David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 28 November, 2007 at 9:57 pm. It's been filed in the journalism + magazines + music category . {1 Comment}
There’s an interview with Morrissey in this week’s NME that’s credited in a way I’ve never ever seen before.
It says:
Interview: Tim Jonze
Words: NME
How? What? HUH?!!! It turns out that Jonze, the writer of the piece, conducted two interviews with Moz but the NME decided to rewrite his copy. Jonze says “virtually none of [the resulting [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 26 November, 2007 at 10:29 pm. It's been filed in the magazines + technology category . {1 Comment}
I observed the other day that Sony Magazine has little to justify its seemingly imaginary cover price of £4.50. However, as Charlie Brooker points out (today, spookily), there are much worse examples of this “hilariously desperate” genre of magazine. Specifically, something called Nespresso magazine.
This is the magazine for people who own Nespresso coffee machines. It [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 21 November, 2007 at 6:44 pm. It's been filed in the journalism + magazines category . {2 Comments}
I was fortunate enough to be sent the first issue of Sony Magazine in the post today. This 100-page Haymarket publication, edited by Loaded co-founder Tim Southwell, is, for definite, an actual proper magazine and in no way a Curry’s Digital newspaper insert printed on slightly thicker paper. Oh no.
Apparently,
Sony Magazine is all about heroes. [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 19 November, 2007 at 9:55 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + television category . {3 Comments}
I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! was beaten for the first time in the ratings on Friday… by Children in Need.
It’s baffling that up to 8.7m people are tuning in to watch what must be the least inspiring selection of jungle D-listers yet. But the fact that, at its peak, 10.9m were watching [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Friday 16 November, 2007 at 3:56 pm. It's been filed in the blogging + football category . {Comment}
Today’s Guardian blog piece called “Israel and Russia: the best of football friends” is a neat lesson in how to avoid legal action, while at the same time suggesting a “conspiracy theory” about how some of Roman Abramovich’s money, through the (Russian) Football Academy Foundation, is tied up in Israeli football.
It hints at something whiffy [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 07 November, 2007 at 7:21 pm. It's been filed in the journalism category . {1 Comment}
As a panelist on Have I Got News For You, Peter Serafinowicz once asked: “What is a bank?” I’m having a similar problem with the credit crunch. Namely: What is it?
“Credit crunch” is a pleasing, alliterative phrase, which probably explains why it has been used more than 1,600 times in UK publications in the last [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 05 November, 2007 at 9:29 pm. It's been filed in the food + pr category . {1 Comment}
I stumbled across this press release from Edinburgh council today. It made me snigger like a child:
Fish merchants have recently been making unsolicited calls on residents in the Inverleith area. Two men who have been calling on homes in the area are described as having North East English accents and were wearing jumpers with ‘North [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Friday 02 November, 2007 at 9:38 pm. It's been filed in the music category . {2 Comments}
It’s touching the way the Times doesn’t allow swearing within its pages. It harks back to a safer time, before the Lady Chatterley trial and the subsequent decline in moral standards that ruined society.
In a way, I can understand why they might balk at the “f-word”, the “c-word” or the “x-word”. But there’s no real [...]