I’ve remembered another. I used to work for a community organisation that often put on neighbourhood ‘fun days’. These would typically involve local interest groups – the Rotary society, the WI etc – exhibiting […]

Scope for a “That thing you wish you’d never said” thread?

Wife holds up son’s Darth Vader costume:

“Do you think this will spoil the rest of the wash?”

“Well, it is a little on the dark side.”

Can you verify the existence of the longer version @brilliantmistake ?

Thanks for sharing the link, I missed this at the time and enjoyed catching up with it last night. It must have been fascinating to be a […]

If you haven’t already, you must browse through Tom Ewing’s ongoing review of every number one single ever – some excellent, insightful writing: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/populist/

He’s now up to August 2002 […]

Yeah. Like I say I was pleasantly surprised but my expectations were rock bottom. He does look uncomfortable.

A Man Needs a Mermaid

A question to those who’ve seen it: reckon this would be suitable for a 6-year-old?

Not because of the guns, violence or scary monsters (oh no) – I’m more interested in whether he might be able to follow it, with […]

My new obsession are a young Melbourne guitar band called Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Their biog describes them as ‘soft punk/tough pop’ inspired by the Go-Betweens and Orange Juice – they also remind me of a […]

I’m a solo covers musician – I do request nights in pubs. I have – according to my poster – “an extensive repertoire of hits from the 60s to the present day!” and rarely use a setlist. I try to work out what the a […]

Thanks for the recommendation Zanti. I plumped for the one about the 1994 episode and am currently a bit of the way through – crikey it’s long – they’ve been talking for 75 minutes and have only just got onto the […]

Re. people who struggle to get to bed at a decent time: lord knows I have enough other foibles – but as someone who has to be up at 6.30 for work, I can’t think of anything worth staying up past 10.30pm for on a […]

SPOILERS

The “Spiritualised scene” was the ridiculous moment I was talking about in my OP, although I could have been talking about the casino escape, or the “milking” scene, or anything involving cute animals / […]

Mark Chadwick from the Levellers, Dave Beasant, and the slightly more thickset keyboard player in Aha.

I’ve been won around to Ragnarok by the comments here – I must try and catch it now. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of comic movies taking themselves too seriously (and can’t stand DC’s darkness), but from the […]

I was 15 when Nevermind came out, which instantly set me against any (male) artist with long hair and a fringe.

Also, any 60s or 70s legend who’d had a bad 80s, most of the line up of Band Aid and most of the T […]