The most successful Formula One race driver retired yesterday. Unlike former legends such as Senna and Prost, I have witnessed the whole of Michael Schumacher’s career. From his first race in the now-defunct Jordan team, through the Bennetton years and to the Ferrari glory days. Schumacher has always divided opinion – his tactics on the [...]
last week, I made a post, admitting to uber geekhood, and linked to a great Star Wars site that advocated what we all knew – The famous scene in the first Star Wars film, where Han Solo ruthlessly shoots the bounty hunter Greedo should never have been tinkered with. For both dramatic, and character-arc reasons, [...]
The White Room The KLF As an ardent Heavy Rock fan, you might be surprised to find The White Room in my collection, but it is one of my favourite albums of all time. At the time, I had no idea what Stadium House or Ambient House music was, and to be honest, I still [...]
I’m hoping that I’m wrong about Bat out of Hell 3. Using one of my free iTunes downloads, I downloaded the first single from the album: It’s All Coming Back To Me. Most people will know it from the Celine Dion version, but that itself was a cover. The original was written by Jim Steinman [...]
What is it with Celebrities adopting children from Africa? Now Madonna has jumped on the bandwagon. Are we supposed to celebrate her compassion by taking one child out of his environment and bringing him into her world, which is frankly so far removed from ours that she believed that Swept Away was a great script. [...]