Tag: grotesque
Grotesque
Kirino’s painful critique of the enormous pressure put on Japanese youth to conform and succeed needs no advertisements.
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Duchesse de Bourgogne
3/5. Tastes rather like a gueuze: a bit tart with a nice touch of vanilla, autumn fruits and some balsamic vinegar for good measure.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Little Miss Sunshine
The heir apparent to Parenthood, a funny-poignant look at an American family struggling with American social mores.
- Originally published: 6 Feb 2007 in Film
Proper ASBO
I heard on the radio about the latest figures for those of the nation’s youth in receipt of an ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order for those of you who don’t read the panic papers). Fancy a look at the wastrels in your area? Check them out. They ought to get the old buffers at the Daily …
- Originally published: 1 Jul 2005 in Personalia
Maredsous 10°
3/5. Less enamoured of this now than before. Plenty of caramel, cloves, baking and fruit flavours in there.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Singing in the subway
Key intersections of urban life, subway stations are also highly controlled and sometimes cultural spaces.
- Originally published: 12 Dec 2008 in Editorial
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.