By Euan McGuffie “Daddy was a bank robber but he never hurt nobody, he just loved to live that way and he loved to steal your money”, I sang in the kitchen yesterday, to the amusement of a bunch of youths gathered by the corner outside. Woah, I just stigmatized a group of young people … Continue reading
Author Archives: Euan McGuffie
The Friday Feud: Poison v The Cure
By Euan McGuffie “I’ve got the poison, I’ve got the remedy, I’ve got the pulsating rhythmical remedy. I’ve got the poison, I’ve got the remedy, I’ve got the pulsating rhythmical remedy”, gurned The Prodigy’s Maxim. As if you hadn’t heard him the first time. But if you have the poison it Continue reading
Amateur Moments in Film
By Euan McGuffie This is it. Your job as an extra might actually pay off Continue reading
The Friday Feud: Hammer vs Pliers
By Euan McGuffie This Friday Feud brings the battle of the tool-box massive. In one corner and teasing his opponent is the man who grips like a vice, Pliers (of Chaka Demus & Pliers). In the other corner the baggy-trousered Continue reading
The Friday Feud: Sadako Yamamura Vs The Groke
By Euan McGuffie This Friday Feud is a squaring-up of 2 shadowy and confusing figures whose very appearance sent a chill up a few spines. In the first corner and looking like that Continue reading
What Is This Amateur Hour? Calm Down Ian…….
Euan McGuffie mentions the Stone Roses first TV performance, you should listen. Continue reading
The 1980s: A Decade of Terrifying Television
By Euan McGuffie Growing-up in the country I spent a lot of my childhood cattle rustling and drinking moonshine. I also managed to squeeze in a fair few hours in front of the box. If Dream On’s Martin Tupper was right and the TV we used to watch has quite an effect on our consciousness, … Continue reading