Some people who may have caught a glimpse of Channel 4 recently might have noticed adverts for a new Derren Brown show called The Events – a series of four specials starting on the 9th September (09/09/09). A confusing advert it is too, with Derren speaking in backwards whilst walking towards the camera with everything [...]
Entries from August 2009
21/08/2009
Farewell thelondonpaper
For the last few years people in London have had a choice of free papers to rival the Evening Standard – the Metro, London Lite, and thelondonpaper. Yesterday, News International confirmed that thelondonpaper can no longer carry on after the huge losses it has made year-on-year. The paper will still be going for the time [...]
19/08/2009
Films at Reading Festival
The Reading Festival isn’t just about music y’know! They have a cinema tent that runs from midnight to 4am on all three festival days. There is a good chance I’ll want to go and see a few films. Here’s what’s on offer in one sentence summaries, bearing in mind I have only seen one of [...]
15/08/2009
Are the Conservatives turning into Fox News?
Whether this post is a good idea is unknown, but this has been building up inside me for a while. It might have been hard to ignore but this week Fox News and the Republican Party in the US used the NHS as a tool for their arguments against President Obama’s proposed healthcare reformation. They’ve [...]
13/08/2009
The most long-winded explanation ever?
This is Bill Ward explaining why he called quit Heaven & Hell (essentially it was artistic differences with bandmate Tony Iommi) to Blabbermouth: But the main reason inside everything was that Tony, on one of the songs, it was a pretty fast song, was pushing his guitar — it was just like a down beat [...]
