Nerdstock
You may have missed it last night, if you went to a late vigil mass, but beebeecee 4 broadcast Robin Ince’s 9 Lessons & Carols for Godless People, a Christmas celebration of science and Christlessness, which is now available on iPlayer. Although notable for short (or heavily-edited) turns from scientists, comedians, and neither (musicians mostly), [...]
Salmonella of Knowledge, being the most tortured Eggheads/Mr. Brown’s Irish mythology comic crossover pun that I can think up
Now that a horrid week has passed, it seems reasonable to reflect on the recent appearance on teevee quiz show, Eggheads. Of course, the beebeecee have sworn us to secrecy, as much for our own good as theirs. It will, in all likelihood, be shown in the Summer, with everybody’s dignity carefully edited out.
The team [...]
Words & Music – One
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”
Orig. Unknown, Attributed to Elvis Costello, Martin Mull, Laurie Anderson, Steve Martin, Frank Zappa, Charlie Mingus… etc.
It would not be so difficult to dance about architecture, although, if the building is very big, it may take some time to move all the way around it. Dancing, critically, on [...]
