Soap & Skin’s new single, Sugarbread, is a talented opera of monks, orchestras and torturous screaming that actually works as a mad mash, but the B-Side cover of blues legend Robert Johnson’s Me and the Devil has destroyed me, here’s Soap & Skin’s version of Me and the Devil. It gave me a shiver from … Continue reading
Dear film industry, A number of months ago I purchased the film ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’. I had bought it on the back of awards that it had won and rave reviews it had received. Thank The lord of genitalia for those reviews because I was treated to something special. When I watched this film … Continue reading
Recently, I’ve been really getting into music by iamamiwhoami. Its quite an odd name to remember when you’re telling your friends or searching for an album. But it turns out there’s a genius story behind the name and the music project. The story begins with a moderately pleasant pop album from a moderately easy going … Continue reading
For David Cameron’s ‘Greenest Government ever’ the Green Deal is a Big Deal, and Green Deal loans are available from 28 January. But it’s not that surprising if people haven’t heard of it (81% haven’t according to a poll by YouGov), because the PR and Marketing for it has been – for want of a … Continue reading
I, like many, have been watching the situation at HMV in recent years as it tipped closer and closer to administration until finally, today it was announced that this British musical institution has brought in the men in suits to administer the hell out of it. It’s a sad moment for everyone who ever enjoyed … Continue reading
Originally posted on CACLiTA Cameroon:
Square these two sentences: Earlier this week, the World Bank called for urgent action to stop catastrophic global warming. Over the last 6 years, the World Bank has financed $12 billion worth of fossil fuel projects – the sort of thing that stokes the planetary thermometer – according to renewables…
This Saturday I went along to see Of Mice and Men at the Nottingham playhouse. I haven’t been to the theatre for ages, all I could remember was that I liked it and I always think I should go more often. I again went home feeling that I really should go more often. I was … Continue reading
Last week on my Facebook feed, I saw that Foals announced a new set of live dates for March 2013, one of which is near me. Obviously I got over excited and booked a number of tickets without asking my friends if they wanted to go – it would be ridiculous to suggest they wouldn’t … Continue reading
The Daily Mash, is one of my favourite reads on the internet, providing some utter bollocks that actually sounds like common sense next to the day’s big issues. Through a variety of fictional professors, oddly named experts, talking animals and one small child economist the Daily Mash have made up many a story to satirize … Continue reading
If there is anything to be learned from the following tale, it is never to trust a hot iron, always be aware of a ‘Steamy Eye’ ambush and from accidents beautiful things happen. Last weekend, I was going about my business preparing for the working week by ironing shirts – routine, boring stuff. I lifted … Continue reading
Corrosive Rubber Ducky 