Recent content by Bangpuss

Saw it last night and agree with pretty much all of the above. I thought it could have been compacted to contain more material in less time. As mentioned before, I would have liked to know how the whole situation of those dudes agreeing to reenact their murders came about. And why the fat dude...

Peter Siddle is a very good bowler. In a better team, he'd do exceptionally well. Even with these mediocrities alongside him, he is higher in the rankings than the (admittedly under-rated) Jimmy Anderson. While Australia have men like Peter Siddle in the team -- a man who looks like he can...

I assume you mean how long Flintoff will last as a commentator? This series will be 2-1 or 3-1 England, with the weather determining how many draws there are. It would be great to see Australia become a laughing stock, like when they lost to Bangladesh in an ODI. That's surely up there with...

Boris Becker's commentary is hilarious. "Wow, Andy is so fit right now." "If you let your head drop, Djokovic will give you such a pounding!" "New balls! Das is good news for Andy!" "You don't want to be on the receiving end of Novak!" OK, he may not have actually said any of that stuff...

Tottenham has a lot of warehouses that haven't yet been colonised by the folks who set up live/work studios and all that yarbles in Hackney Wick. Not that I've ever lived there myself, but it seems to be pretty vibing whenever I've been there.

Helter Skelter returns to London for one night only! Hear the mesmeric, revolutionary songs of Charles Manson and the Manson Family performed live by a super group including: The Fat White Manson Family ‘Squeaky’ Misty Miller Tash & Beth + Many more! The world’s only known Manson Family...

Rich, you have to see Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. One of the funniest TV shows ever. Is The Kingdom anything like Element of Crime? I really like a lot of Lars Von Trier (The Idiots especially), but hated Element of Crime.

BTW Upstream Color is getting a UK release in August/September. Can't wait to witness the divorce-worthy arguments on Dissensus when it comes out.

A friend showed me this the other day. It had me in stitches.

I'm sure most of you have heard about Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding. If you've been to London in the past few years (or probably New York), you'll have seen it plastered all over the walls with quotes saying it's the best debut novel since yadda yadda yadda. So naturally, I was intrigued...

I agree with about 90% of that. I'm not defending regular news coverage, for the complex of factors relating to bias and what consitutes 'news', etc. But with Vice, you're right, they come across as ignorant, churlish first-worlders only there for the 'whoah, dude!' factor. Do they care about...

It was ages ago I saw it, so don't remember that but I take your word for it.

I don't think it's about moral superiority or being overly po-faced to say that Vice is good at what it does, which is basically Jackass. Things like Jackass can be funny, but sending Johnny Knoxville to Syria doesn't make it a trustworthy news source. Skateboarding in Palestine doesn't make me...

Yes, it is! And here's the site he founded after he left Vice: http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/fuck-that-fat-chick/ As Zhao would say, he 'real people'. By the way, that's not some skeleton in the closet I had to research hard to find so I could parade an unrepresentative sample...

I know there are going to be people who hate Upstream Color, either because they think it's pretentious or baffling or whatever. I obviously disagree. And I don't get the comparisons to A Scanner Darkly.