Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), I'm old enough to remember life before the internet but not (quite) old enough to have seen Nirvana live. Or, as my wife puts it, I adapt to technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.
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"Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" by The Darkness Dismissed as a joke, The Darkness are actually a bunch of extremely talented folks with an ear for a banging tune. This is no exception. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let...
Retro Bar in Manchester has closed. I wasn't the most regular bar fly but it was a constant venue in my decades living in Manchester; known for a decent club night or two and as a cracking venue for seeing bands of a certain...
"I Want an Alien for Christmas" by Fountains of Wayne Twee but not saccharine, this ode to an imaginary interstellar Christmas gift drips with childhood fantasy and earnest awe. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your...
"Do they know it's Christmas?" Far (feat. Chino Moreno and Grady Avenell) A bunch of Sacramento bands put out a Christmas covers album to support a school music program and inadvertently created the greatest version of this song — mostly...
I have a kettle that allows for different temperature hot water; 70°, 80°, 90°, or the traditional 100°C. I like to use the 70°C to make coffee so it's immediately drinkable but still hot and doesn't burn the grounds leaving a bitter...
"All I Want for Christmas is You" by My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance are exactly the right sort of outlandish camp emo for this cover. Who else could do Mariah justice?! Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your...
About a third of the way into this film I realised two very important things; 1) this isn't a Christmas Film and 2) that guy is not James McAvoy. The absolute worst kind of cosplay Irish stereotype –how Americans think Ireland is–...
Happy December! Here are a few photos from my phone from the last month with neither rhyme nor reason to the theme. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your thoughts by sending me an email: rss@thomasrigby.com.
"Lonely This Christmas" by ¡Los Campesinos! Originally by Mud, this laconic miseryfest was an ideal candidate for a Los Camp cover. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your thoughts by sending me an email: rss@thomasrigby.com.
24th November - 30th November It's mid week. The temperature is skirting zero and the skies are clear and bright. Everything has a slightly ethereal tinge of frost and that wintery haze from evaporating ground frost. I've done the school...
Let the Dark Harvest begin! Giant Furby Sparkling dialogue throughout this animated adventure elevates this from a "Kids Movie" to something for the whole family. I know a load of childless adults who would love this film. Tongue firmly...
Poundland Chris Evans arrives in town with his adorable daughter in tow and sets up in a local dilapidated mansion. He asks the local contractor to recommend a good interior decorator who just happens to be his ex! Who doesn't know he's...
"Greenwitch", the third part of Susan Cooper's beloved "The Dark is Rising" Sequence – marking the halfway point – sees us back on the Cornish coast with our intrepid city mice; Simon, Jane, and Barney, as they embark on another jolly...
A very silly film about a pampered pet cat and a gruff stray dog team up to save the world from an army of evil robots. Everything is pretty cliched here; the hero is an "I don't need nobody" kind of rugged individualist who learns the...
There's an old episode of "South Park" ("Smug Alert", Season 10, 2006) where Gerald Broflovski is driving a Toyota Prius and loving the smell of his own farts. That is how I feel about a lot of people these days showing off their "AI"...