Posts In Category Opinion
VAT: Fuck the Taxman
on June 22, 2010 by admin in Opinion, Comments (0)
I disagree entirely with the rise in VAT (sales tax to readers abroad) from 17.5% to 20%. It’s just plain stupid. It’s rare you get people from left and right […]
Why David Laws Must Stay
on May 29, 2010 by admin in Article, Opinion, Comments (0)
David Laws, now at the Treasury, has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Specifically, paying rent out of his expenses to his gay lover for a room […]
The Apple iPad is the Suckiest Hyped-Up Product in History
on April 8, 2010 by admin in Article, Opinion, Review, Zeitgeist, Comments (3)
So the iPad’s here, is it? Well the iPad can fuck right off. Let’s get the obvious shit out of the way with first. It’s a giant iPhone. It doesn’t […]
Smoke Stacks to Apple Macs – the Kinetica Art Fair
on February 9, 2010 by Jimmy in Art, Article, Opinion, Comments (0)
Zizek has summarised Marx as having said that the invention of steam engine has caused more social change than any revolution ever would. Marx himself doesn’t seem to have provided […]
Shitty, Shitty Copenhagen
on December 7, 2009 by admin in Opinion, Zeitgeist, Comments (4)
Irate columnist Chad Fanstor rips into hippies. Again.
My long, slow conversion to pop
on October 9, 2009 by admin in Music, Opinion, Comments (0)
What’s the point in pop? Well, quite a lot, actually. There’s more to music than being able to sneer at other people’s lack of knowledge or taste. This is the story of one man’s music journey from black and white to colour…
Manifesto for the under twenty fives
on September 10, 2009 by admin in Opinion, Comments (1)
Are we generation Y or generation Z? Rina B. thinks that anyone who came of age in the last decade is part of generation Zzz…
Turner Prize: Not my cup of tea
on October 26, 2008 by Jimmy in Art, Opinion, Comments (0)
Jimmy Tidey tells us why conceptual art is out of ideas. It’s boring — so boring nobody’s even bothered to mention it.
Addictive TV on the roof of the National Theatre
on September 3, 2008 by admin in Opinion, Video, Comments (0)
We review Addictive TV’s appearance on the roof of the National Theatre. It’s edgy, apparently, but only because of the audience.
The Price of Free
on July 30, 2008 by Jimmy in Opinion, Comments (0)
Jimmy Tidey wonders if there’s any such thing as a free lunch. Would you pay for services on the web? Probably not. But someone has to, somehow.