Political Pot Calls Kettle

So… Question Time on Thursday night. That was a bit of a ‘must see’, wasn’t it? Well, it was for anyone keen on exploring their own political agenda, probably not so much for all the folk who’ve already formed their own fashionable opinions based on the general consensus of the herd. (More on this phenomenon [...]

Ever Mind the Rule of Three…

So, I’ve managed to clock up a respectable 6 weeks since my last blog post. Tremendous. I recall making a similar statement when I started my previous job all those moons ago, but the fact remains that unless you have one of those new-fangled multi-meeja jobs that everyone keeps going on about, you’re just not [...]

Web 2.0 Finally Gets a Relevant Voice

Investment bank Morgan Stanley has published a report detailing the media habits of young people, to a “flurry of interest by media executives and investors”, The Guardian reported today.
The reason this report has generated such a buzz is because it was written by 15-year-old intern Matthew Robson. It was published on the front page of [...]

Is Everybody Having a Goooood Time?

Scream if you wanna go faster! Throw your hands in the air like you just don’t care! And so on.
Apparently unemployment isn’t all doom and gloom after all. In fact, it’s so not doom and gloom that this report by the LA Times (admittedly a little old now) has branded unemployment ‘FUNemployment’. Yeah!
Says the article, [...]

24 Going on 14; Moving Home

So I have, like the prodigal son, returneth to my parents’ abode. Given that we’re currently experiencing the hottest weather this year I think that the moving faff yesterday went quite well, all things considered.
However, I’ve been back for just over 24 hours and already I’m considering taking off to London and working in a [...]

Cowboy, ilk PDF you later!

A couple of weeks ago I got a new phone. It’s touch screen. Swish, I know. So enamoured was I with its sleek body and technological prowess that I managed to throw it on the floor as soon as I got it out of the box. Still, unless that’s somehow fried its insides, I doubt [...]

Ink yer Shoulder, Gov’ner?

I can’t really say what masochistic impulse inspired me to do this, but just now I sat down and figured out how many days I’ve been without gainful employment. The answer is 46. That’s just over six weeks, which, when you’re a kid and on your summer holidays, seems like a lifetime. And when you’re [...]

The Comeback Kids Aren’t Alright

If the continual cycles of bleeptro adorning every media facet of NME are anything to go by, it would seem that it doesn’t really take that much effort to create a decent track these days (check this out for hours of endless fun). Gone are the days when bands were famed for their instrumental talent [...]

All Hail Jonathan Ross

Perennial buffoon, Jonathan Ross, will have to pre-record his Radio 2 shows, The Guardian reported today.
Under the ‘tough compliance rules’ issued by the Beeb last October, Woss’s inconsiderate tongue is proving to be a something of a hazard to the happy clappy PC facade Aunty is so keen to portray, and as such his shows [...]

G20 Meltdown in Vain, Apathy Reigns Supreme

I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to raise a smile today when news came of the G20 riots in London. Namely, that the windows of a branch of RBS had been smashed in. I’m sure old Fred the Shred can pick up the bill for that.
As I write this now “Hundreds of anarchists are [...]