Settled

Disclosure, no matter how many times I listen to your record, we're never getting together. It's not you/me, it's me/you.

Food for thght

Jay Rayner on Le Cinq

As soon as people giggle at Jay's article and direct their Facebook friends to the article, the backlash begins. I get it but it still irks me nonethelesss. In the social media world one has to immediately brace for a counter attack. You like it? You better justify your taste. 

The article is glorious and I am not doubting myself for a minute. (Maybe a second though.) It reminds me of Lilly Allen's pop style. You'll never really list her in your High Fidelity influenced top ten but it is entertaining and witty. While other writers remind me Noise - what is the essence/meaning/message- Allen and Rayner guide you with hooks and seemingly easy comparisons to the finish. It's never condescending nor overly complex. 

Eurotrash

Verhoeven=Haneke + glossy wrapping paper

Funny games

I know it's only April but I have already decided on the best single (which isn't really a single but who cares?) of 2017. Based on the catchy (as the flu) single by Ed Sheeran. His best song by far (which isn't saying much, amirite?). It blends my love for voyeuristic reality shows (cue Haneke slapping me on the head) and forrays into crappy pop songs. Yes, I like mediocrity and low brow programs. Esp when you're caught being the voyeur.