May
4
Listen with Quentin
May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Pulp Fiction 14 years on with Mr. Tarantino in the cinema taking questions afterwards . . . fascinating.
May
4
What’s the frequency Mary?
May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
It seems that Dan isn’t the only one still feeling the pain of those memos . More than four years on and the second-biggest name in the whole Rathergate business still finds it hard to let go.
Apr
25
Drive Thru Soundtracks
April 25, 2008 | 61 Comments
This page accompanies the main Drive Thru page which you can find here and lists the soundtracks on each Drive Thru. Note, the information is gleaned from the DVD release’s main feature and excludes the bonus clips. As far as I know the tracks are listed here in the order in which they appear in […]
Apr
23
St George and the flagging
April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
The attempt to revive St George as a national icon of celebration splutters to a halt today in England. A verse from The True Dragon by Brian Patten St George was out walking He met a dragon on a hill, It was wise and wonderful Too glorious to kill Mr Patten was commissioned to write […]
Apr
21
One scallion please, and hold the entrails…
April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
According to Lonely Planet’s China guide: China has one of the finest cuisines in the world, and from back-alley dumpling shops to four-star banquet halls, travellers surely won’t leave disappointed You’ve got to ask if this is yet more Lonely Planet chicanery? I’ve never been to China but if my experience in rural Thailand and […]
Apr
16
Touchy feely playground
April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A school in the US bans tag, dodgeball and touch footy. I first encountered the weird concept of ‘touch’ sports on my first trip to Australia — the last place on earth I would expect any sport not involving pummelling to gain any sort of traction. Still, times change and if touch football skills up the […]
Apr
15
Drive Thru New Zealand
April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Surf fans rejoice . . . the latest Drive Thru is out on 18th April 2008. As soon as I get it it will be added to my Drive Thru page right here.
Mar
19
Andrew Olmsted
March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Killed in Iraq, this US soldier has his pals post his final blog from beyond the grave . . . very touching and quite funny. Click here.