“Not all those who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
Why I created this blog
This blog was built so that I had a place to shout at the world when it got me angry, mainly after reading a tabloid or seeing a celebrity swallowed by their own ego. When there is an instance of unfettered fame and rank posturing, I feel that someone should be be shouting them down. I also thought that person might be me. Sometimes it is.
Blog archive
Will tele-video kill the cinema’s star?
Leonardo DiCaprio has NEVER deserved to win an Oscar. Why should he care? The Academy Awards are shit
Jeremy Clarkson: Too Bigot To Fail?
It’s boring, isn’t it? Watching, as the circus that is the annual Clarkson kerfuffle rolls around again? Oh blimey, what’s he said now? How has he managed to be too offensive/racist/sexist/insert-unacceptable-behaviour-here this time? It’s become typical, up to the point…
Rupert Murdoch: Last Tyrant Standing (original post October 2011)
On the 20th October 2011, the world watched on YouTube as Libyan dictator General Muamar Gaddafi was pulled from a storm drain and beaten to death, before the self-proclaimed ‘King of kings’ executed corpse was dragged through the streets. The…
Why I hate this ‘Why I hate the cult of Bill Hicks’ article.
Last year I came across an article in The Quietus (you can read it here) besmirching the great Bill Hicks. I don’t expect everyone to like or agree with him, or me, but I was interested in the arguments, however…
How a newspaper article by a pernicious Daily Mail writer confirmed my fears about our classist press
We’ve all been there. A commute home with loud-mouthed, irritating people screaming and bawling shamelessly. Hell, I’ve probably been that person on a few occasions. We all roll our eyes and wish they’d shut up. I have also enjoyed slagging…
