π₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Fatboy Slim,Dance music,Music,The Rolling Stones,Culture,UK news π Hereβs what youβll learn: A classic bootleg recording by Fatboy Slim that tests the Rolling Stones' approval (I Can't Get No) has finally been released, with the band giving it their blessing after 25 years.Satisfaction Skank was a familiar track in dancefloors at the turn of the century, with Fatboy Slim merging his 1999 hit The Rockafeller Skank with the Stones' 1965 classic, throwing in Keith Richards' iconic guitar take on the "big beat" sound of the late '90s.The…
π₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Television,Culture,Television & radio π‘ Main takeaway: TRevor Bingley is no Mr. Bean, but the two have some things in common. Initially, they are both self-destructive when it comes to getting over petty annoyances. In the 2022 Netflix series Man vs Bee, Bingley ends up building a fake cell filled with explosives to destroy a bug that has refused to vacate the stately home he's been sitting in; For Bean, life consists almost exclusively of finding ridiculous solutions to simple problems. They're both pathetic characters: Bean because he's…
π₯ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Stage,Comedy,Theatre,Christmas shows,Horror books,Fiction,Culture,Comedy,Books β
Main takeaway: IIf ever there was a show where the title came first, you'd think it was this show by Dan (whose line is it anyway?) Patterson and Jez Bond. Why else, if not to justify the pun, would you make a lyrical version of the Victorian vampire novel? And Dracabella is nothing if not fond of puns. (βThere's a supernatural force at work in Transylvania.β / βWhat is it?β / βNo, not witches.β) There are plenty of other sources where that force…
π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Matthew Perry,Television & radio,Friends,US television,Society,Alcoholism,Culture,Television π‘ Key idea: Watch the third season of Friends, writes Matthew Perry in his memoir, and you can see how thin he had become by the end of it. βOpioids fuck with your appetite, plus they make you vomit constantly,β he writes. Look again, and yes β his fragile wrists emerge from a shirt that looks as if he has borrowed it from someone far larger, his trousers hang off him β and itβs unbearably sad now, with the knowledge that…
β¨ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture π Main takeaway: Dispatches: The Prince Against the Paper β Harry, Piracy and the Post8pm on Channel 4Expect legal fireworks in January as the case launched by Prince Harry (along with six other public figures including Doreen Lawrence and Elton John) against Associated Newspapers gets underway. This documentary by Cathy Newman provides a primer on the case β which includes accusations of phone hacking and eavesdropping. Phil HarrisonSeniors - Wisdom at the age of 90+At 7.30pm on ITV1There are now more than half a…
π₯ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: History books,Science and nature books,Philosophy books,Books,Culture π‘ Key idea: nOne of the most useful things to know is the name of the era you live in, says Amy Alderman, and she suggests one for ours: the information crisis. In fact, the emergence of digital media represents the third information crisis that humans have experienced: the first came after the invention of writing; The second follows the printing press.These were periods of great social conflict and upheaval, and they profoundly changed our social and political relationships as…
π₯ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Fiction,Books,Culture π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: There is a long tradition of stories about artists that are also about how life is represented in art; Novels about artists who have toxic female friendships are even stranger.Enter Anika Jade Levy's lean, sharp debut film Flat Earth, which shares its title with a film made by a woman narrator Avery knows as her best friend. Frances is a wealthy, beautiful young woman in her twenties who becomes a "reluctant celebrity in certain circles" after her film, "an experimental documentary…
π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Television,Culture,Television & radio,Drama,Documentary,Factual TV,Educational TV,TV comedy π Key idea: 50-4150The last of us(Sky Atlantic/Now) The best TV video game of all time is brought back to life with the year's most shocking murder of a beloved character. Losing one half of the show's central duo wasn't easy to get over, but The Last of Us turned into a poignant meditation on grief, loss, and the pain of love left unspoken β with the addition of mushroom monsters. What did we say: βA bold and thoughtful presentation…
π Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: US news,Young people,Society,Magazines,Media,ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement),US politics,Culture π Hereβs what youβll learn: On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles Central Public Library was bustling with nearly 100 people making zines: little DIY journals made from a single piece of paper. There was folding and laughter and helping with wounds. Titles such as Narcan 101, Free Palestine and American Zain, filled with illustrations and tips, line a table down the hall.While this may seem like a scene from the 1980s or 1990s β when music…
β¨ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Bob Vylan,Ireland,Defamation law,Law,Europe,Media law,Media,Music,Israel-Gaza war,Glastonbury 2025,Glastonbury festival,Culture,World news π‘ Key idea: British punk and rap duo Bob Phelan have launched defamation proceedings against Irish broadcaster RTΓ over its coverage of their Glastonbury performance.The legal action alleges that Irish National Radio defamed the group by claiming they led anti-Semitic chants at the festival last June.The group's lead singer, Pascal Robinson-Foster, known as Bobby Phelan, led a chant of "Death, death to the IDF", a reference to the Israel Defense Forces, making international headlines and prompting a British police…
