAKE A MESS
1/ Witness arrival of spare Pret food in office, following ‘power breakfast’ attended by boss.
2/ Notice that Pret Cherry Smoothies v.unpopular, take one for later consumption.
3/ Forget about Pret Cherry Smoothie.
4/ G[…]

The Square Table: 1 / Rachel Stevens – “Some Girls”
Pop Rating: 723 Controversy Score: 205 Length: 213
He almost botches it. This is Richard X’s big shot at writing a Pop Classic and when Rachel’s vocals glide dispassion[…]

You can get Unicum in the Tiroler Hut in Westbourne Grove. You can also get this:

Num num.[…]

Is this the nastiest liquor in the world? The web sez: a unique taste based on 40 secret herbs and spices. Your publog correspondent sez: hurrah, at last a drink based on fermented earwax![…]

Will any of the Beatles make it to 64?*
Answer: yes. Ringo did 2 days ago. Good work Ringo. Coincidentally last night I was with colleagues in a restaurant and we were playing a quiz-based drinking game. If you got a question wrong you had to drink a[…]