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4-4-2011: Film review: "Sucker Punch".
27-2-2011: Oscars. Again.
26-2-2008: Oscars.
15-2-2008: Film review: "Lust, Caution". Film review: "Dan in real life". Film review: "P.S. I love you".
9-1-2008: Film review: "I Am Legend".
4-1-2008: Film review: "The Kite Runner".
2-1-2008: Film review: "Enchanted".
1-1-2008: 2007: The year in film.
23-12-2007: Catching up: Film review: "The Good Shepherd". Film review: "Amazing Grace". Film review: "Blades of Glory". Film review: "Shooter". Film review: "The Upside of Anger". Film review: "Sunshine". Film review: "Fracture". Film review: "Zodiac". Film review: "Bridge to Terabithia". Film review: "28 Weeks Later". Film review: "Wedding Daze". Film review: "Die Hard 4". Film review: "Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix". Film review: "Hairspray". Film review: "Transformers". Film review: "The Walker". Film review: "Eagle vs Shark". Film review: "Seraphim Falls". Film review: "Two Days in Paris". Film review: "Breach". Film review: "Hallam Foe". Film review: "Atonement". Film review: "3:10 to Yuma". Film review: "The Bourne Supremacy". Film review: "Shoot 'em up". Film review: "Disturbia". Film review: "I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry". Film review: "Death Proof". Film review: "Run Fatboy Run". Film review: "War". Film review: "Michael Clayton". Film review: "The Brave One". Film review: "Day Watch". Film review: "And When Did You Last See Your Father"? Film review: "The Kingdom". Film review: "The Heartbreak Kid". Film review: "The Invasion". Film review: "The Counterfeiters". Film review: "Black Sheep". Film review: "Stardust". Film review: "The Dark Is Rising". Film review: "Resident Evil: Extinction". Film review: "Eastern Promises". Film review: "Rendition". Film review: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age". Film review: "Death at a Funeral". Film review: "Ratatouille". Film review: "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Film review: "American Gangster". Film review: "Hitman". Film review: "Beowulf". Film review: "St Trinian's". Film review: "The Golden Compass". Film review: "Lions for Lambs". Film review: "We own the night". Film review: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". Film review: "Southland Tales". Film review: "Sleuth". Film review: "The Darjeeling Limited". Film review: "Planet Terror". Film review: "Knocked Up". Film review: "Superbad". Film review: "1408".
10-11-2007: Film review: "30 Days of Night".
14-10-2007: Film review: "Amazing Grace". Film review: "A Mighty Heart".
2-10-2007: Film review: "This is England".
29-9-2007: Film review: "No Reservations". Film review: "Waitress".
23-9-2007: Film review: "Brief Encounter". Film review: "Withnail and I".
20-9-2007: Film review: "4: Rise of the Silver Surfer". Film review: "300".
18-9-2007: Forklift safety.
8-9-2007: Film review: "Pirates of the caribbean: at world's end". Film review: "Spiderman III". Film review: "Ocean's 13".
6-9-2007: Film review: "Shrek the third". Film review: "The Simpsons movie". Film review: "Surf's up".
1-9-2007: Film review: "Curse of the Golden Flower". Film review: "The Lives of Others". Film review: "Moliere".
30-8-2007: The many commandments as given to SPC Schwarz.
27-8-2007: Film review: "The Illusionist". Film review: "The Painted Veil".
25-8-2007: Film review: "Ghost Rider". Film review: "Next".
23-8-2007: Film review: "Hot Fuzz". Film review: "Magicians".
21-8-2007: Reports of my death.
11-4-2007: Film review: "Letters from Iwo Jima".
8-4-2007: Back. Probably. Links: grauniad on the Iran hostages, Alan Fairclough delivering a classic bollocking.
26-3-2007: Film review: "Notes on a Scandal".
24-3-2007: Film review: "Music and lyrics".
22-3-2007: Meh.
19-3-2007: Film review: "Little Miss Sunshine". Film review: "Bobby".
17-3-2007: St Helens Glass.
12-3-2007: Film review: "Blood Diamond".
10-3-2007: Film review: "Babel". Film review: "Dreamgirls".
2-3-2007: Foot.
26-2-2007: Film review: "Venus".
24-2-2007: Film review: "The pursuit of happyness".
10-2-2007: Children and Quavers.
7-2-2007: Film review: "Rocky Balboa".
3-2-2007: Film review: "The Last King of Scotland".
31-1-2007: On casinos.
29-1-2007: Film review: "Night at the Museum.".
27-1-2007: Film review: "Apocalypto".
26-1-2007: More on churches and gayness.
22-1-2007: Film review: "Miss Potter".
20-1-2007: Film review: "It's a boy girl thing". Film review: "Employee of the month".
18-1-2007: Navel gazing: post 700.
15-1-2007: Film review: "Flags of our fathers".
13-1-2007: On Christians and hotels. Briefly.
10-1-2007: Film review: "Perfume: the story of a murderer".
8-1-2007: "Justin Timberlake" suggests a romantic gift idea.
6-1-2007: 2006 in films.
31-12-2006: Film review: "Pan's Labyrinth".
29-12-2006: Film review: "Casino Royale". Film review: "Stranger than Fiction". Film review: "Eragon".
23-12-2006: Hiatus. Home nucleonics. Cats on drugs.
21-12-2006: Film review: "Starter for Ten". Film review: "The Holiday".
20-12-2006: Film review: "Flushed Away". Film review: "Happy Feet".
17-12-2006: Film review: "Saw III". Film review: "The Covenant".
14-12-2006: Film review: "The Prestige". Film review: "Breaking and Entering".
11-12-2006: Film review: "The Departed".
9-12-2006: Film review: "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny.". Film review: "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan".
7-12-2006: Another mad person.
