I have become a little bit attached to MarioKart 8. I used to be terrible and now I’m really good at it. It’s a relaxing way to spend about 45 minutes. If I pretend I am representing Britain my performance imp […]

Thanks – feel free.

You see, I don’t actually mind true Tories – the ones that believe in growth through less regulation and private enterprise. I don’t agree with that very naive worldview but there is a cohesive argument to be […]

A cynical tactic adopted by shifty bastards everywhere. Only a few months ago I was at a meeting where a CEO was fronting up about job losses and the company being sold off. Her daughter (about 9) was sat next to […]

Word from the City is that some big offshore players are going long on George Benson futures . A second referendum in 2020 will be very lucrative indeed for the silver-tongued smoothie soul singer from the old […]

I remember watching things like Boney and The Sullivans and wondering why beer glasses were so small in Australia. I now know that in the summer heat, an imperial pint of beer would be warmer than a dingo’s […]

I read “remainard” without the glamorous French inflection, i.e. as in “retard”. It’s an abhorrent word in many ways but not least because I don’t hang out an American high school.

What is the difference between a Brexiter and Brexiteer? The latter sounds a bit more jolly – like a Morris dancer. Having said that I knew a Morris dancer once and he made Nigel Farage sound like Greta Thunberg.

Gentlemen Take Drop Kicks

People will often say something like “it makes me want to nail their head to the floor” or “I want to stab out their eyes!” when someone put’s an apostrophe in the wrong place. Relax, man!

Microsoft hate prisoners having computers. “Vista”, “Outlook”, “Windows” – all designed to goad the incarcerated.

Sir Cliff can navigate this kind of thing with ease.

In his single “I just don’t have the heart!” he tells his partner that he doesn’t love them anymore (with him so far) and that he doesn’t have the heart to […]

It’s a great song CLOTH EARS!

The organisers have failed to take on board the havoc these decisions will wreak on office sweep adminstrators. Drawn matches are rare in rugby so someone picking a drawn result out of pure ignorance will find […]

And despite the grimness of the overall message, the vocal in Radioactivity (“discovered by Madame Curie…”) sounds kind and optimistic.

The Naked and the Famous – Young Blood
Babysitters Circus – Everything’s gonna be all right now
Of Monsters and Men – Mountain Sound
Avalanche City – Love Love Love
Lorde – Tennis Court
Lorde – Team
Sia – […]

I really liked this one at the time. Just listening to it again and, yes, very eighties but quite a dignified and persistent groove going on here. A bit like Wanna Be Startin’ Something.

The song changes when it’s sung from a female perspective as well. I love both.

Strangest thing happened when I saw them live several years ago. I might have been hypnotised by the experience but when this song started my eyes immediately welled up. I wasn’t knowingly overwhelmed […]