I haven't had a holiday in this decade!

Too indie for Vegas?
Robyn highlights many of the difference between being on holiday and not reminding me that I need to have a holiday too. A proper one, where you sleep somewhere else for more than two nights which I haven't had, oh shit, in this decade. I haven't had a holiday in this decade! God, I hadn't realised it was that long. I mean I went to Paris and but I was only actually in Paris for one full day.

Steve Coogan - what went wrong?
Though I suspect there's a far longer essay with that title to be written, here Vicky from the Daily Post says everything she wanted to say in the paper online instead in relation to a recent, by many accounts disastrous gig by the comedian/actor at the local big stadium. Being heckled in a venue with a capacity of a few thousand people is no mean feat.

Way To Normal -- Ben Folds.
The next project in which we'll be hearing Regina Spektor's voice. For some time, I thought she was related to the famous producer Phil, even though their surnames are spelt differently and she's Russian. Just another addition to the long list of things I've been wrong about in this life. Actually, thinking about it, I might not have been on a proper holiday since the Edinburgh Festival in 1998. That's ten whole years.

Idiot PR people
Suw sounded heckled on Twitter this morning and this page at one of her blogs is the result. I'm currently being harassed on daily basis by some Manhattan publicity firm because Lindsey Lohan's father's doing a Ricky Gervais and boxing someone for charity. Like I care, like it's not on a whole other continent, like it wouldn't be perfectly obvious that this is a British blog. Actually that might not be that obvious. Do you think I'm compensating for my ten years of non-vacationing by writing about the rest of the world. A lot.

Michelle Obama Meets World's Biggest Obama Fan
Could be. But this might be my favourite photo of the US presidential campaign so far. It's not simply that Michelle is Michelle and potentially the cutest potential first lady like, ever, like, but also that the World's Biggest Obama Fan is actually wearing a t-shirt that says "World's Biggest OBAMA Fan".

The Big Picture: The Sun.
Somewhere sunny, though not too sunny because I can't take the heat. So actually that rules out everywhere sunny, including Sol. Somewhere temperate then.

'It's a different world from ours, isn't it?'
I'm originally from Speke; I lived there for sixteen years before our family was basically forced out by victimisation and vandals which was the best thing that ever happened to me. We used to go on holidays from there every year, Pontins, caravans and camping, all over the place. Not boring you about this am I?

Geoff Krozier - The Man, Magik & Madness
My web connection has been rather flakey this evening so I've not had a chance to watch more than a few seconds of this, but the titles are totally worth a click as is the explosion. I remember the magicians at Pontins. They were very good. Though I was about four years old and thought Sooty was in the Magic Circle.

Exclusive! Eight classic DVDs you'll only find at MovieMail
Including finally The Front, one of the few films Woody Allen has starred in but didn't direct or write himself. Allen plays a man with no talent who fronts for a group of writers blacklisted by McCarthy in the 1950s, and though it's most serious work up until that point, it's still hilarious, and shows him at the top of his game. It's funny how I've immediately pre-ordered this, but I'm waiting for his latest Cassandra's Dream to drop in price. Reviews can make a difference.

An Open Letter To Everyone Who’s Stopped Watching Heroes
I know it's fictional but none of the characters in Heroes have gone on holiday, at least not that we've seen, which is odd considering that some of them don't even need to buy a plane or train ticket. I'll change the subject now.

Tori Girl: How Tori Amos is spreading her wings
Tori's writing a musical. It's a typically brilliant interview with her, in which she uses phrases no one else could use like "my husband has to watch Top Gear for his metal pornography" though I'm wondering why it seems to be accompanied by a photo of Nicola from Girls Aloud...