One assumes that with the London Evening Standard going free next week, the days of its lighter (liter) sibling the London Lite are numbered. Which means the days of the toughest puzzle in London are numbered. That’s right, we’ll be losin[…]

The version of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” on the Where The Wild Things Are trailer edits out the song’s peak line, that scornful frustrated sad “I guess I’ll just have to ADJUST”, spat full into the face of nast[…]

Back again, this time for reals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfNg484cRCQ
As the Shea Stadium section grinds on, McCartney gives in to the despair gripping his soul and sings ‘I’m Looking Through You’.
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Special HARMONIC/HARMONIX CONVERGENCE Edition

Normal service will be resumed etc.[…]

Full harmonic convergence achieved. See all other entries.[…]

What he said.[…]

THE NEXT… THE NEXT SONG, THAT WE’D LIKE TO SING NOW… IS… YEAH, IS ONE… WHICH WAS… AH… ER, LAST BUT ONE RECORD, THE ONE BEFORE THIS… AND THE RECORD! (OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD I’M COMING UP ON THE LSD L[…]

Swallet: a raw soft ewe’s milk cheese from Cumbria, bought from Neal’s Yard Dairy
The swallet has a wrinkled rind, and is a rich cream colour underneath a faint white bloom. Tiny patches of blue-gray mould are scattered across it. Directl[…]

It’s ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, guest-starring the Uptight BBC Voiceover Man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6myXYN5u80
Don’t criticise what you can’t understand, square-o.
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One of the really glorious bits of early-decade fusion pop: a Neptunes beat, a dancehall star, a supersweet pop-R&B chorus from Mya, everything bubbling and blending in the summer heat.
But that beat! The Neptunes could be frustrating, especiall[…]