5ive at 5 - Everybody Get Up

I nearly forgot this one. That would have been criminal.

Four o'clock funny - If you're into it

"If you want me to I'll take off all my clothes for you."

More Flight of the Conchords genius.

Giant Lego Man Mystery Goes International

The Telegraph reported yesterday that a giant Lego man, thought to have come from Holland, had 'washed up' on Brighton beach. A likely story.



The phrase 'No Real Than You Are' is painted on the front, with some Dutch writing underneath. It's attracting the attention of other news outlets and Blogs.



In August, another Lego man bearing the same message washed up in Zandvoort in Holland. This is clearly either a piece of art or a piece of very slow burning guerilla marketing. I love it.

Don't Vote - Steven Spielberg and Friends

I'm not sure I could list all the people on this. It's superb, largelyu because of Borat but also because everyone who is anyone is involved.

I can remember: Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Ben Stiller, Ryan Reynolds, Julia Roberts, Scarlet Johannson, Justin Timberlake, Tobey Maguire, Zach Braff, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Benicio Del Toro, Shia LeBeouf. I could go on.

5 More Friends

Lego jumps on retro ad bandwagon with 'Kipper'

The trend towards recycling old adverts is set to continue with popular toy Lego bringing back their ad from the early 80s entitled 'Kipper'.



There is an increasing trend towards the use of retro to reinforce brands. Monster Munch have brought back their old packaging, increased the size of the snacks and are appealing for the return of the monsters used in their 80s ads.

Cadbury's have brought back Wispa due to 'popular demand', while Opal Fruits made a brief retrun in place of the Americanised Starburst. These techniques have been successful in generating word of mouth and PR, as well as reinforcing the idea of a brand having a strong heritage.

If there were any doubt this is from a bygone age, check out the caption at the end: 'Sets from 82p to £26.85'. Roughly.

from Brand Republic

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5ive at 5 - When The Lights Go Out

I think the lights could be about to go out on the 5ive at 5 feature...

Four o'clock funny - Clive's Dune excuse

More Monkey Dust and a very pithy summary of the plot of David Lynch's Dune. Genius.

Who is that behind Russell Brand?

I suspect subversion undermining contrition. If so, well done sir.

From today's Metro

"Me and my grandad are both really happy because it could have damaged
our reputation permanently," said the 23-year-old Satanic Sluts dancer.

Sent from my iPhone

Disney's Bolt iPhone Application - Raising the bar

I had a quick trawl through the iPhone free applications on the iPhone Application Store this evening and came across RhinoBall, an outstanding piece of promotional activity for the upcoming Disney movie Bolt.



The main feature of the app is the accelerometer-based game RhinoBall in which you have to help Rhino the hamster find his hero Bolt. It's very polished in terms of between-level video, jaunty music and good sound effects.



The best bit of value here is the trailer which, unlike the James Bond Quantum of Solace iPhone Application, comes out perfectly in this format. There's also a TV trailer.



I have to admit I was entirely unaware of Bolt, but from the trailers it looks a thoroughly charming and funny effort from Disney with some potentially very memorable characters, Rhino the hamster in particular.



This is by far the best movie iPhone app so far. It shames the lazy Quantum of Solace effort and even outstrips the impressive early effort for The Dark Knight. Well done Disney!

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They done a bad, bad thing

I'm not getting into this, but isn't Russell Brand famous for being a heroin addict and sex addict? Isn't he well known as someone who has talked openly on television and radio about his penchant for using chocolate as a sex aid and a former MTV presenter who was sacked after turning up for work dressed as Osama Bin Laden? On September 12th 2001. Didn't he introduce his drug dealer to Kylie Minogue?

God forbid he prank calls Manuel, the man responsible for one of the worst racial stereotypes in the history of television. Jonathan Ross started it anyway. Even Gordon Brown has waded in. He wants to get his priorities sorted.



This is, as many funny things, from the B3TA board.

5ive at 5 - Let's Dance

I'm still going with this. Who knew 5ive had so many hits?

Don't worry, I haven't thought of a replacement feature. Yet.

Four o'clock funny - It's made up Chinese

More from Glen Belt and I Am Not An Animal. Lovely stuff.

Dear Mum, for Christmas I would like... Table Football Coffee Table

I have a mild obsession with coffee tables. I have a splendid tiled effort in a seventies stylee as a centrepiece in my living room at the moment. It was in lieu of being able to get one of the genuine, authentic space invaders coffee tables, over which I have some reservations about where I'd plug it in.

