Philip K Dick + Richard Linklater can't fail, SURELY?"Richard Linklater has lined up quite a list of stars for his Hollywood adaptation of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly. So far, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Rory Cochran have signed on to join (gulp) Keanu Reeves in the lead... RE: Philip K Dick + Richard Linklater can't fail, SURELY?Puff. I wanted Chris Cunningham to direct that. Badly Woolly HatAppearing tonight at Islington's Hope and Anchor we have Wadly Woolly Hat, according to today's Metro... now what's that all about?If it's a tribute act, surely the name could be improved? Badly Worn Hat is better than that... If it's some kind of se... Kristin Hersh Live Web-chatKristin Hersh is going to do a live webchat on PlayLouder.com on Friday February 9th at 7pm (UK time). There's a form in which you can post questions to Kristin ahead of time (and during the chat, of course) here : http://www.playlouder.com/feature/... Surely this is bad planning?From the popEx gig guide:Gong @ The Scala, London (Thu 20 Dec)Hawkwind @ The Forum, London (Thu 20 Dec)What's a stinky old rocker to do?... PopEx: SOLD OUTIn what will surely be seen as the DARKEST DAY since THE MAN took over popEx, The Corrs have overtaken the "who are your favourite band" chart! This chart was previously the exclusive domain as such hard core alternative rock acts as, um, Oasis, Emin... Uh, can't think of an "Elastica in Kings Cross" pun...If you're stuck (like glue) for something to do on Saturday night, join me at Kings Cross Water Rats for Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception - Elastica are DJing.We don't even know if we can DJ yet, but we've said yes and we're going to take along someone ... Her career was surely made on TV?She would not be touring big venues like this if she'd not got lucky on that "The Cruise" documentary, would she? I didn't see that and I've seen her on TV, so it's not like she made an Eddie Izzard style stand against TV or anything.I'm sure she's a... And a Folkestone property updateThe basement flat next door (but still in my block) sold over the summer for only £110,000, that's a lot less than I hope this one's worth. It is only a one bedder, and in the basement, and the whole thing has been gutted by the new purchaser, so we'... Surely that would be ILLEGAL?I have seen it now, we watched part one last night, it was pretty good wasn't it?surely no-one who ever went to the lit fest would make that mistake?If you want it to be more popular, drop the "book" altogether, call it "folkestone fighting festival" or somethingRE: surely no-one who ever went to the lit fest would make that mistake?No probably not, but surely we should be looking to attract new people to the festival if we want it to continue to be a success.People regularly move to and from Folkestone which means our demographic is always changing and it would be wrong to thin... Surely WE are enough of a bum economy now for McDonalds to quit the UK too?<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/mcdonalds-to-quit-iceland?commentid=bc1cc8db-472d-447f-92a2-875105115daf">McDonalds leaves Iceland</a>...Tweeting this post / gig / venueDone some work on my "reply to this on twitter" functionality of the site, and have set it up for real authentication when I get the time. So now the "Twitter" link below this post should take you to clarkeology.com/tweet/m13020 why grabs the short u... What should I do with this marrow?Ooh no, missus, steady, I'll do the jokes, matron, etc. You can't make suggestions like that in front of my boy:Seriously anyone got a recipe for stuffed marrow or something? If only I had the internets I could try and look one up.Nephew Jack gave me... ST Patricks DaySurely some sort of St Patricks day event? See you there!Redundancy Day!Surely I won't still be here then..? Pay off will be £290 for each year I've been here :-(