November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
6 posts
Most Bizarre and Unintentionally Hilarious...
Island of Death. 1977.
“Celia has discovered the meaning of crude, primitive sex. While her husband (who was never her husband but her brother) starts to melt”
Cast your eyes south, open the somewhat stretched image in a new tab, and read the grammatically ‘adventurous’ and comically nutty synopsis of Greek exploitation horror nasty ‘Island of Death’, which can be...
September 2011
6 posts
Happy 75th Birthday Jim Henson.
August 2011
6 posts
WatchThis Song Makes Me So Perfectly Sleepy
‘Cuckoo’ by Still Corners.
Oooooh. Still Corners’ new single is like a luxury massage for brains. I’ll file this one next to Brian Eno’s ‘Discreet Music’ or Cocteau Twins’ ‘Lorelei’ as one of those sublimely floaty tracks that are perfect for leading the listener into blissfully deep sleep....
Hobo With a Shotgun- Sick Filth of the Highest...
‘Hobo With a Shotgun’. Dir: Jason Eisener. In cinemas now.
‘ I used to be like you… a long time ago. All brand new and perfect. No mistakes, no regrets. People look at you and think of how wonderful your future will be. They want you to be something special… like a doctor or a lawyer. I hate to tell you this, but if you grow up here, you’re more likely to wind up selling...
Field Day Made Me Mildly Angry.
Scientists have estimated that most of the people at Field Day were at least 74% more attractive than you.
I’ll remember Saturday August 6th 2011 for two things; the Tottenham riot and the Field Day festival in Victoria Park. Actually, since Field Day wasn’t particularly good (plagued by some poor sound, average performances, overpriced everything and a few thousand too many...
July 2011
1 post
Me, Metal and Sonisphere 2011: Why The Big 4 Blew...
Sonisphere 2011. Knebworth. 8th July 2011.
When it was announced that Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica would be playing one after the other on the opening night of the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, I had to snap up tickets immediately. Here was the opportunity to see the bands that fans collectively refer to as the ‘Big 4’; the most successful players in the 80’s thrash metal...
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
5 posts
127 Hours Review. (Contains Spoilers)
‘127 Hours’. Dir: Danny Boyle.
Danny Boyle can safely be referred to as one of Britain’s most unpredictable and versatile dramatic filmmakers. He has mastered a wild variety of genres, from the era- defining druggy drama of ‘Trainspotting’ through to the apocalyptic zombie-horror ’28 Days Later’ and the Mumbai set wish-fulfilment smash hit ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (I’m not personally a...
December 2010
6 posts
The Bin's Ten Favourite Tracks Of 2010
Click below to listen to my 10 Favourite Tracks Of The Year on Spotify.
My 2010 Top 10.
It’s that time of year again, where we take stock of the last 12 months and hope that we don’t repeat the same mistakes again. Most importantly though, it’s a time for nerds to make lists of their favourite geek things and occasionally sneer at other nerd’s lists of favourite geek...
Click Here For My Sad Songs Spotify Playlist. →
Ages ago, I posted a rundown of my favourite sad songs of all time. I have just compiled them on Spotify for your listening pleasure, together with a couple of amendments/additions to maximise the exquisite misery.
Some Kind of Monster.
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Review: ‘Monsters’. Dir: Gareth Edwards. Out: Now (UK)
I posted a preview piece about miraculously low budgeted science fiction drama ‘Monsters’ last month, so I apologise if I occasionally repeat myself here. Having seen the film recently at the wonderful ‘Screen on the Green’ cinema in Islington, I felt it was worth picking the movie apart. It is, after all, a remarkable and...
November 2010
6 posts
Watch
School of Hard Jocks: Click to watch 'Frat House'... →
Warning: This movie might put you off higher education (in the US at least).
Check out ‘Frat House’ by clicking on the link above. This eye- watering 1998 documentary uncovers the hellish frat house initiation rituals carried out at a couple of US colleges. Vice magazine have managed to unearth a grainy copy of the never-broadcast film for your viewing pleasure.
I don’t know...
October 2010
3 posts
When Rockstars Go Wrong.
Moe Tucker. This is what pure satanic evil looks like. Keep away kids. Keep away.
News that supercool ex- Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker supports the right-wing Tea Party movement in America has sparked much vitriol and heated debate in music blogs across the land.
Her televised comments to a US reporter where she complained about America’s ‘slide towards socialism’...
September 2010
2 posts
Less Unless by CIVIL CIVIC →
Civil Civic on a beach in Barcelona. Miserable sods.
My flatmate kindly introduced me to Civil Civic just the other night, and I was rather impressed by ’Less Unless’, with its silky, nagging synth hook providing some subtle beauty against a backdrop of intricate, serrated guitars that eventually detonate like nail bombs of shrieking distortion.
This London/Barcelona based due do a nice...
August 2010
2 posts
Roald Dahl: My Favourite Children's Author Is Also... →
I found this amazing article in the Torygraph the other day- which documents the tragic sequence of events that befell the genius author of ‘The Witches’, ‘The BFG’ and ‘Matilda’ in the 1960’s, including the death of one of his children.
Most incredibly, it reveals how the man’s resourcefulness and determination ended up saving the life of his son...
July 2010
3 posts
Review: Inception.
Dir: Christopher Nolan. Out Now.
I managed to catch ‘Inception’ at the lovely Rio Cinema in Dalston over the weekend and thought I’d throw in my two cents worth.
Anticipation of the film in the media (and from the public) has been enormous- other reviewers of this titanic budgeted sci-fi extravaganza have favourably compared director Christopher Nolan (who has built up an...
WatchSleigh Bells/ ‘Tell ‘em’. Live at Ridgewood Masonic Temple. 5/11/2010.
This cool Brooklyn girl/boy duo are popping over to London on the 9th August to play the Lexington in Kings Cross- should be a pretty exciting gig. If you haven’t heard their debut album ‘Treats’- I recommend it- it’s basically the noisiest R & B record ever made- kind of like...