Notes from 2002
- Scratch Yer Head· Currently making extensive use of the Itchy London guide (brief, critical reviews of bars, pubs, restaurants and attractions in London). Related: Itchy…
- Faakin jingall jangall· Chatham Girls (Last All Summer Long?)
- American Scream· The Bill Hicks Story. Related: Bill Hicks MP3s.
- Bigger Wheels· MoonPies in infinitely better than Wagon Wheels non-shocker. Related: Manufactured Chocolate and Marshmallow Biscuits of the World; The Wagon Wheel Effect.
- Geek Joke· Stolen from the inestimable Mr Beach.
- UNCHAU· Some quick Uncharted Audio updates. The sonomu launch party (featuring Cursor Miner, Rothko, Junkboy, Simon Fisher Turner and more) takes place tonight…
- Key Words· …and Tricky Phrases for Emergency Medical Personnel.
- Spins Them Webs· The Times on the science of Spider-Man (requires registration).
- Red Shadow· Hiroyuki Nakano’s “comic spin on the classic samurai tale” is showing between Sat 18 May – Thu 23 May at the ICA. Related: Red Shadow IMDb entry; official…
- Hand In Your Head· Fresh looks and an excellent new exhibit – ‘The Art of Ken Meyer Jr‘ – over at headlessness.
- Prince Shops at Bardwells· Guardian journalist goes looking for UK underground music. Finds it. The end.
- Amphibious Nostrils· Excerpt from The Salmon of Doubt, the late Douglas Adams’ third and incomplete Dirk Gently novel. Also features about 50 short Adams pieces (mostly…
- Break My Body· Le Parkour – extreme roof-jumping urban sport, as featured in the current BBC 1 short, ‘Rush Hour’.
- Camel Bobsled· Scratch, a documentary from Palm Pictures, is a “feature length film about the hip-hop DJ and today’s turntablist movement”. Currently set for UK release…
- Brekfux· Nautilus are holding a Break-Fux-A-Thon Competition, to be judged by Venetian Snares, Jay from Coredump and Schmee from Planet Mu.
- Build High· The Pixies’ original demo (The Purple Tape) will be released under the title “Pixies” by spinART records on July 9th.
- Regular Return· The Bristol Art Library is the smallest public lending library in the world, is “housed in a wooden cabinet the size of a small suitcase” and contains 170…
- Go Go Mobile· The Guardian reports on new music recognition technology.
- Jazz Feathers· Jay Rubin’s Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words looks worthwhile (if far from definitive or overly insightful).
- Personals· “Happily attached small anime girl seeks internet weirdo“. Apparently. Apply within.
- Mutant Ibex· Time to dig out Chris Morris’ excellent Pixies spoof Motherbanger (MP3, 1,139Kb).
- Break out the Mead· After 72 years, the Dictionary of Middle English is finally finished.
- Standing By· Create lego-style figures, like this rather poor rendition of Porkins, the aptly-named (and ill-fated) X-Wing pilot from Star Wars. If only there was a…
- Papercuts· An excerpt from Nicholson Baker’s latest non-fiction work, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. Related: Nicholson Baker Fan Page; American…
- No Nathaniel, No· The complete lyrics from Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – the ultimate in-car entertainment for children of the late 70’s.