Thrill Power Overload is a book-in-progress blog by former, shall we say, close confidante of Tharg, David Bishop. A history of 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, it looks to be thorough and quote-heavy, interviewing everyone, though the ju[…]

I have just been updating the links page on our work intranet. It was an exciting trip down memory lane, as nobody had bothered to look at it in several years. How many? Well, put it this way: the list of “useful search engines” was heade[…]

According to the latest issue of Marketing, Budweiser UK are ‘very pleased’ with their “You do the football, we do the beer” campaign, which has caused a record sales month for the generally declining brand. This will horri[…]

Years ago – in 2000, to be exact, I had a blog called Blue Lines. I was one of the first 100 or so people in the UK to have a blog, for what that’s worth (nothing, you might think, and in a just world you’d be right). Blue Lines was[…]

33 1/3 Blog: site about the 33 1/3 series of books, focusing on ‘classic albums’. Excerpts, behind the scenes info, reviews. More interesting (in a meta way) than lots of the books themselves![…]

Search for the Campaign for Real Ale in the Freaky Trigger archives and you’ll find a history of mockery and frustration tinged with occasional praise as the lumbering beast moves in what we think is the right direction. When Pete started the P[…]

“NOT FOR LAGERBOYS” read the shirts of several Great British Beer Festival helpers. How I mocked but it seems the joke was on me as I vomited copiously into my bathroom toilet at 2AM. Det. Insp. Occam would have opened and shut this case […]

World of Twist were never a lucky band, and prone to bad timing. Their album came out midway between press fads baggy and shoegazing, and nobody much bought it. They lost a deal and I heard – vaguely – about all sorts of feuds and bad bus[…]

I LIKE DRINKING LAGER. There I said it. Lager is – at its best – crisp and beautifully refreshing with a subtle flavour, a wonderful drink for the genuinely thirsty. I’m sure the related articles will show that I’ve made this […]

Branding expert Mark Ritson in Marketing magazine this week, in his article on the “Ten Branding Lessons” to be learned from ToTP’s demise.
 Brand naming is always more important later, rather than sooner. Yes, Top Of The Pops was […]