Milk in the batter, milk in the batter ...So since I became a stay-at-home dad while the wife works, the task has fallen to me to cook dinne...

Hip hip hurray, ask me questions today • Hurray for me, I finally got a paying freelance gig. Not that I'll be able to buy a new car or ...

The New York Dolls, St. James, Auckland, 24/03/07 ...Holeee crap, I'm deaf. But it was worth it – legendary reunited glam/trash rockers ...

Ah, parenthood, the eternal signifier Amazing how a new haircut, a pair of jeans and a birthday can make your wee baby suddenly look like su...

The best team-up of all time ...As shown to me by Rolling Stone , this is just far too cool not to post. I'd gladly buy an entire album...

OK, so now it's autumn... I think We've had an odd year – and my seasonal internal calendar is just now catching up. Daylight saving...

The reject department; or, the book you'll never read So just for the heck of it, a couple months back I submitted a book pitch as part...

Music: Takin' a ride with Shakey: Neil Young's Biography If you ask me, Neil Young is perpetually cool. I went through a big Neil p...

In which my iPod does the writing for me A meme, a meme, nicked from mean mean Roger Green (who's really not so mean): IF YOUR LIFE WAS...

The island spirit So anyway, what with the fish and chips and BBC news and lollies and everyone calling you "mate," I forget we...