This, however, is people-powered, and would go some way towards making my living space more like Tom Hanks' place in Big, which is an ongoing quest.



Yes, it's a table football coffe table called the Offside Coffee Table. It looks awesome but it costs a few quid as you might expect. It also appears to have only three lines of players for each team, which is remiss at best. I still want one though.

Liberty Games via Retro to Go

Thought for the day

Given that Sir Allen Stanford's antics with the England players' WAGs caused them so much grief, and that Russell Brand may, ridiculously, soon be out of a job, why doesn't Gianfranco Zola employ everyone's favourite cad to work the players' lounge at Premier League venues up and down the country.



With West Ham travelling to Old Trafford tonight, surely Wayne Rooney's hot streak could be curbed by a glimpse of Brand bouncing Colleen up and down on his knee, Stanford style? Just a thought.

Ghost Town Animated Trailer

I've completely stolen this from the Ricky gervais Podcast, but I also realised it hasn't had that many views on You Tube.

The trailer for Ghost Town, essentially Ricky Gervais' first Hollywood lead, is everywhere. This animated version is superbly done and completely faithful. It's done by Rory Binks, who does a lot of the Monkey News animations for the Ricky Gervais Podcasts and apparently likes 'the little baldy manc twat that is Karl Pilkington'. Don't we all.

Click here to try drugs

This site is apparently from the Oslo Department of Health. It's labelled as the Rusmiddeletaten Department of Health anyway, which I guess is the same thing.



It's designed to simulate the use of various drugs, and it is brilliant. The mouse becomes incredibly unresponsive and the screen blurred for marijuana. Lines appear as the mouse goes into a frenzy for cocaine, and heroin is just ridiculous.



There's also an excellent feature of the site pretending (at least I hope it's pretending) to contact your administrator and tell them about your illegal drug use and its consequences.



This is surely what advertising awards were made for.

Courtesy of Adrants

The spiders are coming...

5ive at 5 - If Ya Gettin' Down

So apparently you can have a 'g' at the start of the word, but not at the end. What a country.

Four o'clock funny - The name game

More from the Two Ronnies.

Thought for the day

Would anyone other than Harry Redknapp even consider having the temerity to attend a ceremony giving him the freedom of Portsmouth just three days after he exercised that freedom by doing one to Tottenham?

Footballers in the charts - Clint 'Deuce' Dempsey - Don't Tread

Extra points to Fulham's Clint Dempsey for this contemporary effort, and the seriousness of it. It's actually not that bad.

5ive at 5 - Slam dunk da funk

Their jibberish classic.

Four o'clock funny - Fantasy Shag

Nick Frost, occasional collaborator with Simon Pegg, stars in this clip from Man Stroke Woman.

5ive at 5 - Got the Feelin'

I don't know what 5ive's problem with ending a word with the letter 'g' was, but they clearly had one.

Due to Sony BMG's religious insistence that embedding is disabled on their acts' You Tube videos, I may very rapidly run out of 5ive material. Surely they could do with the publicity?

Four o'clock funny - Fat Handed Twat

"Happy Christmas, you fat handed twat."

Big Train again.

5ive at 5 - Keep on Movin'

Yes, I have followed up S Club at 7 with 5ive at 5. There is a fine line between madness and genius.

Four o'clock funny - Girls love this

The perils of frisbee from The Inbetweeners.

Four o'clock funny - Help the Police

Adam Buxton of Adam and Joe fame was one of the bigger names in BBC comedy Rush Hour. This was almost certainly the show's finest hour.

Warrants a mention - Miffy and Kitty at the Eiffel Tower

The child in me, and the grown up who lived in Japan and was infected by 'cuteness', still loves things like Miffy and Hello Kitty.

The Colette blog, an endless source of photos of cool people having fun, threw up this lovely shot of Tom Sachs fountains at the Trocadero in Paris.

S Club at 7 - Have You Ever...

...stretched a feature so far it was almost transparent? This will be the last you hear from the good people of S Club 7. I do, however, have another idea that ma stretch as far as Monday...

Four o'clock funny - The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room

"And when you're on the street, depending on the street, I bet you are definitely in the top three good-looking girls on the street."

This is a great song. Flight of the Conchords at its best. Please note the sitcom whore who is Nancy in Peep Show.

If my company did this, I think I'd leave...

...and I really like where I work. Hang your head in shame McCann Manchester.

