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This was truly Josh Homme’s day: from the band wot he used to play drums in (Eagles of Death Metal) and the band featuring the bird wot he’s married to (Brody Dalle’s Spinerette), the uber-group wot he’s formed with Dave Grohl (These Crooked Vultures) to the band who’s latest record he produced (headliners, Arctic Monkeys). There was certainly no doubt that Josh Homme and his crew was taking over 2009’s Reading Festival. But that’s not to say that the other bands didn’t put up a damn good figh

There has been a lot of talk recently about change. One or two of you may have noticed that some new guy has been voted in as President Elect. There is no doubt that this is a momentous time for the United States to have the first African American president voted in with such enthusiasm, but we should not get too obsessed about the racial connotations of his victory. The reason why the American people voted him in was not because he is black, it is because he enthused and inspired a nation that

There’s no doubt about it. The App Store has exploded. In the early days, for the first couple of months, I was able to keep up. It was a challenge sometimes, keeping up with all the new freebies, but I managed it every few days. But it has picked up more and more, and I had to start cherry picking instead of covering every single release. To give you an example, in the last week-plus on Frapstr I’ve done 56 reviews. 56 apps in 8 days, or an average of 7 per day, and that’s barely half o