4-12-2006: Film review: "Dirty Sanchez: The Movie". Film review: "Jackass Number Two".
2-12-2006: Film review: "The Sentinel". Film review: "A Good Year".
20-11-2006: Not dead. Film review: "Barnyard". Film review: "Open Season". Film review: "Hoodwinked".
3-11-2006: Alexandre Borovik's "mathematics under the microscope".
30-10-2006: Film review: "The History Boys".
28-10-2006: Iggy's rider.
26-10-2006: Film review: "The Devil Wears Prada".
23-10-2006: Film review: "Click".
21-10-2006: Charlie Stross on the Lancet Iraq deaths paper.
19-10-2006: Film review: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning".
16-10-2006: Film review: "Clerks II".
14-10-2006: The Vagina Monologues.
12-10-2006: Film review: "The Black Dahlia".
9-10-2006: Film review: "The Night Listener".
7-10-2006: The farting dissident.
4-10-2006: Film review: "DOA".
3-10-2006: Film review: "Pulse". Film review: "Talladega nights: the ballad of Ricky Bobby".
30-9-2006: Letter to a Christian Nation.
28-9-2006: Film review: "Children of Men".
25-9-2006: Film review: "Right At Your Door".
23-9-2006: Film review: "Volver".
20-9-2006: Sukhdev Sandhu's "Night Haunts".
18-9-2006: Film review: "You, me and Dupree".
16-9-2006: Film review: "Severance".
13-9-2006: Book 22.
11-9-2006: Film review: "Adrift". Film review: "The Wicker Man".
9-9-2006: Film review: "Crank".
7-9-2006: Star Fleet.
5-9-2006: Film review: "Harsh Times".
2-9-2006: Film review: "Lady in the Water".
31-8-2006: Japanese TV: “Heavy Meta-san”
29-8-2006: Film review: "Snakes on a Plane".
26-8-2006: Film review: "A Scanner Darkly".
24-8-2006: Talking foreign in airports.
22-8-2006: Film review: "Nacho Libre".
18-8-2006: Film review: "Cars". Film review: "The Ant Bully". Film review: "Monster House".
16-8-2006: Everything sounds like Coldplay now.
14-8-2006: Film review: "My Super Ex-Girlfriend".
13-8-2006: Film review: "Miami Vice".
9-8-2006: OK Go and the much-linked treadmill dancing.
7-8-2006: Film review: "The Break-Up". Film review: "Stormbreaker."
27-7-2006: Film review: "Superman Returns".
25-7-2006: Film review: "Just my luck".
22-7-2006: Today I have learned a thing.
20-7-2006: Film review: "District 13".
18-7-2006: Film review: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest".
14-7-2006: Film review: "Fearless".
13-7-2006: Fishdocks, and other Doncastrian complaints.
11-7-2006: Film review: "Reeker".
7-7-2006: Film review: "Over the Hedge".
6-7-2006: Liking cats way too much.
3-7-2006: Film review: "The Lake House".
1-7-2006: 27 Reasons to be big.
29-6-2006: Film review: "Ultraviolet".
26-6-2006: Film review: "Thank you for smoking".
24-6-2006: Even in Scotland, they wouldn't eat this.
22-6-2006: Film review: "The Omen".
19-6-2006: Film review: "Hard Candy".
17-6-2006: Words will never hurt ouch.
15-6-2006: The joys of public transport.
12-6-2006: Theatre: "Smaller".
10-6-2006: The Ultimate Warrior.
8-6-2006: Film review: "The Da Vinci Code".
5-6-2006: On pedestrianism, courtesy, and running out of patience.
2-6-2006: Film review: "The Wild".
1-6-2006: Film review: "X-Men: The Last Stand". 1001 lbs.
30-5-2006: Soft mints and soft drinks.
26-5-2006: Film review: "Waiting...".
25-5-2006: Film review: "Brick".
22-5-2006: Democracy means *they* get to choose.
21-5-2006: Film review: "Confetti".
18-5-2006: Film review: "Prime".
15-5-2006: Dylan Moran.
14-5-2006: An open letter to Orange.
11-5-2006: Film review: "Mission: Impossible 3".
8-5-2006: Film review: "Slither".
6-5-2006: Meh.
4-5-2006: Film review: "16 Blocks".
1-5-2006: Film review: "American Dreamz".
29-4-2006: Huts in the Antarctic.
27-4-2006: Accident risk and speeding.
24-4-2006: Film review: "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown".
14-4-2006: Film review: "Alien Autopsy".
11-4-2006: Film review: "Hostel".
8-4-2006: Navel-gazing: post 600.
6-4-2006: Film review: "Inside Man".
4-4-2006: Droughts and hosepipe bans.
1-4-2006: Chamber theatre and "The Visit".
29-3-2006: Film review: "Failure to Launch".
27-3-2006: Film review: "V for Vendetta".
25-3-2006: Clocks going forward.
22-3-2006: Film review: "The Proposition".
20-3-2006: Film review: "The Matador".
18-3-2006: Film review: "Mirrormask".
15-3-2006: Clarke's "voluntary" ID cards.
12-3-2006: Film review: "Capote".
11-3-2006: Film review: "Syriana".
9-3-2006: Film review: "The Weather Man".
6-3-2006: Of undergraduates and the blocking or otherwise corrupting of drains.
3-3-2006: Film review: "Proof".
1-3-2006: Film review: "Lucky Number Slevin".
27-2-2006: Film review: "Final Destination 3".
25-2-2006: Film review: "Casanova".
23-2-2006: Edward Scissorhands - the ballet.
21-2-2006: Film review: "Good night, and good luck".
18-2-2006: Film review: "Aeon Flux".
15-2-2006: Mutter grumble update process mutter.
13-2-2006: A level maths, dumbing down of.
