Lazy Gramophones Journals

I still remember those startled and defensive stares I got at my first journo meeting way back - my first 'job' outside of music college when I said "The average Joe doesn't really follow individual reviewers, per se, they just read the reviews.” Silence reigned, "Yes. They do.” said the stern head journo, droog baby journos nodding and looking at me as if I had suddenly grown horns out of my head.... read more

Valentine's day eh? Ask anyone what it means and it is likely that the most interesting response you'll get is that it's the day when you have to buy your girlfriend flowers which are suddenly more expensive even though you don't usually buy flowers so you don't really know how much they actually cost anyway. Let's not pretend we're really celebrating the martyrdom of a possible priest in Roma... read more

Today I found out about Darth Vader being caught for fare-dodging on the train. The chap had changed his name for charity in 1999 when Lucasarts released the Fandom Menace. Even his wife (Sue Vader) had taken his name so I joked that maybe they had a daughter called Fairy. My Sun-style pun was not well received by my colleagues, unsurprisingly. (Go-Ogle the story if you're really interested but there's... read more