Blockbusters: The Bestselling Albums Of All Time Cynicism is very easy. You risk very little by dismissing something as trash. Enthusiasm, on the other hand, is a risk, and an act of vulnerability. It only takes one sneer or a scoff to introduce humiliation into the equation. Cynicism is a defence mechanism used to minimise […]

I finally found a way of digitizing cassette tapes on my current set-up. The audio file below is a complete rip of an educational tape I used to fall asleep to when I was a child. I listened so often across so many years that I can remember almost everything from it by heart, over […]

The Simpsons: the cultural juggernaut which 1. defined the 1990s, 2. raised me almost as much as my family did, and 3. still refuses to die already. It is what it is, and at it’s best, it’s the best thing, and will fuel conversation until the Earth burns. Hot stuff comin’ through. 5 Brief Honourable […]