11-2-2006: Film review: "North Country".
9-2-2006: Film review: "Derailed". Film review: "Rumour has it".
7-2-2006: Film review: "Walk the Line".
3-2-2006: Knees are bastards.
1-2-2006: Film review: "A cock and bull story".
30-1-2006: Very public toilets.
28-1-2006: Film review: "Fun with Dick and Jane".
25-1-2006: Film review: "Underworld Evolution".
23-1-2006: Film review: "Breakfast on Pluto".
20-1-2006: Film review: "Jarhead".
18-1-2006: Blonde jokes.
16-1-2006: Film review: "Just Friends".
14-1-2006: Film review: "Match Point".
12-1-2006: Film review: "Brokeback Mountain".
9-1-2006: Film review: "Just like heaven".
7-1-2006: Link: Tigers and Strawberries, "Meat comes from animals".
4-1-2006: Year in review: films.
2-1-2006: The year in review.
22-12-2005: Film review: "March of the Penguins". Film review: "King Kong".
21-12-2005: Film review: "The Family Stone."
20-12-2005: Film review: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
17-12-2005: Being run under.
14-12-2005: Film review: "Keeping Mum".
12-12-2005: Film review: "Doom".
9-12-2005: Link: Confessions of an Engineering Washout.
7-12-2005: Film review: "The Libertine".
6-12-2005: Film review: "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
2-12-2005: Film review: "Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire".
30-11-2005: Film review: "Mrs Henderson Presents".
29-11-2005: Amateur poetry.
26-11-2005: The passing of George Best.
23-11-2005: The Lucifer Project.
21-11-2005: The '05 National.
16-11-2005: Film review: "In Her Shoes".
14-11-2005: Film review: "Elizabethtown".
12-11-2005: Politics again - defeat of the 90 day bill, representative democracy.
9-11-2005: Film review: "Broken Flowers".
7-11-2005: Film review: "Murderball".
5-11-2005: Fireworks.
2-11-2005: Blunkett.
31-10-2005: Off switches.
29-10-2005: Film review: "Lord of War".
26-10-2005: Gig review: Eric Sardinas and Steve Vai at the Manchester Apollo.
24-10-2005: Film review: "Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". Film review: "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride".
22-10-2005: Film review: "Night Watch".
19-10-2005: Film review: "Serenity".
17-10-2005: Preston and Rankin on the genre and literary divide.
16-10-2005: Film review: "Domino".
13-10-2005: Bloody football.
11-10-2005: Film review: "A history of violence".
8-10-2005: On honest mechanics.
6-10-2005: The return of Flem.
4-10-2005: Film review: "Four Brothers".
1-10-2005: Link: Diary of an arrest on the tube.
29-9-2005: Film review: "Howl's Moving Castle".
27-9-2005: Film review: "Wolf Creek". Film review: "Land of the Dead".
24-9-2005: Film review: "The Longest Yard".
22-9-2005: Film review: "Green Street".
19-9-2005: Kids Show pilot.
17-9-2005: Film review: "The Business".
15-9-2005: Fuel.
13-9-2005: Teeth.
10-9-2005: Film review: "The 40-year-old virgin".
8-9-2005: Film review: "Red Eye".
5-9-2005: Gig review: Jeff Scott Soto at the Witchwood, feat. audience participation by self.
2-9-2005: Dawkins and Coyne on "intelligent design": "one side can be wrong".
31-8-2005: Film review: "The Dukes of Hazzard".
29-8-2005: Sport and commercialism.
27-8-2005: Film review: "Unleashed". Film review: "The Perfect Catch". Film review: "Herbie: Fully Loaded".
24-8-2005: Film review: "Crash".
22-8-2005: Film review: "The Island".
19-8-2005: Shooting to kill and the Prosecutor's Fallacy.
17-8-2005: Mr Fastfinger.
16-8-2005: Film review: "The Devil's Rejects".
12-8-2005: Film review: "Wedding Crashers".
10-8-2005: Film review: "Stealth".
8-8-2005: 500th post navel-gazing.
6-8-2005: Polar Rescue.
4-8-2005: Eye surgery.
2-8-2005: Film review: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
30-7-2005: ITER fusion reactor.
27-7-2005: Film review: "Fantastic Four".
25-7-2005: Queen songs analysed.
23-7-2005: Noshblogging.
20-7-2005: Gig review: Ned Evett.
19-7-2005: Film review: "Madagascar".
15-7-2005: Film review: "The Descent".
13-7-2005: "London Hurts". Making Light's "Things you've seen. Things you've, well - done."
11-7-2005: Film review: "A Lot Like Love".
9-7-2005: Film review: "Batman Begins".
7-7-2005: Gig review: Steve Lukather in Wolverhampton.
4-7-2005: Film review: "Kung Fu Hustle". Film review: "War of the Worlds".
28-6-2005: Lohan, Disney, and cleavage.
25-6-2005: Christian Voice told where to go by the Co-op.
22-6-2005: Film review: "We don't live here anymore".
21-6-2005: Fearnley-Whittingstall on tea.
19-6-2005: Citizenship test.
15-6-2005: Tea.
13-6-2005: Film review: "Mr and Mrs Smith".
12-6-2005: Film review: "Sin City".
9-6-2005: HIV, Ebola, and cystic fibrosis.
6-6-2005: Film review: "The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse".
4-6-2005: The New Yorker on Golden Gate jumpers.
1-6-2005: Film review: "House of Wax".
30-5-2005: Film review: "It's all gone Pete Tong".
28-5-2005: "Zappa plays Zappa".
25-5-2005: Film review: "Revenge of the Sith".
24-5-2005: Film review: "Ong-Bak".
21-5-2005: Flying computers.
18-5-2005: Film review: "The Amityville Horror".
