Reality testing fail of the now #1

This is for the history books!
http://rossmallo.deviantart.com/art/Sherry-and-Me-P1-83665390

What? Of the now.

http://z0r.de/1

YES! of the Now

Sign of the Now #4

Star Wars retelling...of the now

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Advert/Shepherds of the Now

Signs of the Now #3

Probs the saddest thing I've seen. Especially for a gamer.

Advert of the Now #1

YES

Contributor Contributing #2

Insofar as Edmund Blackadder seems to be, at least loosely, based on Eddie the Bastard from King Lear, Rick Mayall’s “Flashheart” characters in Blackadder seem to be carbon copies of Lord Harry Paget Flashman. I’ve decided not to keep you abreast of the latest hardbacks, as I’m sure you don’t want to have the latest straight-to-hardback-never-in-the-library £18.99 Martin Amis novel recommended to you once a week. I can’t afford to review a book a week at that price and I doubt my fellow students can afford to read one, so I’m rating the bargain basement books that I have borrowed, blagged or found in a charity shop. That is why this week’s book was published in 1969.

I saw this book in Waterstone’s last year and the cover was exactly what I judged it by. Flash stands on the front leaf in full 19^th Century military regalia, with an afghan concubine wrapped around his leg, and the cheeky smile of Rick Mayall himself. P.G. Wodehouse left his seal of approval on the cover too – this looked like my kind of thing. Gloriously anti-PC, Flashman somehow survives all of the British military exploits of the Afghan conflict from between1839 and 1842. Flash is a reinvention of the bully from Tom Brown’s Schooldays, he is fresh out of Rugby school (expelled, naturally) and the army seems to be the only way for him to get away from his drunken, sex-crazed, father and his unwillingly deflowered arranged bride. Flashman manages to stay alive despite the worst the war, or the Army, can throw at him, and his cowardice is his crowning feature. I would definitely recommend this book as a between set-readings read – you can pick it up on Amazon for £6, the uni bookshop for £8 (you’ll get it quicker, and it will have the personal touch), or you can do what I did and snap it up in a charity shop and pretend you’re doing your bit.

Flashman
George MacDonald Fraser
£7.99 – Harper Collins

http://onlyinwinchester.wordpress.com/

Contributor Contributing #1

I have decided that every time a contributor contributes to something else, of note or not, then the links will be posted up here. Thereby creating awareness of other websites that can be of interest and showing our, ahem, many followers, what we are up to.

http://onlyinwinchester.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/don’t-make-fun-of-daddy’s-voice-michael-duffy/ so there...

Michael on Morrissey...

Rap of the Now #1

Cat of the Now #2

YES

Lamebooker of the Now #2

A facebook group that there is no shame in joining.

Commando Pro = No falling damage

Not of the Now #2

CLICK ON THAT PHOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transportation of the now #1

The amply summarised feeling of grandeur when on board an often overlooked mode of transport

Wedding thing of the Now #1

Technology of the Now #1

Was looking at the YTMND archives and came across this oven.
http://ovenofpower.ytmnd.com/

Drum and Bass of the Now #1

Adam Buxton has created this Chocolate Cake Drum and Bass. That cake does look too nice.

Cat of the now #1

http://www.simonscat.com/

For all you cat lovers out there :-)

Sign of the Now #2

Brecht Vandenbroucke: “citystairs”

Massively Offensive Message to my Peers? Not at all Suitable for Work...

Biggest Mistake of the Career of the Now #1

"One thing that Ringo Starr likes to do with a little help from his friends is make albums. Sadly, not even his friends — Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart and, on two songs, Paul McCartney — can shore up a congenital inability to write songs. Mawkish clichés masquerade as autobiography on The Other Side of Liverpool. A Joss Stone duet, Who’s Your Daddy, is borderline creepy. In a pub-rock paean to self-empowerment, Y Not, sitars blend in as well as a pork chop in a synagogue. Still, the drumming’s great."

Sorry Ringo, we're just not feeling it. The Independent apparently agrees.

Embarrassment of the Now #1 Part 2

... retweeted until the cows came home

Embarrassment of the Now #1 Part 1

Nigel Farage on the new EU President...

Brit of the Now #4

"Time, where did you go?"

That's all he had time to write unfortunately.

iThing of the Now #1

Final Fantasy makes its way onto the iTouch range. Get on iTunes NOWWWWWW!!!!

Astronomy of the Now #1

Found on the Daily What.

Feral choirs = plangent.

