THE Insane Clown Posse are an odd bunch. For starters, they think magnets are powered by witchcraft or something. And their fans? Well, their fans are VERY devoted (seriously - they make fans of The Smiths look like rational, reasonable people without a worrying neediness that burps out of their every pore). More »
8th, July 2014
Reviews
A RUSSIAN priest has claimed that he is “glad” Russia’s players failed to make any progress at the World Cup as the coloured boots they wore were an affront to God – a “homosexual abomination” if you will... More »
TRANSFER Balls: Matt Hummels is "exclusively Manchester United's in the scoop-tastic Daily Star... More »
8th, July 2014
Film
THE Star Wars exhibition in Wolfsburg, Germany, is face-meltingly good. .. More »
8th, July 2014
Key Posts
WITH the World Cup semi-finals upon us, it’s as good a time as any to remember Laurent Blanc, the French captain who received a red card – the only one of his entire career – in the semi-final of the 1998 World Cup, and missed the final thanks to Slaven Bilic’s theatrics.... More »
8th, July 2014
Money
Jobs made the comment originally to President Obama. He was asking, well, all those jobs that are now in China, all those manufacturing jobs, when are they going to come back to America? The answer being "those jobs are never coming back"... More »
8th, July 2014
Money
THE Mail brings us the glorious news that beer is actually good for us... More »
8th, July 2014
Liverpool
1 TRANSFER Balls: A regular look at rumour, speculation and opinion backed by anonymous sources presented as 'news' in today's mainstream media. The focus is on Luis Suarez... More »
8th, July 2014
Film
Hendrix was a smooth, fascinating character with a preposterous talent and a gentle soul - that's not easy to capture. Moreover, Outkast's brilliant Andre 3000/Benjamin is playing the title role. There's no-one on Earth who wants this to fail... More »
7th, July 2014
In Pictures
. Swedish artist Jacob Munkhammar is the first person to have spotted the obvous: these gliding French cars with the swivelling headlights and hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension system make great hover jets... More »
7th, July 2014
The Consumer
NO, that's not Donatella Versace. That's a dead armadillo handbag up for auction on eBay. If you can break your piggy bank (made from a real pig!) $299 ono... More »
7th, July 2014
Sports
TOUR de France 2014: Stage Three - Cambridge to London... More »
7th, July 2014
Money
3 Because we're the only country in Europe stupid enough to insist that they must be small. This really isn't a surprising finding from Cambridge University... More »
TRANSFER Balls has a quick look at the kind of to-deadline exclusive churned out by the Daily Mirror... More »
TRANSFER Balls - Anorak's regular look at speculation and rumour being presented as fact in the mainstream press. Today the Daily Mail leads with news that Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez is on his way to Arsenal... More »
7th, July 2014
Reviews
1 WHY are we wasting money on this when we could be spending it on that?' is a favourite argument of the partisan. It's usually spurious. But this collection of front pages does make you wonder how the Press came to be the arch-villains of the unholy trinity of politicians, police, Press. And that in turn prompts further questions about the extent and expense of the phone-hacking inquiry... More »
7th, July 2014
Music
LESS than ten years ago, bad album covers suddenly became a “thing”. Sure, there had always been people like me: longtime vinyl enthusiasts who cherished these unholy creations; but, it took the Internet to really generate a widespread appreciation for the “bad album cover”... More »
6th, July 2014
Reviews
Oliver Duggan adds that Abu Bakr has been "ridiculed" for his wristwatch... More »
TRANSFER Balls: a look at the media rpeorting on Alexis Sanchez, the Barcelaona player wanted by Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United (among others).... More »
6th, July 2014
TV & Radio
Just brilliant... More »
6th, July 2014
In Pictures
Yorkshire laps up The Tour... More »
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