Category Archives: Rants about Politics

P.S.A.: Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

In the run-up to HMD, various news-sites published survey results suggesting that successive generations are becoming more forgetful/sceptical about what happened 80 years ago… which is pretty dire considering how easy it is to access this information via most computer/online … Continue reading

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Rant: Monthly Dee-Lights (9/22)

Just a note of some of the funnest content I consumed last month (in no particular order): – Bish posted an extremely-sparkly video for their new single “Up To Me”, followed shortly thereafter by the dance-y version (choreographed by Aina … Continue reading

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Rant: Monthly Dee-Lights (8/20)

Just a quick note of some of the funnest content I consumed last month (in no particular order): – Bailey Meyers posted a new (feature-length!) GooseDrunks video, and this time around she tackled the goofy-gothy Vampire Breath (1996), resulting in … Continue reading

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Lockdown Uplift (7/20)

Just a quick note of some of the funnest online content I watched this month (in no particular order): – TV Guide challenged D’Arcy Carden to rank every iteration of her character ‘Janet’ from The Good Place, and thus provide … Continue reading

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Lockdown Uplift (6/20)

Just a quick note of some of the funnest online content I watched this month (in no particular order): – Fern Brady starred in a two-part BBC “series” in which she attempted to strike it rich as a viral internet … Continue reading

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Fee-Free Friday!

A couple times since lockdown began, Bandcamp have announced that they’d be waiving their fees to help musicians (such as Vodun, pictured) who’ve been impacted by the sudden unexpected loss of income… but they’ve only done it for a day … Continue reading

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And Justice For All…?

Obviously what happened to George Floyd* was disgusting and disgraceful, and I wish that we lived in a world where it was a super-rare, once-in-a-century horror, but it’s pretty clear that we’re stuck in one of the worst possible timelines, … Continue reading

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Red Missed

Despite impassioned endorsements from some of my fave music-makers (such as Lily Allen, M.I.A., and Paloma Faith), and comedy-types (such as Kerry Godliman, Jessica Knappett, and Lazy Susan), plus plenty websites springing up to explain “tactical voting” options region-by-region, the … Continue reading

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Emin In The News!

A couple of peculiar, non-Art related news stories about Tracey Emin have cropped up this month… First of all, she’s apparently had breast reduction surgery… well, according to The Mirror, anyway. “I was a 34G. I lost a stone on the … Continue reading

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