Shane Richmond

My review of book eleven – Tim Footman’s Radiohead – Welcome to the Machine – is now live over at 26books.

It was 1-2 when I switched on but even if the score hadn’t been displayed in the corner of the screen I would have known the result from Clive Tyldesley’s funereal tones. With the anguished air of a man watching a car full of puppies sink slowly into a lake, Clive seemed barely able to [...]

Steve Martin is one of those comedians I can take or leave. Usually, I leave him. He always seems just a little too pleased with himself. And he was in Dirty Rotten Scroundels.
Nevertheless, he has his moments and here’s one of them. Writing is Easy! is one of the columns Martin wrote for the New [...]

Chelsea’s victory over Blackburn in today’s FA Cup semi-final guarantees that strangle hold that the Premier League’s big four have on the trophy will remain firm. Whether it’s Chelsea or Man Utd lifting the trophy in May, it will be the twelfth consecutive final to be won by Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool or Arsenal. The [...]

Sky do a thing where they invite a fan of each team to commentate on the match they’re showing and viewers who don’t want to hear the ‘official’ Sky commentary can press the red button to listen.
Turning on the football this evening, I was surprised to discover that ITV had done the same thing – [...]

My tenth book of the year, The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod, is finished and the review is up at 26 books. In the interests of full disclosure I should probably point out that the book was sent to me by someone at Orbit, the publishers, because they thought I’d like it.

Genius at work:
Happy Easter.

My eMusic Connoisseur package has significantly changed the way I get music from the online store. Having 300 downloads per month rather than 90 has had two major effects.
First, I take more risks. I used to be defensive about my downloads: ‘I only have 90 until next month, so I should use them wisely’. However, [...]

“But The Fascism of the Music Industry is a great magazine”