Sunday, 17 August, 2025

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Brought to you by messrs. Brian Augustyn, Michael Mignola, P. Craig Russell, David Hornung. In places where I have been hanging out in a virtual capacity there has been much discussion of the design of book covers and how this Read more…


American Water was the album that introduced me to The Silver Jews and the wonderful mind of David Berman. I had been buying Uncut magazine and they had just started with their obsession for new country music and had put Read more…


… you know — the one about the magpie. Well, in case anyone is wondering it is about John Webster, the playwright and has stuck with me since I studied Elizabethan Tragedies at university 10 years ago. It is odd Read more…


This place is going to be a magpie nest for storing whatever I find of interest and whatever occurs to me — it shall be somewhat random and that shall be the source of it\’s lopsided beauty.


Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Jennifer Garner, Terrence Stamp, Goran Visnjic. Cert: 12. Running Time: 100 Mins Approx Bad, bad, bad. There usually are some redeeming features to a film. I suppose you can argue that just watching Jennifer Garner Read more…


Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Keanu Reeves; Rachel Weisz; Tilda Swinton. Cert: 15. Running Time: 115 Mins. Another film where the source material is taken more as a jumping off point than the gospel. It\’s another film that has had Read more…


Directed by Nora Ephron. Starring Nicole Kidman; Will Ferrell; Shirley Maclaine; Michael Caine; Jason Schwartzman. Cert: PG. Running Time: 1 Hr 38 Mins. I hated this film. The review should perhaps end then. I like Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley Read more…


What is work life balance? How many people do you know that have achieved it? The only people I know who have an adequate balance tend to have an adequate bank balance as well — your average joe who works Read more…


To the amateur, who has barely spent a handful of nights red-eyed, restless-legged, full-headed, trying to grab even a few minutes of sleep before the alarm goes off and tells that you have to get up for work, the presence Read more…


Hypocrites unite and greet a moron on the u-turn. You don\’t have to laugh. You don\’t have to smile — just be a miserable bastard and you will get through this life as easy as if you made an effort. Read more…