December 2009
69 posts
Dec 31st
78 notes
Dec 31st
Dec 30th
Dec 30th
64 notes
Dec 30th
237 notes
Dec 30th
Dec 30th
Dec 30th
321 notes
Dec 30th
Dec 30th
Iran issues 'slap' warning to UK →
“Britain has been given a warning by Iran’s foreign minister that it will ‘get slapped in the mouth’ if it does not ‘stop the nonsense’.” This is undoubtedly the best ever introduction to a BBC News story, not least because it makes it sound like international relations have now descended to the level of drunken haranguing outside a city centre pub at...
Dec 29th
Dec 29th
Dec 25th
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest...”
– Dorothy Parker (via devilduck) (via samsaramotel)
Dec 24th
24 notes
Dec 24th
Dec 23rd
66 notes
Dec 23rd
69 notes
Dec 22nd
1 note
Dec 21st
Dec 21st
3 notes
Dec 21st
34 notes
Dec 21st
32 notes
Dec 20th
1 note
Dec 20th
2 notes
Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in... →
A victory for the anti-Cowell brigade. And a bloody good thing it is, especially since the winner of this year’s talentless competition looks about 12 years old. Righteous indignation with the endless pop pap churned out by The X Factor wins out over yet another dreary ballad about lurve. As for me, well, I must confess that I’m not really much of a fan of baseball-capped men with...
Dec 20th
Dec 18th
Dec 18th
1 note
Dec 18th
2 notes
Dec 18th
Dec 16th
21 notes
Dec 16th
“If Dame Judi [Dench] were to bounce up and down on [Harvey] Weinstein in the...”
– Sorry, Dame Judi, but there’s no escape from being a ‘national treasure’ | Tanya Gold | The Guardian
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
99 notes
Dec 14th
3 notes
Permanent Bedtime →
A looped online recording of Sailing By, followed by the Shipping Forecast, so you can listen all day, every day. If you want to. Which I think I do. [Warning: please don’t tune in if you happen to be operating industrial machinery, as it may induce drowsiness. Also best avoided if you need the forecast for genuine seafaring purposes, since you’re only ever going to get the outlook ...
Dec 14th
1 note
Dec 14th
1 note
Dec 14th
Best of 2009 →
Jimmy Chen’s Best of 2009 is the best Best of 2009 by far.
Dec 11th
WatchWatch
Dec 11th
Dec 10th
3 notes
Dec 10th
3 notes
Dec 10th
1 note
Dec 10th
1 note
WatchWatch
Portishead sign to Amnesty: This new song, Chase the Tear, has been released in association with Amnesty International.to mark International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the United Nation’s historic Universal Declaration Of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. The UDHR set out for the first time in a single document the fundamental rights to which everyone, everywhere is entitled -...
Dec 10th
7 notes
Dec 9th
Dec 9th
261 notes
Dec 8th
11 notes
Dec 8th
Iraq dossier WMD evidence 'came from taxi driver' →
Possibly the most ridiculous headline ever. Never believe a minicab driver when he tells you that he knows a few good shortcuts. Never believe a minicab driver when he tells you that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction that could launch a chemical attack on UK targets within 45 minutes.
Dec 8th