Though they were both well known for knocking out hard hitting rhymes and dancing madly in harem pants, there is no question that M.C. Escher will always triumph over MC Hammer. Firstly, M.C. Escher can hypnotise you from beyond the grave via a self portrait, whereas MC Hammer isn’t even dead yet. He has a […]
Talentless, I am surrounded by skilful musicians, all of whom I hate deeply. (Is it a character flaw that my two greatest motivations are avoiding embarrassment, and jealousy?) Here are Yetis with ‘Dangerous’, and our nephew Tom, a lovely boy, is the drummer with his eyes stuck shut. (I’m sure there is ointment you can […]
“Who you gonna call?” Supernatural cycling incidents are obviously a greater concern and more common in Germany than I realised.
My wife’s phone rang at 3.19am. It confused me, because my alarm does not make that sound. Mostly asleep, I thought of the time when the noise would stop, and I could submerge myself completely. My wife was obviously also not conscious. “What’s that?” I asked, innocently. “My sister is trying to call me.” “Oh.” […]
Thanks to Jonathan L Howards tweeting for the most hits ever here: Next covers the #JohannesCabal books get, I want on the backs: “Warning: Contains High Levels of Smart Arsery” Happy to be of service, especially when one considers the ways people are usually of service to his character, Herr Cabal. If you haven’t read […]
Despite myself, despite (or because of) the smart arsery of the humour, I have enjoyed the three published volumes of the adventures of Johannes Cabal, Necromancer. Each time I have said, ‘Enough’, only to go crawling back for another serving. Noticing the third edition was published in 2011, more than enough time to have allowed […]
Aurealis are offering free 6 month subscriptions, which is rather a bargain.
The latest editions of Aurealis and Three-Lobed Burning Eye are available now, always worth a look… … recommended for your speculative reading pleasure …
(In the first book of ‘The Kills’, Parsons is looking for a suspected fraudster who may have stolen $53 million from one of those evil American companies doing work in Iraq. Scheming himself, he ends up in a bar in a yacht club in Malta, where there is a strange convention of female twins. Two […]
I was in Munich on the night of the World Cup final, and the buzz was fantastic. And while everyone has the right to be pleased and proud when their national team wins a big event, I think Germany of all countries should be a little careful with their hyperbole. Newspaper declarations that Germany is […]
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