Morrissey: Nil Points / February 25 2007
I must say that I am very disappointed to hear that former Smiths singer Morrissey will not after all be involved with the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. In January, the BBC said it was talking to the singer to write and possibly perform a Eurovision track but now says he ‘definitely will not’ be involved.
I […]
Saturday Gas / February 24 2007
I had to bundle the man from Transco out of the door – quite roughly – to prevent him from turning off my gas supply this morning.
I awoke to the sour odour of a gaseous leak that was drifting from the kitchen. As it turns out, it was merely a loose connection on the intake […]
Telling Teenage Fortunes / February 23 2007
No.5 You will skip double Latin and spend all afternoon smoking grass with Max (again) whilst listening to Roxy Music, the Walker Brothers and David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs. Later, you will throw your sorry guts up over a group of 2nd and 3rd formers waiting at the bus stop. This will happen only once.
A Close Shave / February 21 2007
Larry Rudolph, Britney Spears’ manager, informs me that the troubled pop singer has gone back into rehab. Apparently, the poor girl checked into an unnamed facility at the request of her mother and other family members.
Britney has been trying to contact me periodically since her much-publicised split from erstwhile paramour Kevin Federline, but we haven’t […]
Drag Racing / February 16 2007
It was my birthday yesterday, and this morning, I am ashamed to say, I am decidedly overhung.
I was joined early in the evening by my good friend (and nascent transvestite pop star) Nelson Galaxy, who brought with him several bottles of frosty champagne, a crate of cold Budweiser and a brace of Beaujolais Nouveaux, all […]
Monkey Magic / February 15 2007
Congratulations to the Arctic Monkeys who scooped two awards – best British band and best British album – at the BRITs in London last night.
I don’t really like their music, it’s a little pedestrian and unsophisticated for my tastes, but anything to do with our simian cousins is fine by me.
Monkeys, I just flippin’ love […]
Telling Teenage Fortunes / February 12 2007
No.4 You will sneak into Max’s house during cross-country. Once safely ensconced in his bedroom, you will smoke large amounts of grass whilst listening to Arthur Lee and Love’s Forever Changes. On sight of the returning runners approximately one hour later, you will cover your calves and shins in mud from his father’s garden whilst […]
Petticoat Junction / February 11 2007
I’m confused.
Audrey and I live very close to a major junction on the M1. A footpath we sometimes follow around the intersection on our afternoon walk takes us almost to the very edge of the motorway before leading us over the vast, thundering road system by means of a narrow footbridge which emerges on the […]
Bush vs Words 2 / February 7 2007
“Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.” —Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004
“The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.” —George W. Bush discussing the decline of the French economy […]
Bye Bye DRM / February 7 2007
All Big Arena Records’ releases are available without any form of copy protection software.
We believe that the abolition of such software – known as Digital Rights Management (DRM) – is good for both consumers, artists and music suppliers.
Major record companies are afraid of ‘leakage’ where one person illegally copies a track for somebody else. This problem […]
