Cars and Motorbikes - Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
I'm in trouble again. The bike show at Birmingham's NEC has just been on and, as usual, a few bikes have got my cheque-writing hand trembling. The bike industry, like every sector of the motor industry, is going through...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Who/what determines whether an album is a sure-fire copper-bottomed Classic. An how ,long does it have to exist before this status is bestowed upon it (how long before I can refer to Norton Folgate as a Classic') Also, is it possible for an album to be both seminal and a classic? I've seen the first Clash album referred to as seminal and London Calling as classic, but seldom (if ever) the other way...
Motorcycle Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
OnPole.com IXO 1:24 Museum Range British Historic Bike Set. A set of eight classic British bikes all in quality display cases. The set comprises 1969 Norton Commando, 1956 Norton Dominator 88, 1954 Vincent Black Shadow, 1967 Triumph Bonneville, 1938 Royal Enfield Bullet, 1956 Ariel Square Four, 1926 Brough Superior SS100 and 1960 BSA Gold Start [...]
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Making a movie about a character whose name you never reveal sounds backwards and bizarre. How are we supposed to identify with the protagonist if we don't even know what to call him? But many films go that route, including this week's movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road , which doesn't name the man or the boy who occupy almost every frame of it. That's in keeping with McCarthy's novel,...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP Boston Red Sox center fielder Joey Gathright (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » If you were to go through all the players on the Opening Day roster for the 2006 Devil Rays, it's incredible how few of them survived on the team for long. Actually, considering the talent involved, maybe it's not such a surprise. This isn't a complete list, but...
Crispian's Album Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Now that Chas and Dave have hung up their trilbies, Madness are cashing in on their Camden roots with a corking cockney classic. I always saw Madness as masters of the 3-minute singles charts, but was a little more weary of their album output. Especially after such a long break, there’s always a worry of a reformation in order to bolster the pension fund. However, don’t be put off by such...
Orbitcast (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Over the years the dysfunctional family lives and upbringings of Sirius XM hosts Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Anthony Cumia and Jim Norton have been the subject of many memorable Opie & Anthony Show moments. Now, for the first time, these classic tales have been collected into a hilarious Thanksgiving special entitled "Sharing the Laughter and Love: An Opie & Anthony Family Special."...
Wash Park Prophet (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Christopher Moore It is possible to tell the similar stories as serious dramas (think the most recent Batman movies), and as melodramatic campy comedies (think the 1970s Batman TV serial). The same applies to vampires. If you want serious (albeit saccharine) dramatic romance, you can read Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. The second book in that series, New Moon, is coming to the big screen this month....
Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
MADNESS ADD EXTRA DATE TO UK TOUR WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL TO JOIN THE DATES 2009 has been the year of Madness and to celebrate their triumphant return to the charts and the hearts of the British public, the band are undertaking a massive December tour for ‘The Liberty Of Norton Folgate’. With all regional dates sold out across the UK including the added matinee shows, Madness have now...
Tiresias (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
SLOW JUSTICE Why does legislation which clearly rights injustice, or introduces obvious improvements, or treats the individual with understanding, or in any other way must clearly be of advantage, take such an interminable time to reach the statute books? The farcically classic case is the decimalisation of British coinage. The first move towards this obvious reform came in 1849, with the introduction...
DVD Movie Maniac (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Print: Good - Sound: Good - Label: Paramount - Year: 2003 - Cover: OK - Format: 2.35:1 - Length: 1h46m/1h43m - Before: Yes - Again: Yes - Price: £1 - Rating: 7/10. In The Italian Job , the only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker ( Mark Wahlberg ) never saw coming was from a member of his own crew! After pulling off a gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded gangster in Venice, Italy, Charlie...
Taliesin meets the vampires (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Director: Charles band Release date: 1997 Contains spoilers Charles band, and his Full Moon Pictures have appeared on the blog many times over and the films range from the sublime to the ridiculous. The company have released some truly classic movies – despite low budgets – and yet have managed to balance that with some real stinkers. The Creeps tries to straddle the two extremes and,...
Washminster (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
" Gutless and feeble, today's politicians are too willing to do what their political masters tell them; terrified to follow their own consciences for fear of what might happen to them, they can be led by the nose to vote for almost anything put before them ". Many might agree with this comment about the sheeplike nature of MPs in the House of Commons. Actually this quote appears at the start...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Wild child, full of grace By Dennis Hartley Pathos, on a cliff by the sea: Where the Wild Things Are Shilo, when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come Shilo, you always came and we'd play -from “Shiloh” by Neil Diamond Childhood is a magical time. Well, at least until the Death of Innocence…whenever that is supposed to occur....
Monster Rally (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Ghost of Engineers' Castle... Halloween... The Most Disturbing Halloween EVER!: The Horrible Clanging of "Tubular Bells" @ PopDose Halloween Songs That Tickle Your Funny Bone (1974) @ Azathoth's Abode on the Plateau of Leng Horror Monsters #9 & Sounds To Make You Shiver @ Magic Carpet Burn Monster Rock 'N' Roll Show (1990) @ Universal Horror Sounds Vic Mizzy RIP @ Dartman's World...
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