Pioneered by British muso Phil Minton:

We hear everything from the Google servers shutting down (1:21-1:49), through some slightly less euphonic babbling, to almost being able to hear the crackling funeral pyre of an African funeral (6:20), to a carpenter's workshop (or possibly a GP's waiting room in November, 8:10), to what a science conference would sound like if someone quietly announced the meaning of life (9:10).

Question of the Now #1

Why does all of China have the same time zone? It is almost as wide as Africa.

Advice of the Now #1

As a white boy I for one is glad Garth Crooks told me that. I certainly won't be trying any nonsense.

The Meaning of Spotify #2

Vitamin String Quartet – Vitamin String Quartet Performs Radiohead's "In Rainbows"

Save the Date of the Now #2

Jamie Cullum is to present a new Jazz programme on Radio 2. The Guardian's coverage seems to be much more interested in the show that it is displacing.

BBC Radio 2, Tuesdays, 7PM...

Comic of the Now #1

I found this gem on loldwell, written by a guy who does most of his writing for college humour now... Oh, Norman...

Quadrants of the Now #1

For all of those wasted pokeballs. I found this on facebook...

Save the Date of the Now #1

Who is that dashing Scot on the left. Oh, I say, Of Mice and Men, with Doctor Who?! Save the date - 7th March, Radio 4

SOTN - Brit of the Now #3

Pole of the Now #2

The Pole who needs no introduction... Freddy Chopin. It wasn't hard to choose my Pole of the Now today...

NOT of the Now #1

The Pope, for being generally stuck in the middle ages and more recently being against Britain's Equality Bill

Peace dove GO!

Intro of the Now #1

When a piece is called "Soul Intro/The Chicken" you just can't argue :-)

Jaco Pastorius Big Band – Soul Intro/The Chicken - Live Version

Duck of the Now #1

The duck of ignorance was created by Andrew Tricko and caught on at memegen, but not enough. The premise is simple: he is one damn ignorant duck.

Blog of the Now #2

This online magazine, run by Winchester University has a few great contributors, and soon I will be posting some literary reviews on there.

Outlook of the Now #1

What are you doing?

"Just loving my life thanks..."





Courtesy of Philip Watkinson

Verified Tweeter of the Now #1

@eyeofthejackiechan

Pole of the Now #1

I was there a couple of months ago. A great bunch of artists. Spotify is the place to check out their track "catch more chicks" on the album "Complexity in Simplicity".

Image Courtesy of Gettyimages.

Unsigned of the Now #1

The Kid Jones burst onto the London scene in 2007 playing on some of the biggest stages in the capital. They quickly established themselves as a band to watch and their dedicated fans follow them across the country. The O2 Academies across the UK are to become their new home as they set off on tour in 2010.


Following their win of the UK Breakout Competition in 2009, the band made their international debut at the Breakout Festival in the Maldives playing to crowds of 8000. 2010 will also see the band release their first single (March 1st) 'Juliet', as well as a highly anticipated EP!

Blog of the Now #1

Because nostalgia is just as good if you weren't born: If Charlie Parker was a gunslinger, there'd be a whole lot of dead copycats... t.sutpen.blogspot.com

Sign of the Now #1

"some scientists believe that pharmaceutical advancement and ­cultural acceptance could make ^­"cosmetic neurology" as popular as beauty "enhancements"."

Caroline Davies on "Smart drugs"

Holocaust Thing of the Now #1

No... Wait.... Trust us on this one. Spiegelman pushes the boundaries of his form. Comics do not have to be comic, they are simply the co-mix-ture of text and images to create something as strong as, or stronger than any other art from that has attempted to portray the terror of the Holocaust.

If you share my interest in Modern European history, or simply love literature... give comix a chance.

Buy one here, or at your local bookstore!!!

Lamebooker of the Now #1

Enough said?

Courtesy of...

SOTN - Brit of the Now #2

"Isn't that that famous American doctor? Why does he look all old fashioned and that?"

The Meaning of Spotify #1

spotify:track:5RQJusMAPwQkD4b6NiJk2U

Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World", worth a listen purely for the most intricate harmonies ever to be used on the word Biology.

SOTN - Brit of the Now #1

courtesy of memegenerator.com ;)

Signs of the now

Signs of the Now are intent on defining the now, the Generation Y: mid-education and nowhere near mid-life showing, hopefully, that today's youth is missing little more than experience.

We lack an editor, which is likely to be our defining feature, there should be four of us throwing our passions and humour into the blog and pointing you in other intriguing directions.

Michael Duffy, sotn