Pitch bitch
Cult rapper Mykki Blanco is quitting music to pursue a career in investigative journalism. Nick Davies better watch his back.
Battery powered
Possibly not coming to a venue near you are Eat The Turnbuckle, a US metal band who assault each other with cheese graters and barb-wire-coated baseball bats. They’ve already had a Glasgow gig cancelled due to police concerns.
You Flaming drongo
In news that reinforces the Guide’s belief that Neighbours >>> Home And Away, Ed Sheeran is to appear as himself in an upcoming episode of the latter.
XCX-rated
The very odd video for Charli XCX’s new single Famous plays like a cross between Just Seventeen and Black Mirror. No surprise that it’s directed by Eric Wareheim, of Tim And Eric fame. Watch here.
To protect and sever
According to a Reuters-Ipsos poll House Of Cards’s monster-in-chief Frank Underwood has a higher approval rating than Barack Obama, confirming that murder is more agreeable to the US public than universal healthcare.
Number 1 with a ballot
Making the election coverage slightly more bearable: a special, one-off Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe. Philomena Cunk on the swingometer, please!
Role reversal
Webseries No Small Parts profiles the actors whose faces you know but names you don’t, including Anne Ramsay (the baddie from The Goonies) and Taylor Negron (the waiter from Curb). Watch it here.
