Saturday, November 3, 2012

Hawkeye Joins The Big (Little) Leagues

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When growing up, my favourite comic book character was Hawkeye. (This may have been an early attempt at trying to be in ‘the cool crowd’,...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 47: How Good Is 'The Basketball Jones'?

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I mentioned this blog, which made Time's best blogs list of 2011,  a couple of days ago , but now I reckon this may just be my favourite...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Why Murakami Annoys Me

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To date I’ve read two books by Haruki Murakami – ‘Norwegian Wood’ and ‘Kafka On The Shore’, and am two-thirds between ‘1Q84’.   On one han...

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 46: Time's Best Blogs of 2011

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OK, I'm a year too late, but I quite liked these blogs amongst Time's best blogs of 2011 : Kill Screen (excellent videogames blog...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 45

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I'm currently reading Poor Economics , which brings together the body of poverty research to explain what seems to work in solving pover...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Sportswriting Doesn't Suck: Gideon Haigh and Bill Simmons

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  Currently, my two favourite sportswriters - hell, probably two of my favourite writers of any inclination - are Melbournian cricket writ...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

'Uncanny Avengers' #1 and 'Saga'

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A few weeks back, I was somewhat pessimistic about the Marvel NOW! initiative , and even went so far to say that it might turn me off Mar...
Monday, October 8, 2012

Album Review: Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

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Another album review which I've posted over at 'The Guardian' music website. An excellent, if uneven, album from Coldplay...