December 2002
It's A Wonderful Link (Dec 27, 2002)
I finished Linked just before the holidays, and on Christmas Day I caught a few minutes of It's A Wonderful Life. Maybe it was all the liqueur-soaked chocolates, but I started to think that within IAWL there might be an...
Sweet Christmas (Dec 24, 2002)
When one is called on to explain why Rudolph didn't make it into The Night Before Christmas, one must choose between a) the real answer (Rudolph was invented in the 1930s by a guy who worked for Montgomery Ward, more...
Death and glory (Dec 23, 2002)
The Beeb has excellent coverage of Joe Strummer's death. London Calling remains one of my favourite records and I still pop in the old cassette, the one with part of "Spanish Bombs" worn out from heavy listening, every once in...

