How many times have you seen this plot device turn up in a movie? The heroes have to get through a locked door, or across a courtyard, or into the back of a van, but they can’t. All is very much about to be lost; and then, out of nowhere, some nameless character just doing [...]

Years ago I predicted the imminent collapse of every civilisation on the face of planet earth [1] based around the unrealistic expectations we were all being taught via computer games. After all, who wants to go out and get a job and pay bills and deal with “Hi, my name is Sally, and I’m here [...]

Another great tune from Calexico, this time in collaboration with Iron & Wine: History Of Lovers Fair warning: the song does contain some ‘expressive’ language, but still manages to sound sweet, which is nice.