Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull: Time Team It Ain’t

I went with my better half to the Godplex on Glasgow’s Renfrew Street (AKA Cineworld), a magniloquent building sitting on the location of Scotland’s former Rawk`n`Roll mecca, the Apollo. I had already glimpsed trailers and a few fragments of advance PR for Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, really as little as [...]

the genius of Penn & Teller

Via the equally genius-like Charlie Brooker at the Guardian, from his May 19th column:
“Most of the time, boring people are either a) unnoticeable or b) inoffensive. Or c) newspaper columnists. In any case, they’re usually easy to avoid. It’s only when you’re stuck in close proximity to them for an extended period that they truly cross [...]

Ian McDonald’s ‘Brasyl`, a holiday destination for the mind

I think I`ve known Ian McDonald since about the late 80s, back when I was doing Shark Tactics and sending it off to every skiffy person of note whose address I could lay hands on. I remember reading ‘Desolation Road’ and being just blown away by it, then getting hold of his first short story [...]

Steampunk 4Ever!

Always had serious liking for steampunk, the fiction, the movies, the games and now…the music! Yes, indeedy, there are a few musical artistes out there in the Electronworld who take inspiration from the ethos, the background, the textures and, oh yes, the smells of the Steampunk-o-verse. Not time to go into a fullon litany of [...]