16-5-2005: Film review: "Kingdom of Heaven".
13-5-2005: "THIS IS FUN TO MAKE A BLOG ON THE COMPUTER WEBSITE".
11-5-2005: Film review: "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy".
9-5-2005: Soul SirkUS in Wolverhampton.
6-5-2005: Yeah, yeah, election.
4-5-2005: Warren Ellis on stories.
3-5-2005: Power Tab and how to use it.
1-5-2005: NW Guitar Show.
28-4-2005: Ganguro.
25-4-2005: Film review: "The Interpreter".
23-4-2005: The Cadaver Synod, and other stories.
21-4-2005: Aye aye.
18-4-2005: Channel 4's hundred greatest albums.
16-4-2005: Naxos, EMI and copyright terms.
13-4-2005: Film review: "Bullet Boy".
11-4-2005: Film review: "Valiant". Film review: "Be Cool". Film review: "The Ring Two".
8-4-2005: Film review: "Hitch".
6-4-2005: Gigging for Vinny. Lineup changes. More tales from the trench.
4-4-2005: Film review: "The Rage in Placid Lake".
1-4-2005: Film review: "The Machinist".
30-3-2005: Film review: "Robots".
28-3-2005: Overheard at the trench.
26-3-2005: Channel 4's Gay-O-Meter.
23-3-2005: A Coder in Courierland.
21-3-2005: Mr Tangerine Man.
19-3-2005: Film review: "Constantine".
16-3-2005: Film review: "9 songs".
14-3-2005: Ouchie gah mutter.
12-3-2005: Terrorism,law, and society.
9-3-2005: West Side Story.
7-3-2005: Being ill, and Weebl.
5-3-2005: Film review: "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".
2-3-2005: Halle Berry at the Razzies.
28-2-2005: Film review: "Hide and Seek".
25-2-2005: Eyelash mites.
23-2-2005: Ftrain: My Cat Abraham Lincoln.
21-2-2005: The Hungry Tiger. Kittens in bathtubs.
18-2-2005: Cockeyed.com: eating in for a month, then out for a month.
16-2-2005: Momus on Nathan Barley.
14-2-2005: Film review: "Assault on Precinct 13".
12-2-2005: Film review: "Dead Man's Shoes".
9-2-2005: Alien Loves Predator.
7-2-2005: The Mancunian Way: "pathetic motorways".
4-2-2005: Nathan Barley and the Wasp Speechtool.
2-2-2005: Film review: "Elektra".
31-1-2005: Film review: "Sideways".
29-1-2005: Bogol. Words recognisable from first and last letters.
26-1-2005: Detention without trial. Here.
24-1-2005: Film review: "Closer".
22-1-2005: Slashdot interviews Stephenson.
19-1-2005: Film review: "Team America: World Police".
16-1-2005: Film review: "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events".
14-1-2005: BRUTE! Magazine.
12-1-2005: Film review: "White Noise".
10-1-2005: Film review: "The Phantom of the Opera".
7-1-2005: Life without trial.
5-1-2005: Film review: "House of flying daggers".
23-12-2004: More bad neighbours.
20-12-2004: Film review: "Blade: Trinity".
17-12-2004: Noise abatement at the Bull's Head.
15-12-2004: The passing of Blunkett.
13-12-2004: Salad Fingers 5.
11-12-2004: The return of padraig.
9-12-2004: Film review: "Enduring Love".
7-12-2004: Training and pain.
4-12-2004: Film review: "The Incredibles".
2-12-2004: 400th post navel-gazing.
29-11-2004: Film review: "I Heart Huckabees".
27-11-2004: Film review: "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason".
25-11-2004: The UKMG National 2004.
23-11-2004: Film review: "Ladies in Lavender".
18-11-2004: Sleep? We doan need no sleep. Brief hiatus.
15-11-2004: Salad Fingers.
13-11-2004: Protesters and protest songs.
11-11-2004: Film review: "Birth".
8-11-2004: Film review: "Exorcist: The Beginning" Film review: "The Grudge".
6-11-2004: Gig review: Jeff Scott Soto and Tyketto in Wolverhampton.
3-11-2004: Film review: "Finding Neverland".
1-11-2004: Film review: "Alfie".
30-10-2004: Film review: "Into the Mirror".
29-10-2004: Film review: "Alien vs Predator".
27-10-2004: Perkygoffs.
25-10-2004: Navel-gazing: career changing and how it's changing me.
23-10-2004: Film review: "Saw".
20-10-2004: Film review: "Inside I'm Dancing".
18-10-2004: Film review: "Resident Evil: Apocalypse"
17-10-2004: Film review: "Save the Green Planet!"
13-10-2004: Unreasonable fury.
11-10-2004: Gig review: Whitesnake.
9-10-2004: Mornings.
6-10-2004: Fun with tasers.
4-10-2004: Film review: "Hero".
2-10-2004: LJ music meme.
29-9-2004: Film review: "Trauma".
27-9-2004: UKMG get-together in Manchester.
24-9-2004: Film review: "Collateral".
22-9-2004: Swimming through syrup.
20-9-2004: Film review: "Open Water".
19-9-2004: Film review: "Super Size Me".
15-9-2004: Film review: "Dodgeball".
13-9-2004: Gig review: Rush.
12-9-2004: Cinema des Vampires.
8-9-2004: Film review: "Hellboy".
6-9-2004: Film review: "Stage Beauty".
1-9-2004: Film review: "The chronicles of Riddick".
31-8-2004: W Ketchup.
30-8-2004: Film review: "A tale of two sisters".
29-8-2004: Film review: "The Bourne Supremacy".
26-8-2004: Film review: "Love me if you dare".
25-8-2004: Film review: "The Village".
23-8-2004: New mic stand - we're not living in the future yet.
