Oct 4th

Hate Bono

It’s like a group you were into before they broke big, I hated Bono and saw him for the phoney he is YEARS before it was cool to hate him. But now the tide has really turned and it’s acceptable to hate Bono. When I was making The Shiznit I was working on an idea [...] read more...

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Aug 28th

The Gypsy Rose in Dublin

I was back in Dublin last week for a few days and went to meet my brother in that new pub where The Viper Room used to be. What an awful name to call a club, the Viper Room. I went there before and in the toilets instead of seeing the usual jovial black man [...] read more...

Posted in Blog, ireland, rants by Bob | 16 Comments

Aug 24th

Is Top Gear fake and scripted?

(this is an ancient post from the old site but it still gets hundreds of hits a day so here it is again) Is Top Gear fake and scripted? Yes. A strange topic to bring up here but it needs to be said. I’ve been watching it and enjoying it for 3 weeks in a [...] read more...

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Aug 15th

F*ck the Documentary

That is the title of an absolutely pointless, childish and stupid documentary I had the misfortune to watch a few weeks ago. There’s maybe a decent 30 minute programme in there somewhere but it’s stretched out to a feature. A long, smug feature. It avoids the etymological side completely which would be probably most people’s [...] read more...

Posted in Blog, films, rants, videos by Bob | 4 Comments

Aug 2nd

Things I hate about The Wire

We all know HBO’s The Wire is probably the best television series in history, redefining the narrative of blah blah… showing socio political stratums yadda yadda yadda…but there are a few things that I didn’t like about the series. I was a late comer, all my friends raged about it and I gave it a [...] read more...

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