I went to the NME Awards Tour last night featuring Florence and the Machine, White Lies, Friendly Fires and Glasvegas. To illustrates the point that the tour is sponsored by Shockwaves there were loads of people with stupid haircuts.
Minutes after driving ban, man drives himself home
Peter Latham received a year-long ban after admitting driving under the influence and using a mobile phone while driving at Liverpool Community Justice Centre in Vauxhall.
Red Dwarf beams Back to Earth, courtesy of Dave
Red Dwarf is coming back! Is that good news or bad news? I’m not sure either way, and I say that as a man who owns Series 1-6 on DVD, once had an Ace Rimmer T-shirt that said ‘Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast,’ and can recite most early episodes from memory.
Liverpool accents are dreadful, hideous and whinging
Liverpool accents should be consigned to the dustbin of regionalism as they are ‘dreadful’, ‘hideous’ and ‘whinging’.
Not my words, the word of Liverpool author Beryl Bainbridge, though I’ll admit I did write that opening paragraph in an attempt to stir up trouble (and thus hits and comments), taking a leaf out of he Grauniad’s increasingly [...]
Journalists on red alert over Liverpool recession report
Red alert then? Actually yes, but only because the entire world economy has gone to the dogs. If Liverpool is fucked, then so is everywhere else.
Blackman and Robin
Blackman & Robin, dreamt up in a pub, was an outrageously stupid and deliberately provocative comic strip in Liverpool’s student newspaper that became an instant hit.
Mersey Site
A mash-up of data from the River Mersey presented as a Twitter feed, displaying data on the comings and goings in the Mersey’s shipping channels. I’m at a loss to explain why this is interesting.
Liverpool Vodaphone advert with Jon Pertwee and Kyle MacLachlan
Take a Liverpool setting, Jon Pertwee, Kyle MacLachlan, some unfortunate cultural stereotyping and a certain cobbled street in the city and you have this Vodaphone advert
Setanta's Liverpool V Everton derby advert with Darren Farley
Here’s Setanta’s advert promoting the forthcoming Liverpool Everton Merseyside derby on 19 January, featuring the impressions of local lad made good Darren Farley.
Reflecting on Liverpool's Capital of Culture Transition night finale
It was boozy, musical, cultural and fun and it seemed fitting.