21-8-2004: Dutch on the value of opinions and experts.
19-8-2004: Film review: "Catwoman".
17-8-2004: Film review: "I Robot".
15-8-2004: Improvisation and composition.
11-8-2004: Best MEN headline ever. Security stupidity.
9-8-2004: Blather.
6-8-2004: Film review: "The Stepford Wives".
5-8-2004: Film review: "King Arthur".
3-8-2004: Climate and me: a lament.
30-7-2004: Kittens. Awwwww. Steve Lukather interview. Dept. of Vague Paranoia.
28-7-2004: Film review: "Around the world in 80 days".
26-7-2004: Film review: "Fahrenheit 9/11".
25-7-2004: Film review: "Nathalie".
22-7-2004: Film review: "Spiderman 2".
21-7-2004: Fixing my aerial.
17-7-2004: Flash games: "Chasm". "Bubble Bees".
14-7-2004: Blathering.
13-7-2004: Film review: "Godsend".
9-7-2004: Film review: "The Notebook".
7-7-2004: Arthur Conan Doyle's "Study in Scarlet". Neil Gaiman's "Study in Emerald".
5-7-2004: Film review: "Shrek 2".
2-7-2004: Geek toys: wireless natural keyboard and mouse, Chatzilla and NickServ, AMSN.
30-6-2004: Film review: "Jersey Girl".
28-6-2004: Film review: "The Ladykillers".
25-6-2004: Film review: "Mean Girls".
23-6-2004: Jeremy on Huntley and vetting.
21-6-2004: Mozilla 1.7. Padraig on flags, fiction and more.
20-6-2004: Back to UMIST. Keeping score.
18-6-2004: Yetisports 5.
15-6-2004: Shoe repairs.
12-6-2004: Film review: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
9-6-2004: Weight loss through masturbation.
7-6-2004: Petrol.
5-6-2004: Film review: "Troy".
2-6-2004: Saturday Night Live, Lindsay Lohan/Harry Potter. Cory Doctorow on Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. PGCE paperwork.
31-5-2004: The War Against Silence.
28-5-2004: Film review: "The Day After Tomorrow".
26-5-2004: New and unusual sexual acts.
25-5-2004: New job, not the same as the old job.
19-5-2004: Daniel Barlow on alternatives to the record industry.
17-5-2004: Linkage: Neal Stephenson's "The Confusion".
16-5-2004: Linkage: Pandafgolf. Abridged Van Helsing.
13-5-2004: Film review: "Secret Window".
10-5-2004: Film review: "Van Helsing."
7-5-2004: Film review: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
5-5-2004: Film review: "Kill Bill Vol. 2".
4-5-2004: Gig review: Jeff Scott Soto (and Bob Catley) at The Limelight.
2-5-2004: North-West guitar show. Tube power amps, or not.
29-4-2004: Film review: "Taking Lives".
27-4-2004: Film review: "The Girl Next Door".
26-4-2004: Film review: "The Butterfly Effect".
23-4-2004: Stale news linkage: Female genital piercing in Georgia (again, oops). Japanese kids in karaoke boxes.
21-4-2004: Film review: "The Passion of the Christ".
19-4-2004: PU report. Possible short-term site downtime.
16-4-2004: Film review: "Monster".
14-4-2004: Entry number 300. More Easter googling.
12-4-2004: Film review: "Dawn of the Dead" Film review: "Shaun of the Dead".
10-4-2004: Easter closing and Tesco Express.
8-4-2004: Film review: "Gothika".
5-4-2004: Film review: "The Station Agent".
3-4-2004: Homestarrunner's "guitar".
1-4-2004: Genital piercings for women to be banned in Georgia.
29-3-2004: Film review: "Starsky and Hutch".
27-3-2004: Gigging in Macclesfield.
24-3-2004: Film review: "Grand Theft Parsons".
22-3-2004: Mark Pilgrim on weblogging: "every day" is not enough. I give a fuwk.
19-3-2004: Linkage: Hindi insults.
17-3-2004: Film review: Mona Lisa Smile.
15-3-2004: Gigging at The Cat in Greasby.
12-3-2004: Linkage: Imaginary Girlfriends.
10-3-2004: Gig review: Vaughn at The Corporation.
8-3-2004: Film review: "21 grams".
5-3-2004: In which the recent life of Dr Booth is casually examined, and the teaching of inner-city schoolchildren is briefly discussed.
3-3-2004: Film review: "Along Came Polly".
1-3-2004: St Tib's Day PU.
27-2-2004: Arp's blog.
25-2-2004: Film review: "Sex lives of the potato men".
23-2-2004: Linkage: interviews with Stephens King and Fry.
20-2-2004: Film review: "School of Rock".
18-2-2004: Film review: "Something's Gotta Give".
16-2-2004: Live Wide Open mp3s. Throw rocks at boys. Cat breath. Warren Ellis's "Mass Murder For Percussion And Guitars". (Broken Livejournal/RSS feed links fixed.)
13-2-2004: Irony Central (again).
11-2-2004: Film review: "The Dreamers".
9-2-2004: Film review: "Girl With a Pearl Earring".
6-2-2004: Linkage: Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex. Weebl's Kenya and Wee-Lo.
4-2-2004: Film review: "Sylvia".
2-2-2004: Film review: "Big Fish".
30-1-2004: Linkage: 28-hour days.
28-1-2004: Film review: "The Human Stain".
26-1-2004: Film review: "Scary Movie 3".
23-1-2004: Pimping my friends' blogs.
21-1-2004: Film review: "Paycheck".
19-1-2004: Gig review: Dream Theater at the Apollo.
16-1-2004: Warren Ellis on GM food.
14-1-2004: Searching for something.
12-1-2004: Film review: "Lost in translation".
