My sister and I are big fans of They Might Be Giants. I`ve been a fan since I was probably 12 or 13 years old, which is a long, long time. When I asked her if she fancied the “Here Come…” CDs for Christmas, she said they`d be too childish. I`d heard a few of the songs online, and thought they were damn fine, so went ahead and found Here Come The 123s, Here Come The ABCs, and Here Comes Science in the dual CD / DVD combo and packed them neatly away. When I say “neat”, I mean “wrapped up like a fish supper”.
On Christmas day, she put on the 123s DVD for the kids, and they were mesmerised. [...]
Recently, the BBC`s bastion of social commentary, EastEnders spawned a sidekick show in the form of EastEnders E20, and thank Christ the programme is only available online or via the red button interactive thingie.
The premise is thus: take a bunch of new characters, introduced during 2 episodes of the regular show, and spice it up for da kidz. Add a dribble of Drummond Bass soundtrack, including a bloody awful remix of the EastEnders intro music, and top off with lots of bad lighting. To shit things up (I think that`s what the kids say), show a bit of ugly character skin. Recipe for a televised bollock.
If you`re old enough to remember the Ricky and Bianca spin off, it`s much the [...]
Having had what can only be described as the worst year in living memory, I`ve taken the headstaggers and ripped the website apart and squirted it all into WordPress. These facts are somehow linked, probably something to do with occupying THE BRAIN. Having put the lot together over a few years using handrolled PHP, I couldn`t be bothered. So I`ve managed to shoehorn the majority of the site into WordPress, which hopefully means search engines will see some more stuff and my hit rate for “donkey porn” and “dankey porno” goes down a little. Donkey pornography made up something like the top 9 search terms to reach the site. Shame on you, Internet weirdos. Shame on you.
Anyway, expect some [...]
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