Those of you who know me will not be surprised to learn that I'm now taking more of an interest in the coroner's inquest into the shooting of Mark Saunders than might be expected.

A week ago, one of the firearms officers was accused of hiding song titles in the evidence he gave to the coroner.

( Always have a quotation to hand. It saves original thinking. )

Thanks to j4's recent post, I know now that there is a thing called Google Scribe. Which tries to second guess you as you type.

If you put in one word, then just begin accepting every auto-completion it offers you by hitting 'return', it generates ( rubbish )

There's a very sad article this morning: the recession is really hitting the music industry badly. Bands are having to drastically scale back their names in order to keep down touring costs ( Read more... )

Well... every so often I spit out a lyrics quiz. But I thought for a change we'd have a poetry quiz ( Read more... )

It is thirteen minutes past five, and I arbitrarily declare it to be time for a round of Edible Film Club.

Full Metal Jacket Potato! Twelve Angry Ramen! Fantastic Mr Fox's Glacier Mint!

Hit me with your worst...

Having just read a post on the XKCD blag which mentioned the drug Vicodin, I've been trying to remember the lyrics to Queens of the Stone Age's Feelgood Hit of the Summer (which also contain Vicodin). Yes, I can google for the lyrics, but right now I'm trying to tease the information out of the back of my brain ( Read more... )

Not the kind of thing I usually go in for, but let's give it a whirl: idea stolen from tooth_fairy.

You comment here. I pay you a compliment ( Read more... )

OK, at the request of keris... it's the:

Friday T-shirt Amnesty!

Tell us about the t-shirt you're wearing.

Mine today is black, and has a cartoon cat-face on it. It says "Bad Cat" on the front in small letters, and has claw-marks drawn across the back.

OK, as promised last week following the lyrics quiz: more on (She Don't Use) Jelly.

Here's the version of it which I know:

Drugstore - (She Don't Use) Jelly

If you fancy joining in a silly game, then listen to it before reading on.

( Yeah, I'm looking to waste some time )

So, Friday's lyrics quiz: ( Here be answers )