Having said that, I am posting it and it is generating 'buzz', although some of the comments on the You Tube page are less than complimentary. It has also been pointed out that the Peter Kay version of Amarillo came out about three years ago, yet this was posted on Sunday. Way to strike while the iron's hot.



Thanks to Scamp

Warrants a mention - Mark Melvin

For various reasons, which I won't go into, I absolutely love this site. It was designed by Jim Tonge for award-winning video, installation and sound artist Mark Melvin.



The fingers move and act as links to various aspects of Mark's work, which is based around a central theme of cycles and repetition.

Mark Melvin won the Nationwide Mercury Art Prize in 2007 for Applause, below, and was nominated in this year's 4 New Sensations, which included a feature on Channel 4's Three Minute Wonder.

S Club at 7 - Don't Stop Moving

This is incredibly difficult to sing on your own at Singstar. Fact.

Dear Mum, For Christmas I would like... USB Mix Tape

It's not that I like everything that's retro per se. I'm just particularly taken with modern things packaged in a retro style. As evidenced by the USB Mix Tape by Suck UK.



I've been familiar with Suck UK's work for a good few years now. If I remember correctly, they used to occupy quite a high-end position and sell mainly out of the likes of Selfridges. They have definitely diversified, however, and are responsible for the Terrorist Tea Pot and the Skate Mirror (see below).



The USB Mix Tape isn't desperately useful in the era of the iPod, but thinking about it neither was the mix tape itself. It was always just as easy to record something fairly bland over a lovingly-prepared mix tape (even more so if the sellotape hadn't been removed from the tabs) as it now would be to end up saving a presentation on your USB Mix Tape. At £20 it's a bit of a pricey novelty item, but the attention to detail on the packaging and the general idea are worthy of a mention.

Just as innovative and really cool is the idea of The Streets to release a version of their album Everything is Borrowed on a USB stick. Not just any old USB stick though, a lighter-shaped USB stick. It could only be cooler if the lighter worked. I am amazed I haven't seen more about this.



I would like to patent the idea of a USB Hard Drive in the shape of a VHS tape, complete with those alphabet stickers to label what's on it. I'm going to get cracking on that when I get a minute.

Four o'clock funny - Big Train

"One of the reasons is the stink and the mess in this office."

Big Train was superb. Expect to see more in this spot.

S Club at 7 - Reach

A modern wedding disco classic. For a Wednesday morning.

Four o'clock funny - Two Up, Two Down

"After Mam and Dad had gone, we just decided to pump everything we'd got into Black Cock."

This is incredibly dark but absolutely spot on as a pastiche of the X Factor and its ilk.

I'm still laughing at Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a new Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.

Footballers in the charts - Liverpool FC - The Anfield Rap

This is complete toss but utterly compelling.

S Club at 7 - You're My Number One

How did Jo O'Meara get as far as she did with those teeth, given that even the also-rans on X Factor are having rushed dental treatments?

Four o'clock funny - Mastermind

The Two Ronnies. I would have them both at my fantasy dinner party. With Stephen Fry. And Lindsey Lohan. I'm going to need a bigger table.

S Club at 7 - Two In A Million

There are some great actions to this. I have definitely never done them in a club.

Four o'clock funny - Pass the marmalade

"No I will not go to bed with Les Dennis.Not at any price."

A Bit of Fry and Laurie is about as British as it gets. Stephen Fry remains so, but Hugh Laurie has enjoyed something of a renaissance stateside thanks to his role in House. I wonder if many of his fans in the USA have seen much of his early work...

S Club at 7 - Bring It All Back

This is a happy, jaunty little tune.

Four o'clock funny - I can write my own chorus

"I suggest you stick to tea ceremonies, eating rhinos or selling your underpants via vending machines to suicidal Tokyo businessmen"

I Am Not An Animal stars the vocal talents of the likes of Steve Coogan and Simon Pegg, but has been widely overlooked. It shouldn't have been, because it's quality.

S Club at 7 - Never Had a Dream Come True

Let's slow things down a bit for a Saturday morning. And yes, I am persisting with this until I run out of S Club 7 videos. Which may or may not be before this time next week.

Four o'clock funny - You Bumder!

"What's he going to knock up? A closet for you to hide in?"

The Inbetweeners arrived on E4 a few months ago to very little fanfare. It's spot on as an appraisal of sixth form life, but I suspect may have been written by someone who was in sixth form when I was.

