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I’m currently watching season 1 of Mad Menon DVD. I never managed to quite get into it when it was on TV and so decided to give it a second chance. Whilst I’m reserving judgement on it until I’ve finished the box-set, what I can’t argue with is the fact that it is incredibly cool.
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Whilst some people crave a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, for many the way they know they’ve made it is when they get their own pair of trainers.
Well, with the release of the limited edition Nike Airs that he’s designed, Dizzee Rascal can take comfort in the fact that he has definitely arrived. [...]

So yesterday, as I continue to try to nail down the songs of the decade, I carried out a poll at work to try to find just that. You can see the resulting list* here (if you’re on Spotify) which includes two songs by Daft Punk, including Harder Better Faster Stronger. Ignoring the fact that [...]

It’s almost as if everyone is determined to make me feel old.
As if to highlight the fact that in less than 4 months time it will be 10 years since I saw in the year 2000 dancing on Bondi Beach, Absolute Radio are asking their listeners to help choose the Song of the Decade. What [...]

Watching Match Of The Day 2 this evening I couldn’t help thinking about Scotland’s recent failure to qualify for the World Cup. In many of the articles I read on the subject the failure was put down to the failure of Scottish football to produce as many world class footballers as it did in the [...]

So last night the winner of this year’s Mercury Music Prize was announced as Speech Debelle’s debut Speech Therapy. I have to say that I was pretty underwhelmed by the decision: it’s not a bad album, but I wonder how many people will still be listening to it in a year, let alone 17 year’s [...]