9-1-2004: Cheap CDs possibly illegal. Whale of a time. Atkins in The Times.
7-1-2004: Film review: "American Splendor".
5-1-2004: Summary of the year.
22-12-2003: Geek anniversary. The Industorious Clock. Interruption of service.
19-12-2003: Film review: "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".
17-12-2003: QTS Skills tests.
15-12-2003: Film review: "Intermission".
12-12-2003: Attack squirrel.
10-12-2003: Blah.
8-12-2003: Harry Hess interview. Being unwell.
5-12-2003: Film review: Spun.
3-12-2003: ARP: "Ten things that are not at all sexy", "Not Cat".
1-12-2003: Film review: "Love Actually".
28-11-2003: Low-carb and the food business.
26-11-2003: Lance Arthur's "Paris in the Toilet".
24-11-2003: Video evidence exists.
21-11-2003: Film review: "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
19-11-2003: RI:SE.
17-11-2003: Back from the National.
14-11-2003: Going to the National.
12-11-2003: Film review: "In the Cut".
10-11-2003: Livejournal linkage.
7-11-2003: Film review: "The Matrix Revolutions".
5-11-2003: Picking technique and grip (UKMG repost).
3-11-2003: Jeff Scott Soto. Again. Gary Schutt songs and spoofs.
1-11-2003: Addendum to the previous.
31-10-2003: Tales from the bars of the Village.
29-10-2003: Film review: "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
27-10-2003: Competitive eating.
24-10-2003: Shopping. Nose hair.
22-10-2003: Film Review: "Kill Bill (vol 1)".
20-10-2003: Film Review: "Bad Boys II". Linkage: toast leaning.
17-10-2003: Film Review: "Cabin Fever".
15-10-2003: Meeting Neal Stephenson.
13-10-2003: Shift to copy.
9-10-2003: Brain activity during ejaculation. Meme players.
8-10-2003: Film review: "Bright Young Things".
6-10-2003: UKMG Pissup report.
3-10-2003: Film review: "The Italian Job".
1-10-2003: Film review: "Once Upon a Time in Mexico".
29-9-2003: Livejournal meme: band rankings.
26-9-2003: Film review: "Underworld".
24-9-2003: Soto returning to Wigan, plugged. The Best Page in the Universe.
22-9-2003: Report on Jeff Scott Soto gig.
18-9-2003: Going to see Jeff Scott Soto. A new bed.
17-9-2003: Random linkage (stale): Wired's New Diamond Age. French people thin through eating less. Possible brief hiatus in rfblog.
15-9-2003: Film review: "Jeepers Creepers 2".
11-9-2003: Film review: "Blackball".
9-9-2003: Linkage: Kevin Smith's Arena columns. Pork chops.
8-9-2003: Linkage: New (ish) Get Your War On. Poppy Z. Brite's last meal.
4-9-2003: Film review: "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life".
3-9-2003: Film review: "Confidence".
2-9-2003: Richard Herring sets me rambling on the long, slow, process of becoming less of a slob.
1-9-2003: Warming up the voice. Cory Doctorow's "Truncat". Salon day passes.
29-8-2003: Danny O'Brien on the BBC's Creative Archive.
27-8-2003: Film review: "Roger Dodger".
25-8-2003: Distorting Google: pushing on the navel. The Moral Character of the Monkey.
22-8-2003: Film review: "American Wedding". Film review: "Freddy vs Jason".
20-8-2003: Ernie Ball are an open-source shop. International pirate day.
19-8-2003: 200th entry, first year.
18-8-2003: China Mieville.
15-8-2003: Geek toys: Google calculator. Lemmings in the browser.
14-8-2003: Film review: "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl".
13-8-2003: Film review: "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines".
11-8-2003: Linkage: Interview with a record company insider. Lisa Pea. Kibo.
7-8-2003: Air conditioning vs Winboxen. Adrian Foden being invaded by sheep. Penis shape explained.
5-8-2003: It's hot. Linkage: Adrian Clark on talking about it being hot. Neal Pollock on gay bishops. JWZ on being hung from hooks.
4-8-2003: Film review: "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle".
1-8-2003: Film review: "The Hulk".
31-7-2003: Linkage: various things at Zug; marathon running and bodily functions, fake fats and anal leakage, Bob the Anal Fissure.
30-7-2003: Film review: "Double Whammy".
29-7-2003: The return of the Pod.
28-7-2003: Linkage: TweakHeadz's Perfect Mix.
24-7-2003: Moving to Ireland.
22-7-2003: Linkage: scott "muppet" arrington.
21-7-2003: John Clute on Margaret Atwood.
17-7-2003: Film review: "Bruce Almighty".
16-7-2003: AOL cut Mozilla loose. People talking Potter. Exploding sportwear, or not.
14-7-2003: Film review: "Summer Things (Embrassez Qui Vous Voudrez)".
11-7-2003: Richard Herring on gyms.
10-7-2003: Muttering about transport.
8-7-2003: Interview with Vinny Burns on melodicrock.com.
7-7-2003: Back from Bangor. Low-carb and how much better I feel. Clive likes my writing.
28-6-2003: Film review: "Wrong Turn".
27-6-2003: Film review: "Identity".
26-6-2003: Blogs, mail and news.
24-6-2003: Film review: "Igby goes down".
20-6-2003: Politics: Labour, taxation, the end of the left.
19-6-2003: Linkage: the world's smallest guitar. Flash mobs.
18-6-2003: Tuck Andress on right-hand technique.
17-6-2003: Linkage: True porn clerk stories.
15-6-2003: Film review: "Dark Water".
12-6-2003: Film review: "Anger Management".
11-6-2003: Good things, bad things, life things.
10-6-2003: IRC stereotype.
9-6-2003: Matrix linkage.
