Posts In Category Opinion
The Quarter Life Crisis
on November 29, 2007 by admin in Opinion, Comments (8)
“When you start to realise that you’re too old to get in the England football team, when novelists appear who are younger than you, when it turns out that actresses you’ve vigorously tossed off over in your lonely bed could get you in trouble with the law if your dreams became reality, you’re inevitably going to feel like you’ve missed the boat.” Quite.
30,000 Days
on by admin in Opinion, Comments (0)
Crisis? What Crisis? J Capeling asks what happens when we turn twenty five… and start to look back.
Cracking Cheese, Gromit!
on November 22, 2007 by admin in Opinion, Zeitgeist, Comments (3)
Apocalypse? What apocalypse? Looking into the future, Lucy Langdon considers the terrifying possibility that Wallace and Gromit might represent our last, best hope to save the planet. How? Read on…
What Price Art?
on November 18, 2007 by admin in Art, Opinion, Comments (1)
In the first part of a series on culture’s co-option of street art, Hayley Thatcher opens the debate with her take on the Banksy phenomenon. Cynical cash in or art for the masses? Let us know what you think, and look out for more debate coming soon.
David Lynch at the BFI London Film Festival
on November 13, 2007 by admin in Opinion, Comments (3)
David Lynch. Ugly, Weird. Confusing. But he certainly knows how to make a good film. Ben Corbett attended his suitably strange appearance at this years BFI film festival to try and decipher a little more about this cryptic man.
The Informatics of Blogging
on September 24, 2007 by Jimmy in Opinion, Zeitgeist, Comments (0)
Ever worried that the internet is going to turn humanity in to one enormous organism, disposing of superfluous humans as a body sheds dead skin? Or that the government is using the internet to gather data which will allow them to predict what you are going to have for breakfast? Jimmy Tidey has.
Only Fools and Horses
on September 15, 2007 by admin in Opinion, Comments (3)
With Regretamine use now so widespread that even Grannies in deepest Kent know what it is, Mudbone reassesses the merits of the white stuff. Harmless fun for munters or retard powder for rank outsiders who need to take off their blinkers? Or is it just horses for courses? (Sorry, we couldn’t resist…)
Dubstep: The New Black
on September 12, 2007 by admin in Music, Opinion, Comments (17)
Chad Fanstor surveys the music of South London from an ivory tower. And then invites it round to his dinner party as a novelty guest.
Fear and Lather in a West London Car Wash
on September 9, 2007 by admin in Creative Writing, Opinion, Comments (1)
According to our Perversion Correspondent, Vermillion Sproul, a novel act of personal degradation is gaining popularity in the carwashes of the capital. By offering him a large amount of money (exactly equivalent to the amount he owes his sister) we persuaded him to investigate in person. We’ve not seen him since, but we found this copy wrapped around a brick in the back of his abandoned car.
The Party’s Over
on August 24, 2007 by admin in Opinion, Comments (0)
Chad Fanstor moans about the clientele of Bristol’s (in)famous Black Swan.