We interrupt yr regularly scheduled iced wafflings for an important artistic announcement:
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What’s it about? CLOCKWORK DEATH. Who will enjoy it? YOU YOUR PARTNER YOUR NAN AND YOUR CAT. Is it violent? ONLY WHEN IT’S ESSEN[…]

Was in the pub at Leicester Square the other day when the future of gendered drinking politics loomed large whilst waiting at the bar. It appears that ICE is the new battleground of the sexes – ladies are being encouraged to order buckets of Pi[…]

Girls Aloud – Sexy! No No No…
Example – You Can’t Rap
Chemical Brothers – Burst Generator
Yo Majesty – Club Action (Sailing To Baltimore mix)
Miley Cyrus – East Northumberland High
Justice – New Jack
Dr[…]

Now you can sit under Rhianna’s Umbrella. Brought to you by Totes![…]

This week’s theme is VIOLENCE – to vote on the tracks go here. (and please don’t reveal who they’re by!)[…]

I am loathe to say too much about Transformers Movie, as I know some very good friends who want to see it untarnished of my smart-arsed wisecrackery. And lets be fair, the film is full of its own smart-arsed wisecrackery. Just let it be said that its[…]

A British sitting room, 1988. A father and his son are both watching a rental television, a Ferguson one, which was not supplied with a remote control. The child is sitting on the rug, whilst his father has dominion over the room in a very comfy chai[…]

This is an expanded version of a reply to Mark S during a LiveJournal conversation about the Harry Potter books. It was written before the final book was published.
Magic in the HP books is really unlike magic in almost any other novels (kids’ […]

I semi-remember just two lines from the NME’s (Charlie Shaar Murray’s?) review of “Armed Forces” (secret unused title “Emotional Fascism”). One was that one of the other songs resembled ELP “jamming in the bo[…]

Die Hard 4.0 (nee Live Free Or Die Hard – a title at least as nonsensical and thus great at Die Harder) is a terrific action movie. IF what you want from your action movie is lots of stupidity, stunts and one liners. Which luckily I do. Neverth[…]