Monday, 30 December 2019

The Monday List

Ten Things That Will Be Over In 2020

Sriracha
Weight loss tea
Romesh Ranganathan
Jackfruit
Social media 'influencers' with no influence over anything
Clothes with 'cold shoulder' sleeves
Putting CBT oil in absolutely everything
Kombucha
Llamas
The Kardashians (we're bound to be right about this one eventually...)

Wednesday, 25 December 2019

Happy Planet Sad Christmas!



Season's greetings from Pep Guardiola, and Greta and Freda Sad!

Monday, 23 December 2019

The Monday List

Ten Unnecessary Cover Versions - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Edition

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Michael Bolton
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Sam Smith
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, The Pretenders
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Des O'Connor
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, St Winifred's School Choir
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Michael Buble
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Kathie Lee Gifford
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Coldplay
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Kermit The Frog
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Clay Aiken

Sunday, 22 December 2019

Great Random Moments In Fashion History


No 21: Florence out of Florence + The Machine manages to get herself mistaken for the Planet Sad Christmas tree.

Monday, 16 December 2019

The Monday List

The Ten Albums On The Planet Sad Gramophone This Christmas

Dredd Zeppelin Presents Merry Christmas
Christmas With Pinky & Perky
Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection
Christmas From Hawaii - The Surfers
Christmas Dancing - The James Last Band
A Soulful Christmas - Glenn Hughes
Tiny Tim's Christmas Album
My Christmas Song For You - Danny Aiello
Christmas Eve - Shakatak
A Colt 45 Christmas - Afroman

Monday, 9 December 2019

The Monday List

We're Roasting Our Chestnuts On An Open Fire With The Ten Most Cliched Stock Images Of Christmas

A nativity scene with the star shining directly down on the manger and the three kings hoving into view on camels
A family in Christmas jumpers gathered around while their smallest child opens a beautifully-wrapped parcel
Three 'trendy' women in matching party dresses and silver foil crowns, clutching luminous cocktails in oversized Martini glasses
Father Christmas in his sleigh pulled by reindeer, silhouetted against a full moon
A Christmas angel who looks more like a lace doily blowing a huge trumpet
A hipster-looking bloke in a red and green novelty elf outfit with stripy socks and huge boots, posing self-consciously with arms full of presents
A doting father lifting up his tiny son/daughter to place a star on the top of the Christmas tree
A Christmas dinner table where the focal point is a roast turkey the size of Swindon
A blonde model in a tiny red dress trimmed with white fur and matching Santa hatStrings of Christmas lights, out of focus so they appear to glow (bonus points if there's also a chuffing out-of-focus Christmas tree in the shot)

Monday, 2 December 2019

The Monday List

Ten More Alternative Terms For Piles

Johnny Giles
Sarah Miles
Simone Biles
Rockford Files
Ashley Maitland-Niles
Topps Tiles
J. Geils
Jeremy Kyles
Annabel Giles
Ben Wiles