Kevin Bacon and the Zebrugge Ferry Disaster

Charlie Brooker on conspiracy theories:

"Throughout my twenties I earnestly believed Oliver Stone's account of the JFK assassination. Partly because of the compelling (albeit wildly selective) way the "evidence" was blended with fiction in his 1991 movie - but mainly because I WANTED to believe it. Believing it made me feel important.
Embrace a conspiracy theory and suddenly you're part of a gang sharing privileged information; your sense of power and dignity rises a smidgen and this troublesome world makes more sense, for a time. You've seen through the matrix!"

Read the rest of this article, from Charlie's G2 column, by clicking HERE.

American Apparel = Pervs?

Yes that ad is real... American Apparel is the ethically sound, reasonably priced, colourful clothing retailer that makes all of it's clothes in Indian Sweatshops downtown L.A., and pays their staff excellently. Being a cynic, I thought this all sounded too good to be true and, sure enough, they have recently endured a smear campaign (about their 'squeeky clean image' being a load of old bollocks). I always thought American Apparel's ad's were quite good, then I thought about why... lots of girls not wearing much (I'm a man, after all). Then I read this story, and whilst elements are initially funny, the adult in me kicks in and I think... why would I want to give my money to this gimp?

Charlie Brooker - A 'wing-trembler'

Today's Charlie Brooker column from G2... this week, he's talking about Bill Oddie and animal sex. Of course.