Clare showed me this earlier, so I'm sharing it with you. It's an entry to this year's Empire magazine-run Done in 60 Seconds competition by Mawgan. It made us smile. On a related note, our beautiful daughter Edie is now 21 months old. One of her first words was "KHAAAAAAAN!" I blame her sister, Lily. Lily blames me.
I've been listening to Frank Zappa's music on and off since I was in my teens. Without giving too much away, that's a long fucking time. Zappa's music is an acquired taste so you may not like it, but he was one of rock music's smartest and most erudite voices, which is one of the reasons why I've been listening to his music on and off since I was in my teens. As the media once again predict a final dirt nap for the music industry as we know it (Gee, it must be Saturday), here's a Zappa interview from the [...]
This morning, I was getting ready for work while listening to Radio 4's Today Programme. That's just the way I roll. I skipped breakfast, which is probably just as well because this NSFW gem would have made me drop my toast: God bless you, James Naughtie - you made my day! I went to work with a spring in my step and a smile on my face. As I sat at my desk and worked, unbeknowest to me, Andrew Marr was discussing Naughtie's faux pas on his Start The Week programme. This is priceless: [...]
One last shameless plug then it'll be back to normal blog posts... Meet Dom. He’s just a regular guy with some strongly-held beliefs about JFK, UFOs and the Loch Ness Monster. Dom’s a conspiracy theorist and he’s about to face his greatest ever challenge: he's just been dumped by his long-suffering girlfriend. Now, armed only with the power of the internet and three rather dubious expert witnesses, he must try to win her back by proving there’s a point to all his paranoia... Join us on Thursday 30th December for a fun-filled tale of love, loss and shape-shifting alien reptiles. [...]
