1. BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO...
2. Windy Woof
3. Aromatherapy Boobies (feat. Felicity Pyatt and Dizzee Rascal)
4. And He Was The 2nd Lieutenant
5. The Guatemalan Five
6. That’s Not Gary Barlow, It’s Gorbachov
7. Obscenities Included
8. Ox Nihat (And the Prisoner of E. Leclerc)
9. The Seminal Crystal
10. Slowly Losing Consciousness on the Couches
11. ( ( Read more... )

Here be the film magazine that I co-edit. Check it out, it's worth a read! (Well some of it is...)

http://issuu.com/biglens/docs/biglens_5.1

Taken from the feature in The Guardian.

It's been a long time coming - at least, in Whitby's terms: the band has released three studio albums in their youthful two years of superstardom, and their newly released fourth has come after a sustained period in the recording and mixing rooms. Why so long? Have they been crafting a masterpiece? In short, ( Read more... )

So this seems a little appropriate in light of our current situation...

I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all
oppression and shame,
I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men at anguish with
themselves, remorseful after deeds done,
I see in low life the ( Read more... )

I wrote this a couple of months ago, and it never saw the light of day so I thought I'd pop it up here. Enjoy, or don't.

What a summer we had. The blocks were well and truly busted as we were sledge hammered with big budget films over the last few months, and whilst admittedly the quality varied wildly (Speed Racer, anyone?) we were treated to ( Read more... )

Perusing the internet for lack of anything better to fill time, I was delighted to come across this. This is a video from when I had the honour of seeing Mr. David Ford at the beautiful Union Chapel, and though the sound quality could be better, it's still an incredible example of lyricism and music.

Click to view

So I saw David Ford again last night, and loved every second of it. He's such a hero of mine there's always a risk of being disappointed, but with Mr. Ford, there was never really any doubt. He played a few new songs which usually, with other bands, would have annoyed me a bit, but on this occasion I was more than happy. Especially 'cause at least ( Read more... )

ALMODOVAR OUT,
ENTER THE BIG DADDY

Following Sir Andrew Millar's departure as England boss, assistant manager Pedro Almodovar has followed suit and walked out the door of the England set-up. And, in an equally abrupt move, the FA has appointed long-time person Nigel Hezel to be Bernard Shaw's new number two man.

Almodovar cited his close relationship ( Read more... )

You can't beat a good old bit of Father Ted at midnight!

"Thats the great thing about Catholicism: it's so vague that no one really knows what it's all about."

Face to face the people stand

With declarations in their hands

The battle’s ready to be won

As man to man hands down his gun

The middle-men prepare themselves

To witness every kind of hell

You’d think that they would curb their rage

But they’ve all read a different page

That urges them to fight the rest

Until the living are possessed

With ( Read more... )