New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle

I only found that out a couple of days ago – and Lost of Music came out in, what, 1979?

Good grief, I miss Rik.

Just finished – amazing game. Really effective story telling with more than a couple of ‘oh no..’ moments that are usually reserved for books and movies.
Been looking at the PS 5, but really can’t justify the […]

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Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo.
Gorgeous novel focussing on 60-year-old Sully and the various residents of a small town in the NE America. It’s funny, melancholy, and wise

Who they was by Gabriel Kra […]

Severance on Apple TV. Takes work/life balance literally.

It feels like a Philip K Dick story spliced with Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine / Being John Malkovich era).

2 episodes in and I’m intrigued.

Overlong and with an overcomplicated plot. Full of characters with not enough to do. A cookie cutter bad guy (facial disfigurement, island lair, army of minions) whose motivation to destroy the world was vague at […]

Heard
Fat Pop by Paul Weller
I am enjoying this year’s Weller recording. But my he’s looking his age, and that haircut isn’t doing him any favours.

Seen
Agents of Shield
We’re about halfway through season […]

Bought a projector during lockdown 1 – so we had a summer of watching Marvel movies on the big screen.
A growing stack of books on the kindle. But that’s OK as I have been racing through novel in the last year […]

Heard
Avalanches – We will always love you
Both uplifting and melancholic. My favourite track is We go on, a fun little number featuring Mick Jones and Cola Boy.

On and On by Curtis Harding
This song […]

Silent House is a decent enough horror flick. It is elevated by the presence of Elizabeth Olsen, who is a magnetic screen presence.

Seen.
Subscribed to Disney Plus and watched WandaVision. It goes easy on the usual thumpy, punchy, shooty Marvel thing (for the most part) and instead explores themes of loss and grief. At its best it’s […]

I saw Lee Evans at the Palladium in the mid 90s. Not sure if it was the size of the venue, the size of the audience or what, but I found it a bit flat.
A few weeks later got tickets to a night at the Comedy […]

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Altered Carbon

Wears its influences with a pleasing lack of subtly. We are in a Bladerunner-esque California of flying cars, neon and rain. The AI, tech implants, and evil mega companies are all mixed into […]

Nice list – The Gift and A Simple Favour are great. And Cold in July captures Lonsdale’s quirk and dark humour.

Low Life is currently on 4OD.

And if I were to add one to this list it would be Animal […]

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Little Eyes by Samantha Schweblin
The novel imagines that a new gadget, the kentucki, is launched globally. Each kentucki is a camera and speaker housed in a remotely controlled toy animal. The twist is […]

I have found reading a real comfort during the past few months. Plus, as I have been working from home I’ve had moe opportunities to read during the day (no commute, grabbing a fw minutes with the kindle during […]

Simon Russell Beale as Beria was chilling. Cruel, spiteful, conniving.

I am steeling myself for a long, drawn out conversation with Virgin (as you say, their website is great at selling you stuff – not so good when you want to downgrade!). But worth it to save some money and invest […]

Good point.