Time to go.

What I like most is how he corrects Boulton with exactly the same quotation that Boulton just read out; essentially he agrees that he misquoted Osbourne but says that what he said was right all the same.

Then he says he wanted a market solution over Northern Rock; a market solution he knocked back twice when it was presented to him. At least he learnt his lesson when it came to HBOS, but should HM Government really be run by trial and error?

Uncommon Knowledge - Revisionism

The discussion about opposing Fascist methods with comparably ruthless tactics reminded me of Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff's contemporary arguments in Powell and Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

Ayo Technology

When 50 Cent wrote his definitive lament on the perils of pornography addiction back in 2007, he could hardly have expected this Belgian cover to come just a year later; a truly genre-bending work. (h/t Kanye West).

The Archive

Paul Mawhinney owns the largest private record collection in the world: 3 million records and 300,000 CDs totalling more than 6 million song titles dating back to the first flat record from 1881. Since his health has deteriorated, he's closed down his shop and has been trying to sell the collection and pass on the torch to someone else. However he's yet to find someone who “gives a damn“ or at least enough of a damn to pay $3,000,000 for it. (h/t music like dirt).

All it needs is a better title.

I've been a huge fan of Martin Campbell's work from (the original) Edge of Darkness through to Casino Royale - and, of course, Goldeneye - but I think this next instalment of Daniel Craig's Bond may well surpass the last (if only visually...). All credit to Marc Forster if he manages to pull it off.

I want one.

I really bloody want one.

Auto Skooter - Lakeside Park, Denver

Auto Skooter - Lakeside Park - Denver, Colorado
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I love Art Deco; the lettering above the shop is so bold and has such beautiful proportions.