270903 08:28

just when i thought my life couldn't get any better ;-) ::: the bbc have officially announced that they're bringing back doctor who. oh happy freakin' exterminatin' days R here again //

business week have decided that they've solved the problem of music piracy, and naturally it involves the wonderous little iPod as the saviour of all things.


260903 09:27

ok, so in two weeks time i'm getting married. which makes me insansely freakin' happy, more so that i'm ever going to let loose in a blog. the insanity of the organisation has just about come to an end, to be replaced next week by the insanity of family + friends arrival. i'm going to be living upside down and back to front for the next few weeks, and i'll post some photos as we go obviously :-) here's one of the very spot we've chosen for the ceremony //



my current cultural recommendations include a great film i saw on tuesday, raising victor vargas. well work a look see. also recommend that you check out the new albums from t.raumschmiere, peaches, african head charge and pole. they've been clogging up the iPod for the last week and deservedly so :::


250903 19:48

another fat week, another fat playlist :::


230903 08:04

my sister just sent me these pictures, direct from david blaine's latest escapade - going without food or tv for 45 days or something, whilst suspended in a box above the thames in london. more of his patter here ::: as you can see, my li'l nephew ahren seems particularly nonplussed //

190903 07:56

another week, another playlist. must have been a busy week, as i seem to have neglected mentioning anything else...

recommend you get your bandwidth gums round the spod vs decoder ring download on the triple-j site. full of milky goodness. and lo and behold - it seems that electro hip-hop leg-end kurtis mantronix has got his mitts all over the new kylie album. dirty boy.

if u enjoy terrifying yourself of a morning, read project censored's top 25 censored stories of the year, topped by "Bush Planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President", "US Illegally Removes Pages from Iraq U.N. Report" and "Repackaging Colonialism in Africa". for an alternative viewpoint on recent events, switch off CNN and bend yr head around this.


120903 08:30

this week's fat planet playlist now live :::


090903 19:20

now live on the goldfrapp site ::: stream of alison's moshin' remix of 'this is the new shit' by none other than mr marilyn manson. believe me kidz, this one rocks the mostest. make sure u listen through to the killer ending...

also pumpin in the house of zero-g this week ::: LFO freak; NURIKO TUJIKO from tokyo to naiagara; FELIX DA HOUSECAT cyberwhore; CARPARK wanna buy a craprak?; KID KOALA drunk trumpet // sweeeet.


080903 20:10

from off the streets of cleveland... i went to see american splendor last night - i absolutely recommend that you go and see this movie. it's all the things that great movies should be - compelling, hilarious and life-affirming with plenty of gags for nerds. all this from a movie that tells a very ordinary story about a very ordinary guy. if you've ever wished that hollywood would produce more movies that told real, honest stories without being dull + worthy, then get yr ass off the sofa and get into the cinema. i recommend that you also roll on over to the blog of harvey pekar - the real-life inspiration for this damn fine film.


060903 18:44

forgot to post this when i first saw it, but better late than never. mr david 'angel' boreanaz selling a mercedes on ebay, with added bonus of having 'a day out' with him. starting price? $78,000... number of bids at closing? erm, zero. even if it's a hoax, it's hilarious - scroll right to the bottom for some classic pix.

plus it seems those americans can't get enough of bashing the french (it's the land of love and damn fine music, leave those dudes alone!). type 'french military victories' into google and hit 'i'm feeling lucky'.


060903 17:44

get past the garish design and check out this site - the global rich list calculator allows you to enter your annual income and be shown exactly where you sit in the grand financial scheme of things. well worth a look. (thanks to miranda for thee link)


050903 08:15

no great surprise, but disappointing to see the boy timberlake sign what is reported to be a $6million deal with mcdonalds for their first 'global marketing campaign'. a sell-out too for the neptunes who produced the track that is being used in 118 countries. the lure of the shiny cent has of course seen many fall at its feet over the years (the velvet underground and the clash spring to mind) - but to sell your soul to the biggest devil in the world? as bill hicks once said "i've never seen balls of such magnitude!"


040903 21:13

so fat planet went to air for the first time last night on fbi 94.5fm - and what a joy that was. for the full playlist, click here.