Of all the miserable fucking things that could've happened... campaign's over, Black Metal warriors. Stand down. Dagbladet reports (article dated yesterday, sadly, I wish I thought this was an April Fool) that Euronymous's family have vetoed the use of his image (translation, as usual, hereI am genuinely furious, not to mention heartbroken. I can ( Read more... )

Links drop and round-up!

First, an update on the Air Euronymous incident! Much to my delight, the poll closed with Euronymous way out in the lead - we'll find out on 11th April whether Norwegian had the nerve to put him on their final shortlist. *grin* Meanwhile, Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet have weighed in on the debate, and to my jawdropping ( Read more... )

Further to all previous and traditional jokes about communist cars, here's a clip you might enjoy courtesy of ravenology who stuck it on Twitter:

Greatest lane change ever. In a Lada.

I cannot believe this guy got away with this, seriously. Props to him, though I hope he doesn't try it again...

Laters,
Rath

Oh, so that's what's going on! In the last couple of days, I've had an "interesting" problem where I've searched up sites and then, while reading the page I'd clicked on, suddenly suffered an unrequested redirect to something that tried to tell me my computer was infected and that I needed to install its antivirus software ( Read more... )

The Royal Wii.

Apparently, Nintendo have sent the Queen a gold-plated Wii after it was revealed that she'd been cadging turns on Prince William's (and was, we are informed, a natural with it). I know it's unfashionable to be much of a monarchist in this day and age, but honestly, how neat is that? ^_^

Laters,
Rath

Apparently, the Tories yesterday edited Wikipedia to make David Cameron right, after he attempted to score a straw-man point off Gordon Brown and may in fact have got it wrong (on a topic which historians apparently disagree over anyway, namely the age of the painter Titian at his death ( Read more... )

oml404, you haven't been in Wantage lately have you?

Laters,
Rath

Mickey Rourke for Wrestlemania?

Just... yes. Brilliant. The Wrestler is quite fantastic enough; this is just extra bonus wonderful. Chalk it up along with President Obama in 2009's list of "wait, we're in a movie!" moments. *s ( Read more... )

I am amused to discover that after all these years of stiff necks, the medical establishment has finally caught up with us. Headbanging is bad for you, it's official.

Laters,
Rath

Warner sued by the mayor of a Turkish city called Batman, and there's a surprise hole in Wembley Stadium.

Er, come again, universe?

Laters,
Rath

PS My Current Music is a great song and everyone should go look it up on YouTube forthwith. The video has a lot of PVC in it.