Act 1 Scene 1

A man walks down a grey pavement, dressed in black t-shirt, black trousers, black boots, even his spectacles are black. The sky is overcast, and a particularly dark cloud hangs, centred on our protagonist. The soundtrack to our scene is Death by White Lies.

This sounds like the worst movie opening ever, but no, it was just my walk home from work, and as I was strolling along it struck me what a big cliche the whole shabang was.

Eurasia

Muse are beginning the hype-up ready for their new album. Their website is currently this picture and a countdown to 1100 tomorrow. I am eagerly anticipating...