Archive for September, 2007

REM singing Furry, Happy Monsters on Sesame Street
I hadn’t seen this for ages until I stumbled across it on youtube the other day. For any non-REM fans out there it’s a reworking of the track Shiny, Happy People from Out Of Time.
I think it’s great, although I have to say I’m not sure what the [...]


Anyone remember Micro Machines V3 for the Playstation? If you’ve ever played it you almost certainly will. The top down graphics, the funny characters and THAT level with the lily pad.
However what made Micro Machines V3 a truly memorable game was its multiplayer mode. After all, the one player mode was actually pretty rubbish. [...]


No way Jose

24Sep07

It hardly needs me to state that Jose Mourinho will be a massive loss to the Premiership. Love him or loath him he is among the best five coaches in world football and his impact on British football since his arrival at Chelsea in 2004 has been enormous.
Some people have said that any idiot [...]


He may now be managing Real Sociedad, but while the former Fulham chief Chris Coleman is sunning himself in Spain, at least we still have Hard-Fi frontman Richard Archer* to remind us exactly what he looks like.

Richard Archer

Chris Coleman
*I realise that there have been two Richard Archer related posts in little less than a [...]


Immobilise.com

09Sep07

I had my bike stolen last week. It was really annoying. Not least because it wasn’t actually my bike but my dad’s. The odd thing was that despiet being the victim I felt like it was me that had committed the crime. There really is nothing worse than borrowing something off someone and then getting [...]


My pace of record buying has slowed a bit over the summer, but here’s what I’ve had on my stereo over the last few weeks:
Week 27/28: Jarvis Cocker – The Jarvis Cocker Record (2006)

I liked Pulp. I like Jarvis Cocker. But this album has been preposterously overrated by most of the media. It’s a decent [...]