The Wire: the journey begins…

So, after aeons of waiting, the time finally arrived. The ‘time’ in question was, of course, the temporal point at which I would start, at long last, being a viewer of that near-mythical beast, the most lavishly praised television show in the history of idiots like me staring blankly at cathode ray, plasma and LCDContinue reading “The Wire: the journey begins…”

…And you don’t stop

As is usually the case with yours truly, I have set off on another journey of musical discovery and rediscovery. Worry not (or simply worry), as I have not abandoned either the long-dormant 2005 project, nor the impending 2006-07 telly project, let alone the sort of impending 1997 reminiscy-fest. Anyway, this one is based aroundContinue reading “…And you don’t stop”

UFC 73 postscript

A few things have come to light since the ‘publication’ of my UFC 73 post, so herein are those aforementioned things. First off is the detail that I blanked on (and an ever-present issue when a writer gets cocky enough to work off fighter records in his memory as opposed to, you know, actual factualContinue reading “UFC 73 postscript”

Dana’s Next Top Model

In the fifth cycle of Dana White’s Next Top Model, we lucky viewers were privy to all sorts of entertainment. From impromptu haircuts, worries of expanding waist-lines, fear about contestants’ lack of height and talk of colonic irrigation to catfights in the garden and contestants hiding each others bedding, this season of DWNTM had itContinue reading “Dana’s Next Top Model”