Dear Mum, for Christmas I would like... Sexy Party Stewie

Whenever I hear Family Guy discussed with someone who is only vaguely familiar with it, they always say, "Is that the one with the talking baby with the big head?".

Yes, it is. And the baby is called Stewie. And he's a comic genius. To celebrate this, there is now another in the range of Family Guy toys, the Family Guy Deluxe Sexy Party Stewie Action Figure.



Without wishing to sound like an early-morning infomercial, Sexy Party Stewie utters 12 unforgettable phrases including: "I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch." and, "My fanny is not on the menu.". I want one.



Available from EParty Unlimited or Amazon

S Club at 7 - S Club Party

In what promises to be a fairly short-lived feature, I have decided to arbitrarily show off the work of the great pop artistes that were S Club 7.

This was not inspired by Rachel Stevens' appearance on Strictly Come Dancing, or by some kind of bizarre delayed reaction to Jo O'Meara's involvement in the Celebrity Big Brother racism storm with that Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd (Hannah Spearritt was always my favourite, particularly as she's from Great Yarmouth). I just saw one of their videos while at the gym this morning and the idea of this feature made me laugh. So now I'll inflict it on others. Enjoy.

Blogging Plays Key Role in Unbranded Activity

This week, Media Week published my letter regarding the Times' initially unbranded ad campaign featuring Barack Obama, which generated significant online curiosity.



The full content of the letter is:

I was delighted to be included in Brand Republic’s recent coverage of the online debate created by the latest ad campaign from The Times.
Before the paper was revealed as the mystery advertiser I - along with many others - was busy discussing the unbranded campaign, which featured images ranging from Barack Obama to a boy in swimming shorts.

For those not in London that week, the ads were placed at over 70 commuter stations across the capital, as well as in The Financial Times, The Independent, City AM, Metro, thelondonpaper and, of course, The Times.

All it took was one posting on my personal blog to prompt a rapid and wide ranging response from people both inside and outside the industry, all guessing at who the mystery advertiser might be.

The campaign’s aim was to make people question and think - a goal it clearly achieved. But I believe the real lesson to be learned might lie elsewhere.
While any campaign that prompts your competitors to engage in immediate copycat activity (as this one did) must be seen as a success, doesn’t it all say more about the importance of blogging in today’s digital age than the effectiveness of unbranded activity?

Richard Lamb
Search Manager
Zed Media

Barack Obama on the London Underground - What is this?

Barack Obama London Underground Ads - Update

Telegraph embarrassed as mysterious London Underground ads revealed as Times campaign

The Independent spoofs Times campaign

Four o'clock funny - It's 1986 David Bowie...

...from the move Labyrinth. Flight of the Conchords and Labyrinth. Two of my favourite things.

Great impression by the way.

BBC iPlayer on the iPhone - It Works!

I was sure I'd heard that you could watch the BBC iPlayer on iPhone and iPod Touch, so I did some research last night and... it works! I have Little Britain-related proof. It's as simple as going to the iPlayer site and selecting what you want to watch. You need a wireless connection and can't download, but what do you want? I definitely wasn't watching it in the toilet.



Computer says yes!

Quantum of Solace iPhone App

As I think we'll come to expect with all future blockbuster movie releases, the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, has followed The Dark Knight in launching a free iPhone Application.

Quantum of Solace James Bond iPhone application

The Dark Knight iPhone Application was impressive principally as it was original and very quick off the mark. The Quantum of Solace iPhone App could be more indicative of the future of this sort of venture.



Basically, the Quantum of Solace App is what you might expect from a fairly bog-standard set of DVD extras. There is a trailer and a teaser trailer (admittedly both slightly shoddy in terms of the quality translated to the iPhone's screen size - bit lazy that).



There is also a list of 'Blogs', which are essentially short interview features with various members of the crew (not the cast, although they promise updates). There are currently 20 of these but, having watched a couple, they're real rainy-day material.



In addition, there is some fairly cursory information about the film, cast and crew and a link to 'preview and buy' the theme song, Jack White and Alicia Keys' 'Another Way to Die', from iTunes. I'm not going into depth on the song, but the bass line seems perfect for incidental music and very catchy while the actual song bit is, to put it mildly, a bit pony.



All in all I was a bit disappointed with the Quantum of Solcae iPhone App, although I applaud the sentiment. Ringtones and skins/wallpapers are pretty standard promotional fare for this sort of thing, and it would surely be worth giving a few of these away just for the publicity. I'm looking forward to slightly more innovative uses of the iPhone Application facility by upcoming movies.

