I've been terrible at promoting this, but last year I launched a brand new A.V. Club column called Women of Action, all about the history of women-led action movies. And it just celebrated its one-year anniversary with a piece about Ripley and her seismic place in the canon!

#CharlesDance is a legend, plain and simple.

What a handsome photo:

While Nietzschean themes haunt the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling conveys her morality tale of the Übermensch. READ: tinyurl.com/HPNietzsche

It's called life, Lennon. We're all inherently miserable. youtu.be/hZJLrAKCiow?...

Tuesday’s Irish Indo #TomorrowsPapersToday

Lovely stuff on @spectrumculture.bsky.social : spectrumculture.com/2025/09/21/t...

I'm flattered! #TheOddJob is a truly dreadful film.

Come on GENESIS!!

Out of this list, Duke gets my vote.

Charlene's Never Been To Me. And as one hits go, it's a hard one to worsen! I swear every repeated listen detracts two minutes from your life.

Non-binary, deeply provocative multi-artist from Britain lived a life full of colour and excitement, and held a commitment to her work even after a terminal cancer diagnosis Now available on VoD: dmovies.org/2025/06/09/s...

The very first time I was quoted on #RottenTomatoes was for this piece: www.popmatters.com/indiana-jone... I was 29, so I technically landed the term "Rotten Tomatoes Contributor" before 30...

I didn't think too highly of #Eleanorthegreat, but I do hope #JuneSquibb finally gets an Oscar nom and breaks that world record!

One of the best albums from this year: spectrumculture.com/2025/06/22/u...

spectrumculture.com/2025/09/14/s... Not a great final hour, sadly, but preferable to the over-saturated Let It Be.

#FlashGordon #Classic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S8f... Good chat!

A stunning read: another worthy addition to the canon of Irish literature.

Nice to know that it was Dylan Moran who insisted on Linehan's departure. Black Books improved immeasurably after. #GrahamLinehan #Reptile

The Wolf of Wall Street is a stunning movie, a biting indictment of capitalism. It's my generation's Clockwork Orange.

Dire Straits -Romeo & Juliet

“In any given interview, P-Funk leader George Clinton name-drops various musical legends that preceded P-Funk’s emergence in the music industry.” www.culturesonar.com/the-influenc...

@jontrevithick.bsky.social , this is the clip.

Everyone thinks they know The Beatles, but who else do we really know? Join bestselling writer, broadcaster and BBC Radio 6 DJ Stuart Maconie with him Jason Carty and me Steven Cockcroft to discuss the supporting cast who helped four boys from Liverpool to change the world. Tickets On Sale Now.

That Churchill is still recognised as a beacon of British fortitude despite his many vile qualities is baffling: www.bbc.com/news/magazin...

It's Lol Creme's birthday! He was the last one from the classic 10cc lineup I interviewed, and he was an absolute hoot to talk to. faroutmagazine.co.uk/lol-creme-th...

A good mantra to follow:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og-y... The acme of Lennon's creativity.

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Beatles fan? Want to hear about new research from brilliant Beatles historian Obadiah Jones? You're in luck! 5 seasons his excellent podcast are available now covering everything from the Hard Day's Night chord to Greece '67, the 10,000 hours myth to the Sgt. Pepper medals. Enjoy!

Staggering tune.

So, I have the option of going North to Tyrone (Tír Eoghan, which is Eoghan's Country), or head overseas to the TOWN OF LYNG.

Apparently, this is a town in England:

Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I please.. And you can do the same thing if you please......

Yeah, I’d like to break the cycle of hyperventilation, but I was very much into ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Softens the politics and the painful nostalgia of Pynchon, but compensates with very Andersonian opera of organised chaos. MVP: Teyana Taylor. #OneBattleAfterAnother.

A great Irish compliment: "You can write, ya c***!" Night made!

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@johnp69.bsky.social Has there been a Tug of War listening party? Just trying to keep up myself.

Or my favourite McCartney verse: "In another world In another world We could stand on top of the mountain With our flag unfurled In a time to come In a time to come We will be dancing to the beat Played on a different drum.."

"How can I tell my little boy, about Oppenheimer's deadly toy..."

10cc were the real heirs to The Beatles, and with I'm Not In Love, wrote something that surpassed the Lennon-McCartney songbook.

Sorry. They are more alike than not. Normal people don't share jokes with a seditious, felonious fascist at a funeral. They just don't.