Obviously there is no need for stand-up comedy to exist anymore, now that Cats are the new standard in funny (thanks internet). As a eulogy to one person and a microphone I’d like to talk about Doug Stanhope. Read More
Barcelona
aka The City of Counts
The last great sci-fi tv show?
Paul | November 16th, 2011
You know what TV used to be really good at? Sci-fi. Long running shows like TNG get written off as nerdy too quickly. Really, with its 45 minute episodes and character arcs, it sets the stage for the HBO series that anyone “cool” likes today. Read More
If it’s not Broke…
Paul | November 16th, 2011
Ok, I am hooked on Breaking Bad, who isn’t? But aren’t we getting a little tired of the whole drug-based TV series? It seems that because they used pot on the show Weeds, heroine in The Wire, and alcoholism in basically every television show, they were like “oh hey, we haven’t done one about meth yet!” Read More
La Pubilla de Taulat
Paul | November 15th, 2011
Everybody thinks the neighbourhood they live in is the best place in the city, and no-one ever stops to think that maybe they like it so much because they’re always there. This type of short sighted generalisation is something I hate in other people. Read More
Philosophy and Food
Paul | November 15th, 2011
There’s a restaurant next to the Santa Caterina market. It’s a hole in a wall type of place run by a family (mother, father, two sons and a daughter). It is a funky Spanish restaurant with the menu written in marker on a piece of paper and taped to the wall. Read More
I know a song that’ll get on your Nerves
Paul | November 15th, 2011
Last weekend I went to sidecar to see the Paul Collins band play a show. A friend of mine plays drums for the ex Nerves frontman, and even though it’s revival, they’re still a good band. Read More
Future House
Paul | November 15th, 2011
There’s a couple of Spanish producers coming out with deep, slow house tracks that use analogue samples instead of boring pre-sets, creating something you could feasibly call future house.
Another band from Madrid with a really awesome girl in it
Paul | November 14th, 2011
Juanita y Los Feos have been around for six years or so and I’ve always dismissed them as being a bit rockabilly. I mean, I was basically right. After seeing them the other day and hanging out with Violeta I’ve changed my mind.
Still Punk
Paul | November 14th, 2011
Two American punk bands from Portland, Oregon are starting their European tour in Barcelona in November.
Backpacker rap is back
Paul | November 14th, 2011
I guess it was only a matter of time before what used to be dismissed as backpacker hip hop got a revival.
Ryan Gosling is now an internet meme
Paul | November 14th, 2011
It’s always nice when your favourite cult actors make it big. I’ve had a platonic crush on Ryan Gosling since he played a jewish neo-nazi (and got to fuck Summer Phoenix) in The Believer. Read More
This movie will change the way you see the 80′s
Paul | November 14th, 2011
I never really know where nostalgia ends and appreciation begins when it comes to the 80′s. It feels like that decade has been so consistently picked apart and recycled over the last 20 odd years that it’s hard to seperate out the things that were actually good. (insert denim song here). Read More
Dancing about architecture
Paul | November 13th, 2011
In-Edit is a film festival dedicated to documentaries about music. It’s in it’s 6th year and it’s kind of a big deal/social event. Perhaps because it’s easier to justify getting wasted after you’ve just seen the Lemmy film, than if you were sitting through a Tarkovsky retrospective.
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I’ve still got love for Vincent Gallo
Paul | November 13th, 2011
I re-watched Buffalo 66 last night and I have officially decided that it is one of my favorite movies. I know that supposedly Vincent Gallo is an asshole, but he’s so unbelievably hot. Read More
Meg, mog, moog
Paul | October 3rd, 2011
