Monthly Archives: March 2009

Breakfast of Champions

There is a brand new sandwich and snack emporium in the heart of the City of London. I walk past this canteen of unusual delights at breakfast time, just before passing Mansion House Station. What catches my eye and piques my interest are the exotic treats being hawked on the advertising chalk board which nestles […]

Shock of the Liking

At the recent NME Awards shindig after show party I had an unusual experience in a toilet with Oasis singer and celebrity spitter Liam Gallagher. I was busily checking my make-up in the urinal mirror, discussing the joy of lipstick with The Cure’s Robert Smith, when there was a fracas and excitable activity in the […]

Who Watches the Watchmen? I Did

It was set to be the movie event of the year. The film adaptation of the Citizen Kane of comic book novels is here. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ revolutionary and inventive deconstruction of the superhero myth is a weaving story of redemption, betrayal, love and humanity.
Ah, but what about the film? In the hands of […]

Tiberius Trailer

My excessive excitement about the impending Star Trek film is reaching unnatural extremes. I may do myself an injury. I cannot wait to see this film. Just released is the new trailer. This is two minutes of prime spectacle. I implore you to go and watch this right now.
You will be able to view the […]

Comic Relief Belief

An exciting sight welcomed me on the Millennium Bridge this beautiful sunny crisp morning. Seeing another film crew I thought nothing of it, they are there everyday after all.
As I closed in on the flittering crew I realised those in front of the camera were foul-mouth idiot Jonathan Ross, smug pug-faced little fat man Ricky […]

What Not To Do When Drunk No. 3897.5

When indie celebrities go mental at the NME Awards do not accept their invitation to party.
This will continue for four full days and nights and involve visits to salubrious clubs, pubs and brothels in the heart of seedy Soho and oh sooo trendy Hoxton. Partying for such lengths of time is so exhausting you have […]