Or perhaps I mean – “How intentional is “Ashes To Ashes”‘ rubbishness?”
It’s an odd show, to say the least, this Life On Mars sequel thing (they’re calling it a ‘follow-up’, but it’s a[…]

Doop – Doop
It’s March 1994 and i’m helping to set up at our “end of rag week” ball. As usual there are twice as many people as are actually needed due to being able to get in for nowt if you do a bit of humping and shi[…]

I mentioned on Lollards last night my growing (petty) irritation with the introduction of automated announcements on London buses, whereby the bus route and each stop is announced regularly throughout the journey. This morning I did a small, non-sc[…]

“Not chavs or goths, just the ordinary teenagers who want to get ridiculously drunk as often as possible.”
Verdict: 4.4 (18 votes, sd 1.6)[…]

a scientific report
the project: to road-test some of the fillings people have (incomprehensibly) not yet adopted
the fillings of the future:
i: mushrooms fried in pumpkin seed butter, with garlic oil and red wine
ii: fried bacon and date syrop
iii: […]

It surprised me to realize that I have seen most of Susanne Bier’s recent films – considering I don’t see an awful lot of Dutch movies. Nevertheless Brothers and After The Wedding had marked her out as a serious talent, and so I was[…]

Robocop-themed UK rap hit (it almost went top 10!)
Verdict:7.1 (17 votes, sd 1.2)[…]

Maura has linked to this guy a couple of times recently, but i make no apology for linking to him on here too. DUDES! 12″ remixes of all yr 80s and 90s favourites! Dub mix of Magic Dance! Extended mix of (Forever) Live and Die, ripped from th[…]

I have already catalogued the extreme and somewhat unpleasant transformation of Robyn from novelty frog chart act to novelty Swedish pop star here. But it has been brought to my attention that even though she can be ridiculed for her po-faced persona[…]

YOU WILL NEED
3-4 fennel bulbs
2oz butter ( = quarter of a butter)
1 x cup double cream (use the whole cup-sized carton)
6 oz parmesan (this is abt 3/4 of the slice you generally get)
Pork loin chops
THEN DO THIS
a: grate the parmesan
b: meanwhile he[…]