Dear Rockers
Many of us own music that we didn't pay for. In some cases, that music resides on a TDK C90 cassette tape we can no longer play rather than a Creative Zen, but the crime's just the same. While we feel little guilt for shafting the evil record companies, we do occasionally feel a pang of regret at the cash we may have denied our favourite artists. This blog has hit on a solution to ease your guilt: send your spare change along with a letter directly to a rock star you have wronged. Some of the letters are simple and to the point - "Dear OMD, Thanks for summing it all up, buy a pint on me" - others go into scrawled epiphanies about guitar solos, while one Wolf Parade fan has sent his favourite band advance payment of £5 for the new stuff he'll shortly be illegally downloading because he's too excited to wait. dearrockers.org
Bee Movie
Jerry Seinfeld's animated adventure about our little yellow and black, nectar-loving friends has received mixed reviews in the US, but there's no denying that it looks great and, if the trailers are anything to go by, features the same jokes about life's minutiae (except with more honey) as he brought to his eponymous sitcom. The website is a blast, with clips and videos galore - if you want cast interviews, there are hours of the stuff. Best of all are three very high quality games that, unlike the usual fare you'd expect from sites such as this are complex, difficult to master, detailed and excellent fun (especially if you're under 10). OK, one of them's a Spelling Bee, but it's a good one. beemovie.com
What we learned on the web this week
· How to get sacked from the London Underground tinyurl.com/3b3qqw
· Michelangelo's David has put on a bit of weight tinyurl.com/2s78tr
· What it was like to be a second world war airman learningcurve.gov.uk
· There's a freaky fake London in Shanghai thamestown.com
· Where to watch 150 Monty Python sketches tinyurl.com/3bfrzk
· Will Ferrell has a lovely head of hair, and even lovelier chest hair semipromovie.com
· Zac Efron's Man-nytail is cuter than Heath Ledger's tinyurl.com/2o9q44
· A day in the life of a Canadian car park (tinyurl.com/2pxgfb) is marginally more interesting than a day in the life of a Japanese vending machine (jihan.sblo.jp)
· Where to get free and legal Cold War Kids tracks rcrdlbl.com
· Fat Harry White lives on tinyurl.com/35luuc
· The home of the grooviest grooves groovygrooves.com
Blog Roll TV
Andrew Collins
Insider opinions from the sitcom writer and broadcaster, including much love for Simon Pegg's Spaced.
TV Scoop
Apparently enjoying I'm A Celebrity was like eating KFC for breakfast. Or a crocodile's penis. Possibly the same thing.
Low Culture
Lovingly bitchy message board plus a blog that is watching Love Trap so we don't have to.
Available For Panto
Keeping you abreast of former Big Brother contestants releasing exercise videos and turning on the Christmas lights in Ilford.
Off The Telly
Celebrating football commentators, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Jack Dee's Lead Balloon.
TV Newsroom
News from a website obsessed with the news and nothing but the news.
