For the first time in a long while, Halloween was a real event at Shades of Caruso HQ. Sure, we’ve had pumpkins and decorations before, which were fun, and absolutely no Trick-or-Treaters, which…
This is the copy on the back cover of the 2003 edition of A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, published by Voyager. To those of you out there who have yet to read this book, can you tell what the hell this book is about? Because that’s the most baffling thing I’ve ever read. It has English words, but it’s not the English language.
[Note to new readers: for the record, I’ve had other meltdowns over the offensive content of BBC Breakfast, usually about their treatment of young guests on the show or their poorly-researched…
The 2009 London Film Festival is still going, though it’s over for me. I’ll admit to feeling pretty burnt out. Illness has made my voice as deep as Dr. Mrs. the Monarch, and my brain as mushy…
For the first time in a couple of years, it seems we’ve taken a break from music gaming. With much of our spare time used up on TV shows that are failing to live up to their potential, attending…
We walked on a red carpet on Monday. I felt like an interloper, especially clad in hobo jacket, Converse, and Green Lantern T-Shirt, but it was still a weirdly thrilling moment. Getting tickets…
Rover sighting near Leicester Square last night. Woke up in hospital today with a bad headache & half-remembered dreams of being smothered by a sheet of damp rubber.
Do not eat the frozen yogurt at Snog on Brewer Street in Soho. It tastes like mayo & lettuce. Worst frozen yogurt ever.
The great controversialist Gaspar Noé appears to be a very nice, softly spoken man who keeps making films that polarise audiences. Seul contre tous and Irréversible are notorious enough that I…
Couple of quick things I wanted to mention on here. First, and most important of all, is the arrival on planet Earth of the very first Shades of Caruso baby! I try not to use this blog as a place…
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The original blog is for the running-off-of-the-mouth. This, I hope, will be a little bit pithier.
