More Zenda action: the other thing that struck me reading it is how difficult the sexual codes now are to understand. Early on in the book the hero visits an inn and flirts with a lusty wench: there’s a bit of banter on the stairs and the hero […]

Mike of Clap Clap Blog wrote in especially to crush my dreams like a tiny flower. My dreams of putting together compilations like Sk8mania 2003 Dudes or whatever it’s called. From his actually behind-the-desk perspective the job is a fucking ni[…]

Most reviews of Kraftwerk’s new album (eg. Dominique Leone’s fair-minded and mostly on-point Pitchfork write-up seem to me to have neglected something rather crucial. The clue is in the title – this is not a techno or pop record in the […]

Yesterday Isabel and I watched The Power Of Kroll, a Dr Who story with a very poor reputation indeed, chiefly because of its worthy attempt to realise the biggest monster ever seen on the programme. This is Kroll itself, an enormous squid beast which[…]

The Prisoner Of Zenda by Anthony Hope
Yesterday I spent two long bus journeys reading this classic of Victorian adventure fiction. My rip was definitely roared but the novel seems to me an excellent example of the perils of an author letting a belove[…]

THE BROWN LOG: Woman’s Own
Weekly, 72p
DESIGN: The cover features no less than 5 smiles, these being i) an Emmerdale star, ii) Emmerdale star’s screen lover (this smile somewhat roguish), iii) a toddler eating a biscuit, iv) a woman who h[…]

This is my dream job, I think.: no, not skating or even sk8ing but being the record company suit who puts together compilations like this. You can see on these CDs the taxonomical confusion when a new genre is ‘spotted’ by the men upstair[…]

Birth Of A Hit: lengthy and quite interesting article exploring how one of the UK’s best-selling singles of recent years was produced. (Thanks to Alan for the link!)[…]

THIRST on Greek Street: This is the bar I went to briefly last night. It has a bar area up top and a dancefloor downstairs. The dancefloor bit looked fine and the music sounded great (I had to go home at 8 so I didn’t really experience it). The[…]

We are featured in this month’s The Wire so hello if you came from there. It’s a flattering write-up which credits Freaky Trigger with being one of the originators’ of music blogging online and also has some well-deserved praise for[…]