Blunt advice
“They need to bag some Jamaican weed and distribute it amongst Isis. I guarantee there won’t be any more wars out there.” Noted counter-terrorism expert Shaggy suggests a different kind of biological warfare.
Whoever wins, we lose
Giant Robot Fight! Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry has accepted a challenge from American firm MegaBots to take part in the first-ever “international mech battle”.
PC gone mad
PC Music’s attempts to spread its weirdo tentacles across the globe continues: group affiliate SOPHIE’s track Lemonade has soundtracked a McDonald’s ad.
Blood simple
In “Hey, why not” news, this week’s episode of Casualty, entitled Holby Sin City, is a noir pastiche, complete with unreliable narrator, a femme fatale and trenchcoats.
Baines of youth
Graphic novel I’ll Be Your Mirror tells the story of Zelig of indie Una Baines, who was a founding member of the Fall and other Manc outfits, played in Nico’s band, and had a teen relationship with Mark E Smith. Check it out here.
Harvey danger
New York rapper Prince Harvey secretly recorded his new album PHATASS in an Apple Store over four months. Which in our (Mac) book makes him more of a genius than anyone behind the bar.
Creed all about it
Tongue ever so slightly in cheek, a change.org petition has called for the makers of Rocky spin-off Creed to rename the film out of respect to the Christian metal band of the same name. Sign here to sign.