Dear Mum, For Christmas I would like... Stylophone or iStylophone

I think I am a bit young to have had a Stylophone first time around. Which doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the retro value however.



The other day I was in Zavvi and saw a potential stocking filler in a re-issued Stylophone retailing at around the £15 mark. A quick Google search reveals they're all over the place, from Firebox to Amazon, so men of a certain age will no doubt be attempting to master them and not break them before Boxing Day.



I've also been put onto a superb iPhone innovation in the shape of iStylophone. My immediate thought was to go straight to the iPhone Application Store, but I realised that it's not out until the 1st of December, and that, at £3, it would break my 'free apps only' rule. Dammit.



Thanks to Retro to Go

Four o'clock funny - Where have you been, Clive?

"That's actually the plot of Hotel California by the Eagles."

A compilation of sketches featuring Clive from the underrated but very edgy animated BBC sketch show, Monkey Dust. Brilliant, but not for the easily offended.

Rick Astley on Britain's Got the Pop Factor...

...and possibly a new Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.

Bolton comedian Peter Kay's Channel 4 masterpiece spoof, Britain's Got the Pop Factor and possibly a new Celebrity Jesus Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, aired on Sunday night, included some notable cameo performances.

Alongside the omnipresent Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs, former Give us a Clue captain Lionel Blair (did he ever do anything else) and Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney, was a man truly of our times, 80s pop star Rick Astley.



Astley, one of whose Stock, Aitken and Waterman mentors Pete Waterman was on the fictional 'panel', joined finalists '2 Up, 2 Down' to sing 'Something's Got a Hold of My Heart', with hilarious consequences.

Astley has become a huge cult figure in recent months, with the internet phenomenon of Rickrolling leading to Barackrolling and ultimately, because it was based on an online vote, a nomination for (and likely success in) a vote for MTV's best act of all time.

Peter Kay's spoof of the X Factor and the general talent show/ Reality TV standards of British television was a seminal event watched by over 6 million people on the night and likely many more like me who watched it time-delayed. It also gave Rick Astley a chance to show he can laugh at himself.

All together now "Something's got a hold of my...SHIT!"

Footballers in the charts - Glenn And Chris - Diamond Lights

Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle don't really have a modern equivalent as a pairing. I suppose the closest thing now would be Frank Lampard and Joe Cole. Footballers nowadays don't have the same sense of humour really, but I would pay good money to see Lampard and Cole perform on Top of the Pops, particularly if they sang Diamond Nights.

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn

I'm developing a mild obsession with Lego. I've been put on to some wonderful work with footballers and football personalities (more on Let's Be Havin' You!), and now stumbled across a beautifully rendered Lego version of the end of Casablanca.



This is by the well-known Italian Udronotto, who gained some fame from his Lego versions of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, among other famous scenes. None of them compare to this though.

I love Casablanca, but the most famous line (as 'Play it again, Sam' isn't a line in the film) has been ruined for me by Alan Partridge's 'Flatley my dear, I don't Riverdance'.

Sky Sports Soccer Saturday - In Lego!

Fresh from the series of images of Custom Lego Footballers past and present plundered rather randomly from the Villa Talk forums, here is the absolute nadir - Lego Soccer Saturday.



You have to ignore the Aston Villa background, but this is a great representation of everyone's favourite Sky Sports show. Jeff Stelling, as always, is on the left, with Matt Le Tissier, Paul Merson, an absolutely uncanny Phil Thompson given the lack of a nose, and Champagne Charlie Nicholas (champagne sold separately).

If you thought there was someone missing, there is. Chris Kamara. Unbelievable.

Happy 50th Birthday Paddington Bear

Everyone's favourite bear-named-after-a-London-station, Paddington Bear, celebrates his fiftieth birthday today.

We know this, because it was today's (very poor, admittedly) Google Doodle.



Paddington enjoyed a bit of a renaissance earlier this year when he traded in his marmalade sandwiches for Marmite for an advertising campaign, selling himself out at the same time as being part of the retro craze around food that has also seen, to date, Opal Fruits make a brief return, Monster Munch go back to their original size and packaging, and the very welcome return of the Cadbury's Wispa.

Using Paddington isn't exactly the same, granted, but it did tap into a property with real nostalgia in quite a clever way. I didn't realise he had enough appeal to merit a Google Doodle to be honest, particularly on Columbus Day as it apparently is stateside, but I'm pleased for the little fella.

