Alex Petridis doesn’t actually compare the new Faithless album to Jacques Derrida’s Monolingualism of the Other [he could have added the subtitle for heightened effect: or, the Prosthesis of Origin]. Instead he ridicules a ‘broadshe[…]

The “added stats” on the ad Tom mentions below say that 44 women trialled, about 30% lost an english dress size and a total of 65% had some positive effect*. Wow, only 35% of the group experienced size gain! So overall 15% did better than[…]

A fine piece of advice there from young Kelly. Frankly even in this day of online ordination it would be hard pushed to find a church that would accept Ozzy Osbourne as congregation let alone a lay preacher. And even if he did obtain a certificate fr[…]

Oh, cherry blossom. If you believe a certain kind of Japanese movie (and trust me, Gohatto is one of that certain kind of Japanese movie) then cherry blossom is in bloom for about 90% of the year. Considering how much said cherry blossom is also expe[…]

punk rock musician in well-deserved pokey!!
sending clash songlyrics to “wrong person” = clear case of harassment!!![…]

First Division Play-Off Blues
I think it must have been about 40 seconds into the first game of the season when I realised West Ham wouldn’t get automatic promotion. Preston North End looped a hopeful ball into the area, Dailly fell comically o[…]

Biff! Pow! Computer Games Grow Up!
No, wait, that’s every news article about comic books ever. Computer games don’t usually fare much better, despite a higher profile in real life – compare the number GAME bags around town with thos[…]

Pre-stained black T-shirt, sir? This week’s Marketing news is that clothing brand Diesel are teaming up with 2000AD to offer “a science-fiction range of casual clothing”. Imagining what this might actually involve baffles me, but a […]

“You could be up to one size slimmer” claims a new ‘body modelling’ product on a poster ad. Hmmm. The key words are “up to” – since dresses, unlike shoes, don’t traffic in half-sizes then the ad is esse[…]

Introductions
One of the nuisances with novels is the introduction which gives the plot away. The dictionary definition states an introduction to be “That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject.”[…]