Two questions about GROCERS
I will swap you them for a FACT about grocers I learned in my book on Krakatoa, viz. the name comes from the London Guild of Pepperers, who were licensed to trade spice in gross amounts. The spice must flow!
Here are the q[…]

The curious case of Daara J: Daara J, Senegal’s biggest-selling hip-hop crew, provide a neat illustration of what Alex below (and Marcello in the comments box) are complaining about. We stumbled on Daara J at Glastonbury, playing late on Sunday[…]

Lazy Links For Idle Hands
Fat Planet – MP3 blog, wide-ranging like a (slightly) less pop-friendly Fluxblog.
This story made me think of Robin C.
“It’s a very sexy statement.”[…]

Science, you’ve gone too far this time.[…]

Addis, Kings Cross: “Laid back service” but “great food” at this Ethopian place, according to web reports – OK, sounds fair enough, we have the whole evening after all. And the decor is just right – long couches, s[…]

“Dalek-like behaviour”: no sign of this on the Times website, so this is quoted without comment from a (koff) prominent Dr Who news website: ‘According to an article in the June 26 The Times, Sylvester McCoy, with the help of Camden[…]

Well, that was fun.
Headline watch: many variations on “Acropolis Now”, and both the big tabloids went for “Grecian 2004”. The winner though is surely The Sun’s “YOU’RE ATHEN A LAUGH”.
Isabel has fallen[…]

No Daleks: marketing nightmare for the BBC, aesthetic boost – though I have plenty of faith in the new Dr.Who team, it’s rare to find writers who know how to tell a good Dalek story. The original 1964 Dalek yarn is painfully slow to watch[…]

Somebody sent me an MP3 last week – that somebody being compu-pop band Komatrohn whose excellent records I have been very nice to in the past. The new track appears in my list of good (& bad) records at the sidebar – thankfully it is[…]

Club FT Dancefloor Test for the Rachel S and Girls A records saw the Girls emerge a clear winner – that synth intro rams you onto the floor whereas Richard X fannying about with his ‘scuzzed-up 80s’ preset is the perfect bargoing ex[…]