Shane Richmond

If you haven’t seen Glenn Danzig explain his book collection yet, I suggest you watch it now:
It’s a pisstake, surely? I love the fact that his bookcase appears to be by the pool, which at least explains why he’s stripped his shirt off to do a little light reading.
Still, it’s the books that are the [...]

Another book out of the way. Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail is now on the list over at 26books. With a little over three months to go, I wonder if I’ll make it to book 40.

To listen to someone going on about their record collection is dull but to be shown graphs of someone’s record collection is surely a step too far, so let me apologise for this post in advance.
The problem with Last.fm’s lists, which are fascinating and addictive for someone as list-obsessed as I am, is the timeframes. [...]

“What kind of wimps are you that if the man standing behind you in the checkout queue is wearing a turban, how does that threaten your identity, you twats? Get over it, for fuck’s sake.”
Robert Wyatt on the BNP

I’m not sure why but I was reading the Wikipedia entry for the Ford Edsel the other day. If you don’t know the story, well, you can read it for yourself. Suffice to say, the car was a huge flop.
The bit that caught my attention was the car’s name. Struggling to come up with a [...]

I know I shouldn’t laugh but this story about a Canadian newspaper raised a snigger. You see the film staff wanted a temporary reprieve from the Toronto Star’s obscenity policy so that they could use the full title of a new film: Young People Fucking. The editor-in-chief said no.
His name? Fred Kuntz.
(I told you it [...]

A book-reviewing bonanza over at 26 books takes me past 26 for the year and on the way to 30. These last three were all by Scottish writers called Ian/Iain.