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Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is
The good and not so good. Folded: The Road (not out in the UK until next year, but here is an early review because we can) Also coming next year: a game with hats (about time) Busting X Factor (vote for Jedward. They’ll win and the whole show will implode) Speeding (you might be able to. You are a doctor, right?) Emmanuelle ...
The good and not so good. Folded: The Road (not out in the UK until next year, but here is an early review because we can) Also coming next year: a game with hats (about time) Busting X Factor (vote for Jedward. They’ll win and the whole show will implode) Speeding (you might be able to. You are a doctor, right?) Emmanuelle ...
MySpace Trawl – Silent Devices
Certain cities have various scenes that have been established over time. For bands that get involved, it’s all fine and dandy for them. Look no further than Oasis and The Smiths from Manchester who set the bar for others to follow. But then again, not everyone wants to crank out indie music which continually sounds stale after every release. Still, a solid fan base will lap it up. Other towns may not have such a strong musical heritage, but they put their stamp on where there from. Leicester, for example, may not be bursting with quality artists apart from breakaway act Kasabian – but do they really offer anything else apart from modernising Britpop ten years too late? Asides from producing tasty Walkers crisps, Leicester hasn’t been known for music. For some of you, this may change after listening to Silent Devices.
Certain cities have various scenes that have been established over time. For bands that get involved, it’s all fine and dandy for them. Look no further than Oasis and The Smiths from Manchester who set the bar for others to follow. But then again, not everyone wants to crank out indie music which continually sounds stale after every release. Still, a solid fan base will lap it up. Other towns may not have such a strong musical heritage, but they put their stamp on where there from. Leicester, for example, may not be bursting with quality artists apart from breakaway act Kasabian – but do they really offer anything else apart from modernising Britpop ten years too late? Asides from producing tasty Walkers crisps, Leicester hasn’t been known for music. For some of you, this may change after listening to Silent Devices.
WEBTHUMP! 18 November 2009
10 - HILARIOUS OR DISTURBING? A 19-year-old boy crying and punching a wall because he doesn't like Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 very much - Geekologie 9 - That Channel 4 3D season. Not great, is it? - Watchwithmothers 8 - Kim Kardashian with her mouth taped up. Make the most of it, folks - AmyGrindhouse 7 - Boy, Chris Rock's dinner parties sure sound fun - Monsters And Critics
Why I Hate Guitar Hero, And You
I wonder if a fighter pilot would feel the same way about me playing Star Fox as I feel about you playing Guitar Hero. Yes, I do mean YOU. You kids with your iBoxes and your X-Phones, lurching about with your Wii steering wheels, Wii fridges, and Wii windows that display a cartoon image of the Wii street you Wii live on... I've seen you standing there with your fake plastic guitar, measuring the accuracy of your pretend rock music. And, though it pains me to say it, I'm beginning to hate you. I don't want to hate you, but that’s the way we’re headed, so I think it's important for you to know that what you're doing is wrong.
I wonder if a fighter pilot would feel the same way about me playing Star Fox as I feel about you playing Guitar Hero. Yes, I do mean YOU. You kids with your iBoxes and your X-Phones, lurching about with your Wii steering wheels, Wii fridges, and Wii windows that display a cartoon image of the Wii street you Wii live on... I've seen you standing there with your fake plastic guitar, measuring the accuracy of your pretend rock music. And, though it pains me to say it, I'm beginning to hate you. I don't want to hate you, but that’s the way we’re headed, so I think it's important for you to know that what you're doing is wrong.
Top 23 Hardest Ever Footballers
Football wasn’t always a non-contact sport. With all the diving, posing and play-acting you see in the Premiership and international football these days, it’s easy to forget there were times the Beautiful Game was anything but. In fact, football could be downright nasty - with the players below some of the main instigators. Bring on the FA charge.
Football wasn’t always a non-contact sport. With all the diving, posing and play-acting you see in the Premiership and international football these days, it’s easy to forget there were times the Beautiful Game was anything but. In fact, football could be downright nasty - with the players below some of the main instigators. Bring on the FA charge.
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is
Digestives and Rich Teas. Folded: Modern Warfare 2: Price War (the supermarket battle royale) Salt (reads kinda cack; looks kinda Bourne) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (revisit this classic, particularly the sweary rental car bit, and understand why Steve Martin is going to make a hilarious host at next year’s Oscar’s) Dark nights (cosy...or cold, lonely and miserable. We’re going with cosy) ...
Digestives and Rich Teas. Folded: Modern Warfare 2: Price War (the supermarket battle royale) Salt (reads kinda cack; looks kinda Bourne) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (revisit this classic, particularly the sweary rental car bit, and understand why Steve Martin is going to make a hilarious host at next year’s Oscar’s) Dark nights (cosy...or cold, lonely and miserable. We’re going with cosy) ...
MySpace Trawl – Bibio
With 2009 kicking and screaming to a close, many magazines and other publications often spit out their best-of lists. Usually it’s the opinion of one person sat in an office. Most of the time, people with any sense flick past them as they don’t need someone else telling them what is considered to be good. Though we could use the arse end of 2009 to go over the artists we’ve looked at, we won’t. Instead, we’ll still try to at least bring you something creatively different and worth investing in. This week, we couldn’t pick a better artist for mixing things up than Bibio. Whilst we don’t know if it’s pronounced Bi-bio or Bib-io, the records released by him are bloody fantastic.
With 2009 kicking and screaming to a close, many magazines and other publications often spit out their best-of lists. Usually it’s the opinion of one person sat in an office. Most of the time, people with any sense flick past them as they don’t need someone else telling them what is considered to be good. Though we could use the arse end of 2009 to go over the artists we’ve looked at, we won’t. Instead, we’ll still try to at least bring you something creatively different and worth investing in. This week, we couldn’t pick a better artist for mixing things up than Bibio. Whilst we don’t know if it’s pronounced Bi-bio or Bib-io, the records released by him are bloody fantastic.
Make Like A Bird! 11 Tales Of Crazy Human Flight
Forget that 10k run in your local park - how about this for an insanely ambitious challenge: flying across the North Atlantic Ocean strapped to a jetwing. Yes, I did say a jetwing, and no, I'm guessing there's no in-flight entertainment. Admittedly, the aeronaut who's making the flight (Yves Rossy) is a Jetwing veteran and has a team of choppers, planes, search and rescue specialists and doubtless hordes of media pundits to catch him if he falls (the flight is the brainchild of Webtel.mobi, who are sponsoring the event), but a walk in the park it ain't. It promises to be a spectacular, if a little insane, challenge - and one for the history books regardless of how it ends. But how does flying between continents strapped to a sheet of carbon fibre stack up in terms of stupidity against the history of human flight? Luckily for you, we have some prime examples all lined up...
Forget that 10k run in your local park - how about this for an insanely ambitious challenge: flying across the North Atlantic Ocean strapped to a jetwing. Yes, I did say a jetwing, and no, I'm guessing there's no in-flight entertainment. Admittedly, the aeronaut who's making the flight (Yves Rossy) is a Jetwing veteran and has a team of choppers, planes, search and rescue specialists and doubtless hordes of media pundits to catch him if he falls (the flight is the brainchild of Webtel.mobi, who are sponsoring the event), but a walk in the park it ain't. It promises to be a spectacular, if a little insane, challenge - and one for the history books regardless of how it ends. But how does flying between continents strapped to a sheet of carbon fibre stack up in terms of stupidity against the history of human flight? Luckily for you, we have some prime examples all lined up...
