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November 2007 Archives
Word Magazine
The brilliant new Word Magazine website, chock full of "content" and rumination......
Posted on November 30, 2007 1:01 AM |
Transcripts of Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time
Transcripts of Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time on Radio 4, wherein everyone's favourite Cumbrian intellectual and guests investigate the history of ideas.......
Posted on November 27, 2007 12:43 AM |
The Hindoo Calculator
The Hindoo Calculator - a book about the untutored mathematical genius featured in the Complicite play "A Disappearing Number"......
Posted on November 27, 2007 12:28 AM |
The Peeq - a sexy community
The Peeq - peak, peak, pique, a sexy community, exploring the quirky, humourous, embarrassing and sublime sides of sex.......
Posted on November 26, 2007 11:40 PM |
Alternadad - Neal Pollack Gets Offsprung
Alternadad - a memoir recounting Neal Pollack's transition from hipster guy to hipster dad. Funny stuff from one of the funniest guys around.......
Posted on November 26, 2007 11:36 PM |
Jewcy.com | What Matters Now
Jewcy.com - a magazine and community for new Jews and other riffraff. Sample headline: "A Jewish Girl's Guide to Genetics - What’s so great about knowing you’ll get cancer?"......
Posted on November 26, 2007 11:24 PM |
"I love you, but I'm going to mace you in the face!"
This one has got a heart. Hard to pinpoint, perhaps, but it's in there - the three brothers played by Wes Anderson regulars Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman and new guy Adrian Brody are looking for it too. Coming from a typically Andersonian broken home, they are on a quest to rescue their mother from a convent in the Himalayas....
Posted on November 25, 2007 9:47 PM | Tagged with: darjeeling,india,wesanderson
Hum Tum
Hum Tum......
Posted on November 25, 2007 9:38 PM | Tagged with: bollywood,ranimukherjee,saifalikhan
Rilo Kiley, Shepherd's Bush, 19/11/07
Rilo Kiley, Shepherd's Bush, 19/11/07......
Posted on November 24, 2007 6:05 PM |
Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure
Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure......
Posted on November 24, 2007 5:28 PM |
The Genius of Photography on BBC4
The Genius of Photography on BBC4......
Posted on November 24, 2007 5:19 PM |
Georg Baselitz at the Royal Academy
Georg Baselitz at the Royal Academy......
Posted on November 24, 2007 3:47 PM | Tagged with: dicks,neoexpressionism
Veer Zaara
Veer Zaara......
Posted on November 24, 2007 3:40 PM | Tagged with: bollywood,preityzinta,shahrukh
Mac OS X 10.4: How to prevent .DS_Store file creation over network connections
Prevent your Mac creating .DS_Store files on your Windows box......
Posted on November 23, 2007 11:40 AM | Tagged with: files,mac,wnidows,xp
Microsoft drops IE's 'click to activate' nag
Microsoft finally sort out the ridiculous "click here to activate this content" message on embedded Flash objects in IE7. The fix is due to go live in an update to IE7 "next month" (December). Detail of the original issue, from......
Posted on November 22, 2007 1:17 PM | Tagged with: microsoft
Like gonzo journalism on acid
Shrooms is described by a Zoo magazine hack as "Blair Witch on acid". Sounds like she's missed the point somewhat. Lazy journalism, hackneyed cliches and meaningless soundbites, on top of all the cheap and tawdry shots of naked soap stars - doesn't really add up to an attractive package does it, Zoo?...
Posted on November 21, 2007 9:57 PM | Tagged with: bus,lazyjournalism,poster,shrooms,zoo
Do You Like Rock Music?
In his latest Newboost, British Sea Power's Secretary has detailed a list of items and proclaimed them Rock and Non-Rock. This is to herald the imminent arrival of BSP's new album 'Do You Like Rock Music?', and the Secretary enourages you to join in the fun....
Posted on November 21, 2007 12:09 AM | Tagged with: bsp,nonrock,rock
Five days / five heatmaps
Five days / five heatmaps Some fascinating work on end-user heatmaps using some major uK ecommerce sites as examples......
Posted on November 20, 2007 11:32 AM | Tagged with: heatmaps
Give a little love
Has Jenny Lewis of LA power-pop and chugging-rock 4-piece Rilo Kiley got a belter of a voice that belies her frail and tiny frame? Hell yeah!...
Posted on November 20, 2007 9:51 AM | Tagged with: funk,rilokiley,shepherdsbush
Run-Riot
Run-Riot an '...eclectic listing of counter culture events in London...'......
Posted on November 18, 2007 10:21 PM |
Walter Sickert's Camden Town Nudes
Walter Sickert's Camden Town Nudes at the Courtauld Institute.......
Posted on November 18, 2007 10:06 PM |
The Clive James Show at Slate.com
The Clive James Show at Slate.com A series of interviews with creative types, made at Clive James's own house......
Posted on November 18, 2007 9:49 PM |
Walter Sickert - The Camden Town Nudes
Walter Sickert's "Camden Town Nudes" are being displayed together at The Courtault Institute, within Somerset House. This short series of gloomy, ambiguous paintings displays a remarkable atmosphere of listlessness, exhausted prostitutes in dull, grubby rooms. I had thought they were......
