In 2015, Charlie Brooker deconstructed economics news reports in this grimly amusing pastiche — a sequel to his earlier boiling-down of feature news reports.
I'd like to see Charlie and Emily Surname do this for Covid-19 updates.
Every economics segment on the (British) news
Old television repeatedly knocked out entire village's broadband for 18 months
Every morning around 7am, residents of the Welsh village of Aberhosan in the UK noticed that their broadband would fail. The problem went on for 18 months and even a program to replace the broadband cables didn't solve the problem. Finally, broadband engineers combed the village with a spectrum analyzer and found the source of… READ THE REST
Watch the Velvet Underground's John Cale on "I've Got A Secret" TV game show in 1963
While the maestro John Cale is best known as a founder of the Velvet Underground, his association with the group followed Cale's deep involvement with the avant-garde classical music scene. During the early 1960s, Cale performed with John Cage, La Monte Young, Tony Conrad, and many others, and pioneered the drone/minimalist sound that continues to… READ THE REST
Taxi Driver, the sitcom
De Niro and Bob James's "Angela"—what's not to love?(kingkida) READ THE REST
Become a master of SEO and Google with this zero to hero training bundle
If you want to succeed in the modern marketplace, your digital presence has to be on point. And this isn't just about beating out your retail competitor down the street anymore. When you sell online, you're selling to the world — and your competitors cover every inch of that globe too. With stakes like those,… READ THE REST
Check out these grills, ovens, and accessories to make sure summer never ends
We've already had too much taken from us this year to give up outdoor grilling so easily. Let this ungodly year be the moment when you make a stand. Grilling season will end on your own terms, by God. You can help rage against the dying of the briquette light by picking up one of… READ THE REST
The Hestan Cue takes all the guesswork and culinary disasters out of cooking
We all have visions of cooking cool, elaborate meals. Unfortunately, those visions often die after we absolutely butcher a few. We've all been there. Overcooked steaks. Undercooked poultry. A main course sits because we totally mistimed a side. There are any number of ways to well and truly murder a well-intentioned meal. Hestan Cue and… READ THE REST
