Archive for August 2003

So it looks like our fellow US lapdog, Australia, is getting its own inquiry into the government's case for invading Iraq. The issue seems far too important for any petty "We told you so"s, but the farce that's been stumbling in the wake of the Iraq conflict is so risible,... More »

No doubt he'd be a pain in the arse as a mate, and—unless you're feeling unusually charitable towards the instinct to provoke—he's come out with some deeply dubious bullshit. But I kind of enjoy Jim Goad's blog. The "write what you want when you want" school of blogging can lead... More »

Maybe it's because my last private erotic riot with a woman is now so far in the past that its nature is a matter of vague speculation even for the most wild-eyed palaeontologist... But I'm well excited now by the prospect of an upcoming Peaches gig (September 18th @ Heaven,... More »

I've always kind of let Andrew W.K. pass me by. The single 'Party Hard' didn't seem to be that much better than most hedonistic MTV rock, and the nose-running-blood posters seemed maybe a bit phony. But I've pretty much changed my mind after reading this interview in Sex & Guts Magazine.... More »

Just back from a mad gig at The Verge in Camden. A friend's band—Groop—were playing, and they really rocked. They've done a few twists and turns with their sound over the last couple of years, but their current fusion of electro, garage, punk, metal and chakra-piercing walls of feedback is... More »