The Christmas holidays begin

Dutton: "so is this my birthday party or not?" Everyone gets into the festive spirit in the Royal Scot on the first night of Christmas week.

Dark Knight trailer

The official trailer for the 6th Batman film has hit the interweb and can be viewed here. It's out next year... fantastic.

Jack Nicholson did a good job as the Joker back in 1989 and it seems like Heath Ledger is up to the challenge in 2008.

Joker 1989 version.

Joker 2008 version.

Funny now

One of the best music videos ever made...? Just A Day by Feeder to welcome in the weekend.

United wearing retro strip for Munich anniversary

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More music... Mates Of State again

One day it will be compulsory for everyone to own a record by Mates Of State. Until that day comes enjoy this video of their song Ha Ha.

Inspector Morse

As we're all aware, Inspector Morse is the best detective series ever shown anywhere. In tribute here's a short comedy clip - Lewis is working undercover as a porter so Morse asks him to watch the car.

Music choice of the day - Sunset Rubdown

Fronted by Wolf Parader Spencer Krug, Sunset Rubdown have a new album out... but this is one of their older songs called Stadiums And Shrines II. Enjoy!

Passing by

If you find yourself easily mesmerised watching the world pass by the window, visit the site here which brings together clips from all over the world, all showing views out of a moving vehicle.

Apart From That - Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter is one of the best playwrights of modern times and here's a short sketch he performed on the BBC with the help of Rupert Graves. Two characters are talking on mobile phones about not much in particular.

Wednesday music - Wolf Parade

I'll Believe In Anything by the weird and wonderful Canadian band Wolf Parade. Their second album is due next year. Little known fact - Wolf Parade's drummer plays on Wake Up by Arcade Fire.

Fun and games in Liverpool

Thanks to Andy "Krazy House" Dutton for the action shot of the fun and games in Liverpool over the weekend. Here's half the team enjoying a cheeky drink in some Irish bar before upsetting the waitresses in JR's.

New Cloverfield trailer

Click here to see the new trailer for the upcoming Cloverfield movie which is out next year. It features all the right ingredients - big monster + rampage + New York.

24 in 1994

Spoof pilot of 24 set back in the days when computers weren't quite as advanced... probably won't make much sense to the youngsters.

Dreams of flying

Jan von Holleben's photo exhibition that makes creative use of the floor... click here.

Photo manipulation through the ages

A long time before Photoshop was invented, sneaky photographers were rubbing out and adding in people to their pictures. You can read about the history of digital tampering (from 1860 to the present day) here.

Hawk Green bonfire

Impressive action shot stolen from the Marple website here.

Fore!

Neon Bible in a lift

Arcade Fire being brilliant again...

The good old days

Thanks to the wonders of Facebook, photos can suddenly appear from 23 years ago. Yes that's before Maradona scored the Hand of God goal.

The Yorkshire Dales

Charlie B on top of Great Shunner Fell which has its own Wikipedia page here and took ages to get to the top of.

"Well done you are at the top."

Going back down Great Shunner Fell, which we managed much more quickly.

Charlie checks the compass as we can't see anything in the rain/fog.

Below the clouds you can see a bit of a view. This is going up Lovely Seat which also has a Wikipedia page here.

The road we had just walked up from. Can you spot the car?

Yes there it is!

Charlie feeling the pace going up Lovely Seat.

Ben and Charlie take a break at the top.

I was there too.

Ben is eager to get to the pub and walks off into the mist.

Going back down Lovely Seat.

At the top of the final mountain, Dodd Fell, which isn't important enough to get its own page on Wikipedia.


Trying to find the car by walking the wrong way down the road in the fog.

Poynton to Marple on the canal

It only takes two hours to walk.

Peep Show - Mark and Jeremy go shopping

If you haven't got into Peep Show yet, there's still time before the fifth series starts!

Radiohead let you decide how much you want to pay for the new album

Radiohead have made some amazing music in the past and are offering their new album for download next week. The proper CD box costs £40 but for the download you can set the price yourself. Go here if you want to buy it for 10p or £10.

The home of witty banter

Well done to Chewi who spotted that UK TV is rebranding one of its channels and calling it Dave. Coming soon on Freeview. More details here.

Fog

Radiohead have a lot of good unreleased material and this is one of many great bsides... called Fog.

London trip

A handful of photos from my trip to the capital.

Tom and Inez tie the knot.

Hotel with a view.

London by night.

Quarter-life crisis

Wikipedia has an interesting article here on the symptoms of the quarter-life crisis, which include "insecurity regarding present accomplishments" and "boredom with social interactions". Sounds about right.

Give this song another listen

'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's.

The lonely sea and the sky

A day at the beach to make the most of the end of another cold and wet summer.

Formby.

Blackpool.

Funkee Monkee.

Just add water

Charlotte: "During those hot English summers, remember to keep your plants watered."

Wii are the champions

Chetwyn shows off his moves on the Wii as news come through here that it's comprehensively outselling both the Xbox 360 and the PS3.

David Lynch interview

David Lynch has made some of the most amazing films of the past few decades (read about him on Wikipedia here), as well as Twin Peaks of course... and there's a new interview here where he talks about the Inland Empire DVD and turning down the job of directing Return Of The Jedi.