1 Top Class Manager - Rob Gretton

One of the best films I've seen recently is Control, the film about Joy Division and the sad demise of Ian Curtis.



There has always been plenty of material surrounding the band and Factory Records in general, with 24 Hour Party People preceding Control, a recent documentary and copious books of Factory artwork and the like. I even have some 'Madchester' coasters in the style of the album covers from seminal LPs like Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.



Rob Gretton, brilliantly portrayed by Toby Kebbell in Control (Kebbell plays the title role in Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla too - he's going places), isn't seen as the sort of figure to keep a comprehensive notebook, but apparently he did. Twenty of them have been combined and are now being released as a very limited edition of 1,500.



The book, called 1 Top Class Manager, is available from the site of the same name and is apparently going on sale at Manchester's Vinyl Exchange from tomorrow. I shall almost certainly be trying to get hold of one for my girlfriend's dad who, like Molly Sugden's bridesmaid in Little Britain, likes to remind us that he used to live next door to Ian Curtis.



As a complete aside, a mate of mine went into Vinyl Exchange when we were young teenagers and saw that on every copy of R Kelly's You've got that Vibe, someone had Tipp-Exed a speech bubble and written the word 'Viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiibe'. Which still makes me laugh.

Nod to SLAMXHYPE

Say hello to my little friend

I'm back. Despite hiding away from the world for a week in the peaceful north Mallorcan town of Pollenca, the economy has continued to slide, Norwich City continue to lose and Vladimir Putin gets more and more surreal.

While Joe was minding things, he brought our attention to the bizarre Vladimir Putin Judo tutorial. Now the former Russian President is hanging around with his newest pal, a 20lb Siberian Tiger cub.



This really is the most old-school PR I've ever seen. Like the PR guru on Alan Partridge's 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', who advocates showing a rumoured homosexual in a variety of manly situations, Putin's team are really laying it on thick.

Nobody here is accusing Vladimir Putin of being gay, let's get that straight. He is really flexing his muscles. Literally in the case of images of him hunting with his top off a few months ago. Metaphorically when he is seen toying with a bloody tiger.

The big cat, incidentally, was a gift. From whom, we have no idea. Maybe it was the child of the one he shot in August.

Ever fancied learning Judo?

Well, now you can, with this insightful guide from none other than Vladimir Putin.  Naturally. 

In the video, qualified black-belt Putin discusses the history and traditions of Judo and then demonstrates some of the moves.  This is surely the coolest celebrity guide since this.

'Who is John McCain? Is he the man who makes the chips?'

My Nan may not know who John McCain is, but she must be the only one. The US presidential race is everywhere, and whoever you talk to, you can usually tell pretty quickly who they're backing. YOU CANT FIX THIS is a nice new site that lets you register your 'vote' and location wherever you are in the world to see how the world would vote.


It will be interesting to see how it turns out....

Belatedly via Faris at TIGS

Hello.

With rich off topping up his boy-band tan he's perhaps foolishly let me loose on his blog. I've promised to keep things in order, so I hope you've cleaned your teeth and washed behind your ears.

Footballers in the charts - Gazza - Fog On the Tyne

I actually have this on my ipod. 'Sitting in a sleazy snack bar sucking sickly sausage rolls' is one of the most unlikely song lyrics on record. Get well soon, Gazza.

Custom Lego Footballers - Carlos Valderrama

More from the world of custom Lego footballers. This guy gets a lot more publicity years after his retirement than is strictly merited, although he was pretty handy on his day. He is, of course, none other than ex-Columbia international Carlos Valderrama.

Norwich v Derby - Looking Back to Look Forward

Norwich host Derby at Carrow Road this afternoon. The last time the two sides met, Derby were heading towards promotion to the Premier League and triumphed 2-1 thanks to a brace from midfielder David Jones.

Norwich took the lead in the March 2007 clash through youngster Chris Martin, who at the time was bursting on to the scene with a scoring spree. Martin, however, was stupid enough to believe his own hype and went backwards last season. He is pending this term building his character down at Kenilworth Road, where he is impressing as Luton Town attempt to surmount the insurmountable and stay up despite having a 30 point deduction imposed on them because of the frankly ridiculous actions of the Football League.

I wanna fly away..

I'm off to the sun for a week so won't be up to speed until next
Saturday. In my absence I've left the blog in the capable hands of Mr
Joe Whatnall. Enjoy.

Footballers in the charts - Andy Cole - Outstanding

Outstanding? Not enough to merit a follow-up.