Pop Culture Tilt
Not Having A Willy Is The New Having A Willy
byTime was when it was the ‘in’ thing to find oneself in the possession of a willy. It was the mark of the masculine, of a certain swaggering virility, of cowboys and sports stars and ad executives, of spread legs on dingy subways, hard power over soft power, gun-toting hip-thrusting scarcely receding vigour. A dangling willy served as the world’s…
Elevating Music
At Felabration Get Down With The Kutis
To the uninitiated Fela Kuti may sound suspiciously like some vulgar euphemism, but to music aficionados the name rings a resounding bell or better yet blows a bellowing trumpet, Fela standing firm and proud as one of the greatest artists to have hitherto graced the African or indeed any other of the continents. A multi-instrumentalist equally at home on the…
If Sleep Is The Cousin Of Death, No Sleep Is Its Twin Sibling, Finds Study
More than twenty-two years after the release of Nas’s landmark debut studio album Illmatic, a controversial new study conducted by researchers at New York University has refuted one of the record’s major claims, concluding after months of painstaking tests and several near-death experiences that after all, we do need the occasional sleep. The study brought together leading academics from NYU’s schools of…
For Bryan Ferry, Looking Good Is Nothing More Than This
Emerging from dingy Durham into the multi-coloured, ambi-sextrous world of 1970s pop, as the founder and frontman of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry found himself immediately thrust into a realm of beautiful women. What must have seemed like never never land viewed from the perspective of the coal mining pits of his youth swiftly became do you want some and more? As…
All-Round Sport
Woman Eating Messy Burrito Complains Over Wimbledon Channel Switches
As the action on Centre Court yesterday at Wimbledon spilled over into the hours of late evening, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked the tennis ball vigorously back and forth in a topsy-turvy bout which never seemed settled until late in the fifth set. Murray eventually prevailed, but only after saving break points at the start of the fifth which…
Remembering McGrally: The Dunce Of The Class Of ’92
Call them what you will, the Class of ’92 or Fergie’s Fledglings, the group of players who emerged from the Manchester United youth academy in the early-to-mid 1990s achieved the rarest of feats. Winning Premier League after Premier League alongside an assortment of European, FA, and League cups, the group – which included Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Nicky…
Andy Murray Calls Himself ‘Wee Bastard’ In Heated On-Court Exchange
Things other than tennis balls came to a head on Centre Court at Wimbledon today, as Andy Murray called himself a ‘wee bastard’ in a heated on-court exchange with himself. While Murray dispatched with the sometimes volatile, at other times perfectly amiable young Australian Nick Kyrgios in straight sets, a tough opener saw a resurgence of the sort of on-court anger…
How-To-Dos
How To Evoke The Experience Of The Swimming Pool In Your Tiny Apartment
There was a time some time before today when us humans as a species routinely immersed ourselves in water. Gentleman frolicked in bathhouses at their leisure, mothers set their children in tin tubs by the fire, where the gentle scrubbing of dirty boys and girls produced a slick-smooth lather, northern Europeans hopped in lakes after their saunas, baptism meant being…
Five Ways To Reuse Last Year’s Box Of Valentine’s Chocolates
For a whole year now you’ve been gazing fondly at last year’s heart-shaped box of Valentine’s chocolates, fingering tenderly the hollowed out plastic insert and the curved piece of red card, and remembering how the treats tasted and the surprise on the face of your lover, and the night of tender romance which swiftly ensued. Of course your partner would never toss…
In The Kitchen With Jack Lemmon: How To Strain Spaghetti In A Pinch
It is Christmas, and against all the odds, you find yourself alone in your apartment with the object of the most ardent desire of your only heart. As they mill about the living room in a dressing gown or pop off to the bathroom in order to freshen up, you incorporate the kitchen, and sing opera with gusto while preparing…
