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Cast your mind back to 1989 (if you’re old enough, and not bothered about reflecting on how bloody old you are!) Revolutions were sweeping across Eastern Europe. George Bush Sr. became President. The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels of oil in Alaska. Thatcher introduced the Poll Tax. Demonstrations broke out in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The [...]

If you’ve ever hated yourself enough listen to Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’, you’ll undoubtedly agree that aside from poor composition, abominable auto tuning and the fundamental omission of an actual talented vocalist, the song suffers from some hideous lyrics. Just in case you need reminding: “Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday Today i-is Friday, Friday (Partyin’) We-we-we so [...]

It was recently announced that the mighty Orbital will provide the soundtrack for a British gangster film, which is due to be released in May this year. The film is a remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s gritty, raw and critically acclaimed Pusher, which was released back in 1996. Pusher was Refn’s first feature film and [...]

The 13th series of Harry Hill’s TV Burp starts tomorrow, and it looks like it may be the last. The colossal-collared comedian wrote this on his blog a couple of weeks ago: “The New (and, it seems last) series of TV Burp starts up on the 4th Feb and finishes 8 shows later at the [...]

So, the bankers have made a right ol’ hash of the UK’s economy and many of us are feeling the pinch. But feeling the effect of this economic shitstorm isn’t reserved solely for the ‘Average Joe’. It would appear that even the ‘rich’ and famous are having to resort to drastic measures and, dare I [...]

Last week, a 10 second teaser was released that had the Internet buzzing about the possibility of a sequel to one of the definitive films of the 1980s – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The teaser was released ahead of the Super Bowl in the US, and fuelled speculation that Matthew Broderick was set to reprise [...]

We hugely appreciate a good music video, here at 8Ball. Sometimes, the video can actually have more of an impact on the audience than the song itself. Unfortunately, it seems that truly great music videos come along few and far between, but when one does come along, we stand up and take notice. We have [...]