alexsarll | I'd rather take my pleasures when and how I will, be they disgraceful or distasteful or distilled.

What a deeply peculiar Love Your Enemies that was. Realising that my drink - Olde English Gaymer - was also a self-description. Being used as an exemplar for

miss_newham's education in DJing (poor girl). The amazing

katstevens Pedal, capable of turning any music into BOSH except if you play Pulp's Mile End, where you'll instead get the Local History Mix. And to cap it all, Steve Lamacq, who so far as I can work out was present by mistake but seemed rather taken with it nonetheless.

Christian Dior - Adam & the Ants
Neato - Baxendale
Cloudbusting - Swimmer One
The One - Menswear
Lenny Valentino - The Auteurs
When You Were Mine - Prince
Born To Be Adored - Momus
Bedsitter - Soft Cell
The Excitement Is Over At Last - Martin White
Lightning Strikes Twice - Saint Etienne
Don't Look Down - The Divine Comedy
Creep - TLC
For Tomorrow - Blur
Teenage Wristband - Twilight Singers
(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country - Sparks
I'm A Vampire - Future Bible Heroes
Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine
Jealous Of Your Cigarette - Hawksley Workman
Picture This - Blondie
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve - Johnny Boy

Reason Number 6,412 Why Frank Miller Rocks: "Continuity is the hobgoblin of small minds. But Elektra is still dead."

Thanks to

darkmarcpi for this: it turns out that one reason Iran et al are convinced Zionists control the media is that they need Israeli technology to propagate their own vile anti-Semitism. 'pwned!', as I believe the young folk say.

What are the odds of reviewing two books in a row, in completely different genres, and having them both contain quotes from obscure singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock?

In my dream last night, someone not unlike

hoshuteki tried to convince me that China was actually no bigger than Wales - just very crowded.