A brief note to say that I will be clarifying the point of this place in the not-too-distant future. You can possibly look forward to some sort of underlying philosophy behind what’s posted here, including the reason why the dice are loaded. Or possibly not. In the meantime I appreciate your comments and feedback, you [...]

Hot on the heels of this comes the (alleged) news (well, a story in The Sun so the term ‘news’ is used loosely) that Led Zeppelin is looking at reforming to tour the United States.
As if that wasn’t enough, it looks certain that Rage Against the Machine are reforming for the Coachella Festival (which once [...]

It appears that the courts in Europe are prepared to ignore what are undoubtedly massive political considerations and are giving the victims of the practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’ (i.e., the warrantless, state-sponsored kidnapping and extraction to third world countries where torture is practiced for ‘interrogation’ of private citizens) an opportunity to pursue those responsible for [...]