I just discovered that Ronnie O'Sullivan's dad is serving a life sentence for murder while his mum served seven months of a year-long jail sentence for tax evasion worth £250,000. Where were the profits raked in from? His dad's Soho porn shop empire. It got me thinking. Who else do you know has ove...

100% as was the case with me when I lost my prized possession in The Scala nightclub (see pic) last Friday night. I called them on Tuesday and they confirmed it was in their Lost & Found department. Picked it up last night and boy was I fuckin' relieved. Close call....

Each week ZIO asks a different musician the same 11 questions via email. Visit Zoom In Music every Wednesday for a new installment or subscribe to the RSS feed. read more...

It's not often a Test playing nation is skittled out for as few runs as the Windies were in the summer of '69 . Their lineup included a young Clive Lloyd and a retired Clyde Walcott. The Irish still don't have Test playing status but they have a habit of defeating the Windies, a trend dating to 1928...

This will be awesome if they manage to not fuck it up. But they'll probably fuck it up....

A while back, I wrote about the trailer for "Repo: The Genetic Opera", assuming that it would come out in theaters and I would go and see it on a sunny morning at a cheap showing. Then the movie wasn't released in the way I expected it would be, and when it moseyed over to San Diego, I didn't think ...

Rugby season is upon us and it was almost impossible to find a drinking establishment that was showing the Liverpool game yesterday. Eventually I did find one and it was the tastefully named tavern in the picture above. It's right outside Highbury & Islington Station . The picture is more than nine ...

It's supposed to be a day of rest right? So instead of a "real" post, I'll just leave you with some links to check out. Enjoy. From DJ Semtex, 9 MC's That Will Take Power in 2009. Interesting choices, but "Pop Champagne" sucks. For real. Bands named after Hitler! Does this even have shock value anym...

Editor's Note: This blog was contributed by my friend Shaun Rogan, who has been the source of numerous music discussions - and arguments! - over the years. Each installment of his blog will highlight a different album that ought be regarded as a classic, but was forgotten instead. Until now. r...

Right, this'll be the last post before I return from my Christmas hols in the magical Winter Wonderland that is Rochdale. Hope Santa brings you everything you asked for, particularly if you asked for the Ladyhawke album or a brand new Domino Rally set. In the meantime, here's some Christmassy and no...