Raziq Rauf

+ = Make it happen, Arsene.

Regular dating websites? Fine. No strings sex websites? Bit creepy but still fine. Websites actively encouraging adultery? Not cool. Their rationale? “People have been looking for Affairs for centuries, nothing is new about them and the same thing will be going on in centuries from now...

Wasn’t the aged lothario a dashing chap, once upon a time? There is no hope for any of u

U.S.A. Chicken & Pizza – Leytonstone Located on Church Lane, right opposite Leytonstone Tube Station, I imagine U.S.A. Chicken & Pizza is quite the hotbed of activity from closing time at The Walnut Tree until just after the last eastbound Central Line train passes through E11...

I’ve bought these in time for the Annual BSM 5-a-side tournament but not in time to break them in. If score more goals than I get blisters on Sunday, I’ll be happy. I only want to score one goal. Ple

When it comes to shit presents, it’s never too early to start planning. “Err… Th

Lots of colourful little bowls. They are made of melamine.

This is dry. In a good way. FYI, Amy Hempel is great.

On the advent of yet another plane crash, I ponder whether flying really is still safer than driving. I don’t have any stats to help me come to a viable conclusion so, with your help, I thought I would make some of my own. I’m such a go-getter...

Every picture told a different tale of idiocy but here are the finest… 1. Stupid way to drink wine. 2. Stupider way to carry beer. 3. I wish this hit a puddle full of cunts. That’s not a reason but whatev

It’s not “h’orderve”, thank you very much, Anonymous BBC Football correspondent. From the Spain vs South Africa, Confederations Cup 3rd place playoff: FYI: hors d’oeu⋅vre /ɔr ˈdɜrv; Fr. ɔr ˈdœvrə/ [awr durv; Fr...

‘Stoned wallabies make crop circles’ Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around “as high as a kite”, a government official has said. Oh to be a

It’s not a coincidence that their sign is the most heavy metal cinema sign in the world. I need to spend £1.50 on a slightly above average film again so

Expect a flood of “real” photos just like this over the next 11 months in the build up to the South African World Cup. Can’t beat a dramatically lit photo of impoverished children. Can it win an Oscar? It should. If in doubt, however, just get a disabled in to really seal the

Thanks, Wimbledon.

I play The Guardian’s brilliantly taxing G2 crossword whenever I can but now I’ve found an awesome online crossword, courtesy of the quite fantastic LA Times. I don’t know why it’s taken me this long to find this one, but I’m glad that I have...

The food was cheap – everything under a tenner – and was very Mexican and actually very good. Service was sporadic and unreliable but they made up for it by giving the table about £40 worth of free booze. Eventually. I’ll be going back to Wahaca...

It’s written in the same difficult-to-decipher style as Trainspotting. The shock tactics are slightly subtler because of i

Gone are the days of cocaine and blowjobs in exchange for a good review. A finished copy of the album is about the best you can hope for these days.

Needed TWO interpreters at one point.

This is easily the best BBC Football graphic I’ve ever seen. Judging by this, Newcastle will probably be sponsored by Poundland next seaso

It’s undeniable that Arsenal have missed the presence of the Swiss colussus in our back four this season but there is talk that the man who almost became club captain might not want to return from his season-long loan at AC Milan...

FYI: It’s not barbeque, and it’s certainly not BBQ. It is barbecue. bar⋅be⋅cue - /ˈbɑrbɪˌkyu/ [bahr-bi-kyoo] noun, verb, -cued, -cu⋅ing. –noun...

I reached 6666 miles just before Download Festival last year and did a similarly anal thing with my odometer. Classic.

Yeah, so it’s almost six months away. Wha

Goats are halfway between smug and placid. There’s a stellar performance from one in Drag Me To Hell. This is a fun film. It made me jump several times. Not a single one was unexpected. ****½ (4.5

Tomáš Rosický has not played a single minute of football in the new Arsenal home kit. I bet he’ll have forgotten how to score those mint 25-yarders by the time he returns. It’s Patrik Berger all over again. Damn

This is easily the best diagram of a Jay Z song I’ve ever seen

When Samuel Eto’o scored his toe poke against Man U last night in Rome, he celebrated by slapping his arm, like he was looking for a vein to “shoot up” into. Disgusting. These footballers are meant to be role models for the younger generat

You can actually hear the leg break in the opening seconds. You know exactly when it happens. The slo-mo close up is about 50 seconds in. It’s like liquefaction, but of bones. Nasty. Probably deserved the red car

Harold was great, but I missed Kumar. I think Harold did, too. Sylar was great, but Heroes will never be the same again. ****½ (4.5/5

If you’ve got more than three words in your band name, you’re in trouble. Find a cool word. If it doesn’t already have an ’s’ on the end, make it plural. Find some bandmates....

Love the collar, but it’s blue. What was wrong with yellow? Arsenal away kits should be yellow

And Tim Howard.

It’s been a year since Thrash Hits went online. Time to celebrate. Totally accidentally, this is post #666 on this blog. Spooky. See you down the Crobar, perhap

Here’s a spicy fish recipe I devised for two people. It looks much like the shit photo that i took, except better. It’s definitely one of the best things I’ve cooked. It’s moderately worth trying. Also, I reckon you should have enough leftover stew for at least one decent-sized lunch...

Now that is a pretty cover. I’ve reviewed the great new Dream Theater album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, and Joel McIver’s awesome new Tool book in

I bought this classic single on tape cassette in 1992 at what I thought would be the height of my appreciation for two oiled-up, musclebound men in lycra trunks grappling. Mike Stock and Pete Waterman wrote and produced it. Simon Cowell is the executive producer...

I got 223. It’s the bes

I watched Mysterious Skin last night/this morning. It’s got a great performance from Tommy from 3rd Rock From The Sun and Buffy’s little (but now definitely legal) sister is also in it being a bit of a hippy...

Pre-December 2007 People scoffed and looked on incredulously when they heard I still played music off CDs… on a reliable Sony portable CD player. I could listen to promo CDs without having to rip them first only to find out 90% were crap...