6-6-2003: Gig review: John Scofield Band.
5-6-2003: Steve Cobham's article on income tax for musicians.
4-6-2003: Film review: "Ripley's Game".
3-6-2003: New tune, with Adrian Clark: Talking About Nothing on a Summer Evening.
2-6-2003: Gigging: throat problems, an anniversary.
29-5-2003: Danny O'Brien on cosplay and purity of geek purpose. WMDs found. Blog button maker.
28-5-2003: Random linkage: Gibson's speech to the Director's Guild. Ftrain: the Taxidermy Postulate.
27-5-2003: Gig review: The Gods.
26-5-2003: Enemas.
23-5-2003: Film review: "Secretary".
22-5-2003: Film review: "The Matrix Reloaded". Sigmonster update.
20-5-2003: Gig review: Thunder at the Manchester Academy.
19-5-2003: Film review: "Darkness Falls".
16-5-2003: Gig review: “Monsters of Rock” (Y&T, Gary Moore, Whitesnake).
15-5-2003: Me, blurred, in a hat. Random linkage: Vonnegut speech, wireless Paris, password idiocy. Diepunyhumans rent party.
13-5-2003: Songs with women's names.
12-5-2003: Dougie Boucher on musical snobs. The UKMG group mind on the relationship between musician and audience.
9-5-2003: Random linkage: SARS. Ebay feedback. The Terrible Trials of Timmy and Jenny.
8-5-2003: Film review: "25th Hour".
7-5-2003: Film review: "X-Men 2" (or "X2: X-Men United", if you prefer).
6-5-2003: Politics.
5-5-2003: I am a cretin, part 2 in a series.
1-5-2003: Film review: "Welcome to Collinwood".
30-4-2003: Film review: "How to lose a guy in 10 days".
29-4-2003: Random linkage: masturbation diet. Synaesthesia.
28-4-2003: Gigging, broken string, police pulling.
24-4-2003: Random linkage: Caprice "blowjob" ad. Arcata, patriot act, police logs. Hats of Meat.
22-4-2003: Search engine referrals. Asda and Easter. Padraig.
21-4-2003: Gigging in Eccles.
17-4-2003: Film review: "Johnny English".
16-4-2003: Random linkage (stale): Wired on the Matrix. Get your War On 23.
15-4-2003: Safari.
14-4-2003: Film review: "Intacto."
10-4-2003: Film review: "The Core."
9-4-2003: Paul Ford interviewing a mine-sweeping dolphin.
7-4-2003: Quiet rehearsals.
4-4-2003: Film Review: "The Recruit".
2-4-2003: Film Review: "Rules of Attraction"
1-4-2003: Random linkage: Food-Eating Battle Monkeys. Neal Pollock.
27-3-2003: Film review: "Just Married".
26-3-2003: Cheeseburgers again. Monbiot not annoying me.
25-3-2003: Get your war on. Warmonger and Peacenik.
24-3-2003: Gig review: Zimmer's Hole, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad.
20-3-2003: Film review: "Equilibrium".
19-3-2003: Film review: "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind".
17-3-2003: Not gigging last night.
13-3-2003: Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller in Manchester.
12-3-2003: Film Review: "Adaptation".
11-3-2003: Temple ov thee Lemur.
10-3-2003: Succumbing to a quiz-meme: "Seven Deadly Sins".
6-3-2003: Film review: "Jackass".
4-3-2003: Some tuition videos - Brett Garsed, Blues Saraceno. Blackburn.
3-3-2003: Film Review: "Solaris".
28-2-2003: Film Review: "The Ring".
26-2-2003: Still sick. Teemings.
25-2-2003: Sick. Lies of the day.
24-2-2003: Arrowhead Guitars. Cookery;: dolcelatte sauce.
21-2-2003: Film review: "Two Weeks Notice".
20-2-2003: Gig review: Toto, Manchester Apollo, 19/2/2003.
19-2-2003: Film review: "Daredevil".
18-2-2003: Random linkage: crab under pressure. Origami boulders.
17-2-2003: A day of cleaning. Audience participation on Valentine's night.
14-2-2003: Browser compatibility and Safari. Opera on a phone pointed at my site.
13-2-2003: Film review: "Narc". 100th post in the rfblog.
12-2-2003: Telegraph obituaries.
11-2-2003: Film Review: "Final Destination 2".
10-2-2003: Avril Lavigne, Richard Herring, and me.
8-2-2003: Film review: "8 Mile".
7-2-2003: Film review: "About Schmidt".
6-2-2003: Film review: "Ghost Ship".
5-2-2003: Bruce Sterling's Schism Matrix. The Simulation Argument.
3-2-2003: Sock cooking. Frying an egg on a PC.
2-2-2003: Vonnegut interview. Children's safety signs.
1-2-2003: Space and Columbia.
31-1-2003: Random linkage: Flash war games. Zeldman's George-and-Saddam phone call. Evolution in action: don't pet the lions. Mixed swimming team shaving ritual. Google making San Francisco work. New episode of Weebl. Douglas Coupland: the past sucks.
30-1-2003: Film review: "Gangs of New York".
29-1-2003: Random linkage day: Politics (war). "Switch to Linux". Cory Doctorow's short story "0wnz0red".
28-1-2003: Film review: "The Tuxedo".
27-1-2003: Film review: "Chicago".
26-1-2003: Dreaming about Danny DeVito. Jane Goldman in the Total Guitar forums.
24-1-2003: A lengthy interview with Mark Pinske, one of Frank Zappa's main sound engineers.
23-1-2003: Narrowly avoiding more politics. Richard Herring's journal.
22-1-2003: XHTML, MathML, XHTML 2, crises of faith. All geek stuff.
21-1-2003: Robbie Williams and Kim Howells on mp3s.