Posted on November 18, 2007 11:07 AM |
Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz likes drawing dicks, doesn't he? Men with their dicks out. Brendan Behan with his big dick out. Brendan Behan with his little dick out. An unidentified pervert with his dick. A scrawled, but identifiable, Hitler with his dick......
Posted on November 18, 2007 10:36 AM | Tagged with: art,neo-expressionism,royalacademy
Camp Delta (Guantanamo Bay) Standard Operating Procedure
Camp Delta (Guantanamo Bay) Standard Operating Procedure Official document leaked from the White House......
Posted on November 16, 2007 2:43 PM |
A load of old Poliakoff
Or....What's It All About, Steve? I won't pretend to know a great deal about Stephen Poliakoff. I'm writing this with the Stephen Poliakoff entry in Wikipedia open but unread, trying to capture some original thoughts before I start accumulating the......
Posted on November 14, 2007 10:59 PM | Tagged with: drama,poliakoff,tv
My Boy Herbert
Any similarity between Kipling's tragic son Jack (played here by Harry Potter) and everybody's favourite Accounts Receivable Supervisor, Herbert Kornfeld?
...Posted on November 13, 2007 12:29 AM | Tagged with: harrypotter,onion
Spam One-liners - a photoset on Flickr
Spam one-liners posters......
Posted on November 12, 2007 11:23 PM |
I'm Too Sexy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In case you didn't know what "I'm Too Sexy" was about "...the song's lyrics express confidence that [the singer's] personal level of sexiness makes him too sexy for numerous things..."......
Posted on November 10, 2007 10:35 AM |
HEMA - online winkelen
Bonkers Dutch e-commerce site Whimsical use of flash undermines boring old e-commerce expectations.........
Posted on November 9, 2007 1:07 PM |
A Short Walk in the Hindu Crush by AA Gill
A Short Walk in the Hindu Crush by AA Gill An illuminating and witty article from the ever-reliable AA Gill......
Posted on November 9, 2007 12:59 PM |
Lending money the Islamic way
Lending money the Islamic way Sharia law prohibits the payment of interest, as well as imposing other strictures against businesses linked to alcohol, gambling and investment in enterprises with high debt. Is sukuk a viable alternative?......
Posted on November 7, 2007 6:11 PM | Tagged with: islam
Foot in mouth
David Cameron's recent comments regarding arts funding highlight imporant facets of the Conservative agenda. The sequence of quiet tutting that followed them reveals more about Britain and its media than the comments themselves. Comment has focused on the anger of......
Posted on November 7, 2007 1:11 PM | Tagged with: arts,conservatives,david cameron,politics,xenophobia
rules to Mexican Train dominoes game
How to play Mexican Train (with dominoes)......
Posted on November 6, 2007 10:03 PM | Tagged with: game dominoes
tom chiarella Abstracts by Brijit
Is Tom Chiarella one of our greatest living features writers? This is also a link to the interesting new magazine article aggregator site Brijit. It features human-written summaries of articles, and allows you to read them online if possible. I......
Posted on November 6, 2007 9:48 PM | Tagged with: article,magazine,summary
The Interpunct ...being perhaps the first consistent visual representation of word boundaries in written language.......
Posted on November 6, 2007 3:57 PM |
In Control
Is Ian Curtis just another spoiled rock star, consumed by his own ego to the detriment of all around him, and his subsequent legend yet another bloated entry in the long list of over-hyped, prematurely dead musicians? You could certainly......
Posted on November 6, 2007 2:43 PM | Tagged with: iancurtis,joydivision,manchester
Shall I compare thee to an autumn day?
How much do I love autumn? A lot. A hell of a lot. Long walks in the low-hanging sun, hot breath clouding the crisp air. Hearty, warming dinners of food fresh from the countryside. So far this season I've had......
Posted on November 6, 2007 1:31 PM | Tagged with: autumn season leaves
The Guildford Guy Riots - Bonfire Night - Icons of England
The Guildford Guy Riots......
Posted on November 5, 2007 5:00 PM | Tagged with: guildford fireworks guyfawkes
I want you back(ing singers)
Dooes KT Tunstall know how to rock? Yes. Does she rock even better with her new backing singers? Yes again. I saw her at the Roundhouse last week, and those singers add a depth and finesse to every song. Far......
Posted on November 5, 2007 1:31 PM | Tagged with: kttunstall music roundhouse gig
Avril Lavigne says Hot (Official Music Video)
Avril Lavigne says she's Hot... ...and finally caves in and joins the britney/christina slut brigade......
Posted on November 5, 2007 12:49 PM | Tagged with: musicvideo pop
Britz hitz the spot
I've just finished watching part two of Britz, Channel Four's drama about radicalized British muslims. Following the film I had a prolonged discussion and disagreement with my laydee, Kate, of which more later. With Britz, writer Peter Kosminsky has crafted a solid, challenging drama following the divergent paths of two young British muslim siblings as they grow up in a country which is slowly eroding its citizens civil rights....
Posted on November 2, 2007 12:16 AM | Tagged with: channelfour,drama
Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)
Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne )......
Posted on November 1, 2007 10:05 AM |
