Tag Archives: BBC

Black Mirror’s jumped the shark with Euro 2020

Posted on 30/06/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

During the group stages of the European championships I was only half watching. Thanks to a slew of games compromised by negative tactics (even adopted by the likes of the Netherlands and France), a ridiculously bloated and therefore watered down … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged BBC, Black Mirror, Budapest, Charlie Brooker, Christian Eriksen, CPR, David Icke’s Lizard-people illuminati theories, Denmark, Diana, editorial opportunism to appease the new diseased populism, Euro 2020, Finland, France, Fucking England, Germany, Gonzo, Hungary, Hungary are the equivalent of inviting your local paedophile to a street party, Islamic State execution channel, Jimmy Saville fingering the arsehole of a decomposing horse, Jonathan Pearce, Kennedy assassination level event, Lockdown, Martin Keown, Mute button, necrophilia, North Wales, OJ fleeing in his Bronco, Police chases, Rubber necking, Scotland are shite, The Netherlands, UEFA greed | Leave a comment

Song Of The Day – Chuck Berry live at the BBC 1972

Posted on 19/03/2017 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Saved for posterity. If you like Blues and sublime guitar playing, this is where it’s at folks. There were few who could match this man for showmanship. Case in point – there’s tons of humour when he interacts with audience later on. … Continue reading →

Posted in Song Of The Day | Tagged 70's, BBC, Blues, Chuck Berry, Ding-a-ling, Live at the beeb, Outstanding hair, RIP Chuckster, Song Of The Day, Soul | Leave a comment

Thoughts on the Samsung S7, and how it will evolve digital media from here.

Posted on 02/06/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The Samsung S7 is a smartphone. More smart than it is phone, but by heck is it smart. Intuitive is the word. In fact, I’m living, breathing, walking, shitting evidence that it’s completely idiot proof, it’s a terrific bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged Alec Guinness, BBC, Bluetooth is a stupid name but it's great, Channel 4, Global Village, Gutenburg minds, I've seen the future brother it is murder for isolation according to Will Self, iPhones are for dickheads, ITV, Just Eat, Marshall McLuhan, Microsoft Word, Monged up tae fuck massive fuck off face selfie, Netflix, odds and ends, Pious books are great nazis, Rambling On about shite as per usual, Samsung S7, Sega MK 1655, Sky TV, Soundcloud, Technology, The death of newspapers and Desktop PCs, Understanding Media, unified electrical field, Will Self | Leave a comment

The Telly Is Shite

Posted on 28/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I really shouldn’t give a toss But the telly is fucking dross I brace myself, pick up the remote Land on a soap; generic, inchoate And immediately my thoughts float, Like Libyans fleeing on a leaky boat Switch over to … Continue reading →

Posted in Crap Poetry Corner | Tagged Bargain Cunt, BBC, BBC bias, BBC Four, Crap Poetry, Crap Poetry Corner, Dale Winton's tan, Gary Neville, I smell shite, Jamie Carragher, Jeremy Kyle, Katie Hopkins, Labour, Libyans, Long and crappy poem, Long and Ranty, Louis Theroux, Masterchef, Mastercunts?, Michael Portillo on a train, MTV needs to be put down, Newsnight, Newswipe, Niall Quinn's never had an original thought in his entire life, Nigel Farage, Nigel Farage & Jeremy Kyle doing it with style, Ranty, Ray Winstone's massive fucking head, schadenfreude, Sky, Syrians, Telly, That fucking meerkat advert, Tories, Transgender kids, UKIP, X-Factor indoctrination | Leave a comment

Smearing Sturgeon

Posted on 09/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With the General Election only a month away, expect a failing fourth estate that’s entirely reliant on sustaining the British electorate’s loyalty to Westminster’s conventions and structures, to throw copious amounts of shit at her and the SNP. The recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex DeLarge, Alistiar Carmichael, BBC, Braw Welsh accents, Captain Kirk, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Frank Bruno, Hillsborough, Holyrood, I smell shite, James Cook, Karen Dunbar, Kelvin McKenzie is a cunt, Labour, Leanne Wood, LET THEM DIE!, Lib Dems, Lying bastards, Natalie Bennett, Nationalists, NHS, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Peter Oborne, Phone hacking, Plaid Cymru, Print Journalism is dying, Scottish Office, Self-interest, Smears, SNP, Terence Davies, Thatcherism, The Daily Mail, The French can be trusted, The scum newspaper, The Telegraph, Too many tags, Tories, Twitter, Unionists, William Shatner, Yes I did have to look up how 'Plaid Cymru' was spelled | Leave a comment