14-1-2003: I'm away. Big Dead Place. Bar Monkey.
13-1-2003: Film review: "The Good Girl".
10-1-2003: Cory Doctorow's "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom". Creative Commons interviewing Cory. Tim O'Reilly and William Gibson on piracy, sharing, etc.
9-1-2003: Film review: "City of God".
7-1-2003: William Gibson's blog. The Two Towers Waiting In Line Journal.
6-1-2003: Neil Gaiman's journal. Which SF writer are you?
4-1-2003: Mark Pilgrim's year in review. Linkage: I Gave My Cat an Enema.
2-1-2003: Danny O'Brien's coming to America. Film Review: "Sweet Home Alabama".
31-12-2002: The death of Flem. Queen of Wands. Google Zeitgeist 2002.
30-12-2002: Steinberg gets bought. My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable. Get your War On.
29-12-2002: I return. The Buffy Sex Graph. Very large burgers.
23-12-2002: Brin on Star Wars. Death by Caffiene. Happy Holidays.
20-12-2002: Film review: "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".
18-12-2002: Tech: we now have a full blog index and an RSS feed. Film review: "Dirty Pretty Things".
17-12-2002: More on the music industry.
13-12-2002: Film review: 8 Femmes.
11-12-2002: Mark Pilgrim on addiction. Tales of the Smear.
10-12-2002: Lord of the Rings: 50 reasons it chews. Harry Potter and the Naked Quidditch Match.
9-12-2002: Mad Max VII: The Train to Hell's Bad Neighbourhood.
7-12-2002: I'm still a cretin. Film review: Die Another Day.
6-12-2002: Under-sea cables from Neal Stephenson. Huge power lines and how to repair them. Predator-prey dynamics in Sunnydale.
5-12-2002: My great-aunt is dead.
4-12-2002: Notes on the Culture. Correction of my Bowling for Columbine review.
2-12-2002: Justified text. Giant jellyfish. ESR. Kitten pr0n.
30-11-2002: Bash.org.
29-11-2002: Huge spiders' webs. Linux-controlled animatronics. The Cutie Bunch Friendly Pal Pack.
28-11-2002: Film review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
27-11-2002: Adam Greenfield on the Independent Content Provider. Think of the Children.
25-11-2002: Teeth removal, GHB, and lying about drugs. Female authors with middle initials.
23-11-2002: Banana smoothies and semen diet. Laptop burns penis.
22-11-2002: Film review: Bowling for Columbine. Webstandards and diveintomark. The BBC does adaptive interfaces on the web.
20-11-2002: I am a cretin. Mixerman returns. Simon Wistow on Nickelback and Love in the Naughties.
19-11-2002: Something Positive; piracy over sneakernet,
18-11-2002: Rumours of topless bars found to be false. IRC extract: Sarah Michelle Gibbon.
14-11-2002: Film review: Donnie Darko. Rumours that we're playing in a topless bar.
13-11-2002: Tetris is hard, Paul Simpson on tech support.
12-11-2002: Bears (onion: raping. prime number: crapping), Guardian article on mobile phones.
11-11-2002: Sammy Hagar interviews.
8-11-2002: Substance abuse for singers.
7-11-2002: Naked girls for tables, boob-o-matic.
6-11-2002: Film review: 28 days later. Linkage: overheard at the STD clinic.
5-11-2002: Diary of a Stalking, Cliches about Linux.
4-11-2002: The National: gigging in front of guitar players.
1-11-2002: Film review: xXx.
29-10-2002: Next generation discs, tour diaries from Jordan Rudess and Neal Morse, tapping lessons from Vibetronic and Schmange.
28-10-2002: How to kill your friend and steal his girlfriend; nuclear reactors not unnatural.
24-10-2002: Film review: Red Dragon. Links: Porn heavily censored at work, woman shoots self in buttocks.
23-10-2002: Hanging out with Vinny.
22-10-2002: Dry ice into a plane's toilet.
21-10-2002: Earthquakes, gigging in Oldham.
17-10-2002: Pong animation, the Prior Art O-Matic.
15-10-2002: GAS.
14-10-2002: Fire alarms, bleeding edge code, money coming in to Earthmen.
10-10-2002: Justin Otto on aspirations.
7-10-2002: I'm ill.
5-10-2002: The Gallery of Regrettable Food.
2-10-2002: Paul Ford and Ftrain, more on the music industry.
1-10-2002: Janis Ian on music and piracy: the Internet Debacle.
29-09-2002: New tune: SOS.
28-09-2002: Reb Beach, George Lynch.
25-09-2002: Film review: Signs.
24-09-2002: Emacs and Makefile hacking.
23-09-2002: Gigging the Talbot, UKMG pissup.
20-09-2002: Irony Central and The Story About The Baby.
18-09-2002: Linkage: commercials and pop overlapping.
16-09-2002: Harlan Ellison.
13-09-2002: Moderate Violence and Menace.
12-09-2002: Thinking about right-wing responses to September 11, South Park Studio and the favicon.
11-09-2002: Linkage: Warren Ellis day. Film Review: The Bourne Identity.
10-09-2002: Linkage: Keneally tour diaries.
5-09-2002: I'm a Charlie Brooker fanboy.
2-09-2002: Buffy and Evil Willow comic, Sigmonster, the evils of Emagic.
31-08-2002: Permalinks.
30-08-2002: Linkage: Bookmarklets, Mixerman. Film review: Reign of Fire.
29-08-2002: Linkage: Vibrating Broomsticks, Chili Peppers fansites.
27-08-2002: New tune: La Disparition.
22-08-2002: Linkage: Mil Millington, Ignorant White Guy Chronicles, Passport to the Pub.
20-08-2002: Linking to Paul Simpson, publishing a paper.
19-08-2002: The nublog beginneth.