My wonderful six year-old stepdaughter, Lily, is a currently a big fan of Tom Waits, The Three Amigos and Zac Efron.  While I'm naturally proud of her Tom Waits/Three Amigos allegiances (who wouldn't be?), I was always a bit sniffy about the whole Zac Efron thing.  I mean, he's the basketball-playing, song-and-dance pretty boy from High School Musical.  That sort of thing doesn't really chime with my Uncut Magazine-reading demographic. Tonight I discovered that Zac Efron will be appearing in a Richard Linklater period film called Me and Orson Welles. I'm a massive Orson Welles fan.  It looks like the [...]

In which the author proposes combining Ben Stiller Night at the Museum comedy films with the lurid urban legend about John Dillinger's John Thomas

What I did want to do was Find The Story, get about and report on some hidden weirdness, odd sub-culture or unsavoury practice that I could expose. And I found nothing but a bunch of nice people, sorry. My Rhubarb Radio presenter pal - self-confessed 'open-minded atheist' Danny Smith - went to a Christian music festival, suprised himself by having a good time and has crafted a rather excellent, obervation-rich write-up on his experiences. It's here.