Red Pepper | Know your enemy | Clear Channel: End of Glastonbury? Fiona Osler Little brother Dov pointed out in the comments that Clear Channel aren’t the nicest of companies, so I thought I’d post the link. Turns out they are quite spectacularly nasty; I hope our new chief doesn’t bring their morals with her
Affectionate Diary: Industry Interview – Dan Griliopoulos: “Let’s talk about your feud with the wonderful, fair and just Jon Hicks for a moment, if we can. We all know about your famous public spats, but when did it actually all start? And did you *really* say you wanted to **** his *** with your big
Nine parts of well-dried and finely powdered chlorate of potash, mixed with three parts of finely powdered galls, will make a highly explosive compound. Do not mix it in a mortar, as it would explode, but by means of passing through a brass sieve. The strength of common gunpowder may be increased by working up
Action Philosophers! A bit like the excellent Freud comic in Kieron’s Commercial Suicide anthology mixed with those cartoon books I remember from public libraries that explained key individuals through the medium of bad drawings, this is edutainment in its finest form. I still prefer Martin Rowson‘s reinterpretation of Tristam Shandy (better than that awful movie
Future slumps after H1 loss, CEO leaves “LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) – British magazine publisher Future Plc (FUTR.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said it swung to a first-half pretax loss on Tuesday, warned future profits would fall and said its chief executive had resigned, sending its shares tumbling 13 percent. Future, which publishes more than 150
Consult Me Originally uploaded by Hot Grill. I’ve just started a new site, essentially plagiarising this amazing book from 1866 I found in Bakewell market “Consult Me For All You Want To Know.” With information ranging from how to select meat, to cures for cancer, to explosive compounds, it’s amazing. Have a read.
“Cage Finds Himself In Next” Nicholas Cage is producing and appearing in “Next”, yet another Philip K. Dick adaptation, this time from the short story “The Golden Man”. The story is about the government hunting down and extinguishing mutants, because of the threat they generally pose to normal people, and how they come across a
An old rabbit has very long and rough claws, and gray hairs intermixed with the wool. If young, the claws and wool are smooth; if stale it will be flexible, and the flesh will be bluish, having a kind of slime upon it; but if fresh, the flesh will be white and dry. …for all
Toast a slice of bread brown on both sides ; then lay it on a plate, pour a glass of port wine over it; then cut some cheese thing, and lay it thick over the bread; put it into a Dutch oven before the fire to brown. Serve it hot. …for all you want to
Get it when just killed; this is of great advantage. Let it be scalded. Put some sage, crumbs of bread, salt and pepper, into the belly, and sew it up. Observe to skewer the legs back or the under part will not crisp. Lay it to a brisk fire till dry; then rub the pig