Viva la Pegg.
Shon Of A Bitch
Connery has climbed the greasy pole. Made it to 90!
I’m Sure We Can All Relate
Buzzcocks on Top of the Tops in 1978, because we could all use some today.
Also, there’s this! Available in January.
Shit
Sir Ian Holm has hopped the twig. 88 years young.
These Bastards Again
See you there.
Pull Shapes
Enjoy some shameless poppery, bastards!
I like the Pipettes for obvious reasons and have plugged them before. Please groove on this weird video.
The Kids Are Alright
Influences on proud display.
Top Spinster Complaints
From your favorite Victorian era magazine – Tit-Bits – the ladies provide insight regarding their unmarried status:
”Because I do not care to enlarge my menagerie of pets, and I find the animal man less docile than a dog, less affectionate than a cat, and less amusing than a monkey.”
”Because men, like three-cornered tarts, are deceitful. They are very pleasing to the eye, but on closer acquaintanceship prove hollow, and stale, consisting chiefly of puff, with a minimum of sweetness and an unconquerable propensity to disagree with one.”
Ouch.
More here.
This Is An Absolute Classic
As near as I can tell, Jiskefet was a Dutch sketch comedy show that came and went for 16 seasons between 1990 and 2010. Here’s their take on how British sports appear (and sound) to the rest of the world.
Fucking brilliant.
This Looks Worse Than CATS
I’ll see you there.