Sick Chirpse At The Movies: Stoker
The director of Oldboy has upped sticks and come to Hollywood. The end result is one of the best things you will see this year.
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3D Pen Smashes Kick Starter Bid
With 3D Printing becoming ever closer to a home product for consumers, here we find ourselves with the first opportunity to get our hands on a product that uses the method.
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Could You Solve A Rubiks Cube While Juggling?
Ravi Fernando is an uber-Lord of the Rubik’s cube – solving it whilst juggling. But why the frig do we like doing puzzles at all? They’re pointless surely?
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The Real Mary Poppins – Guy Skydives Using Patio Umbrella
We’ve all been fooled. Mary Poppins wasn’t a woman, but a man. And here’s proof. A guy skydives using a patio umbrella and it’s Poppins to a tee. Bitch.
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Ketamine and Hexagons
My adventures and experiments on ketamine (or why my kidneys are fucked).
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This May Well Be The Worst Live Album Ever Made… But That’s No Bad Thing
Jay helps you become that guy you always meet at parties who goes on about their mate’s band all night, finally sticks on the thoroughly underwhelming soundcloud tracks and spends the rest of the night slagging off the sound system and screaming ‘you just gotta be there, man. There’s no magic in MP3’
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The Sexual Politics of J-Pop
What does Minami Minegishi shaving her head really say about Japanese society? Pretty much that yeah, it’s definitely mental.
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Hieronymus Bosch – Surreal Before Surrealism
Hieronymus Bosch had a vivid imagination back in the 1400’s and thankfully left us with some paintings to prove it. Dali-esque before Dali.
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Cloud Atlas Receives UK Release, Finally – Go See It
It’s sci-fi, it’s fantasy, it’s period drama, it’s romance, it’s action, it’s gritty espionage, it’s comedy, it’s cinema.
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So, You Think You’re Bukowski?
If you call yourself a literature fan, then you’re a fan of Charles Bukowski. But are you a genuine fan or somebody trying to be ‘hip’? Sick Chirpse takes a look at why it’s hip to like Bukowski.
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Syrian Rebels, Killing, And The DIY Ethic
The mind-boggling world of the under-equipped but resourceful Syrian rebels, and their crazy homemade weapons
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The Strange Hidden Island of Nieu
The island of Niue has everything you could ever need: friendly locals, beautiful scenery and coins with pictures of Pokemon on.
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Meet The Deaf DJ
So there’s this Dude called Robbie Wilde, and he is a professional DJ despite being completely deaf. What a complete sicko. Read his story here.
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Was This The Lamest Mass-Produced Toy Ever?
Rocks have numerous valuable uses: paperweights, keeping the doors open…
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Rodman For World’s Biggest Peace?
The flamboyant, towering, technicolour giant that is Dennis Rodman is the most unlikely face you can think of for a diplomat but the U.S. have disregarded that and sent him over to North Korea anyway.
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The NME’s Awards Bash Was About As Alternative As A Cabbage
According to a depressing turn of events earlier this week, the best live band in the country has a collective age of 245. It gets worse.
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Monarchs Of Britain – Snapshots of History For Dunces #1
I’m a dunce at history; so I’ve tried to fix that by reading about British monarchs. Turns out there’s some right old characters. Prince Philip is nothing.
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Literally The Worst Rap Video Of All Time. No, Really
The top comment on Youtube for this video simply states: “Probably the worst thing on the internet”. I couldn’t agree more.
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Canadian Politicians Discuss Zombie Invasion
Canadians have close to no problems; so much so that in the Houses Of Parliament they discuss the possibility of a ZOMBIE INVASION. They have ticked every thing off their list and all that’s left is zombies.
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Bring Me The Head Of Seth MacFarlane
It seems that Seth MacFarlane really rubbed a lot of people the wrong way with a bunch of his childish and sexist jokes at this year’s Oscars ceremony but really everyone just needs to get a grip and stop getting so angry about it. Here’s why.
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5 Things They Eat And Drink In Serbia
BZS introduces us to a few things Serbians love to eat and drink. Part 1 of a Series on Belgrade.
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Bad Lip Reading
A mysterious blogger/group of bloggers create dubbed videos from popular TV and film, with perfectly mimed and damn hilarious voice overs.
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Jim’ll Paint It
Whatever your heart’s desire, whatever your wildest dream, whatever your deepest fantasy; Jim’ll paint it for you. With absolutely no risk of rape. Honest.
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Batman_LDN Discusses The Oscars
Batman_LDN has an opinion on everything. Obviously that includes the Oscars – both last night’s Hollywood lovefest and Oscar Pistorius. Check out his thoughts here. Gareth Bale is involved too.
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Daredevil Lands World-First 360 Flip – In A Car
Most people flip a car when they’re smashed, but this guy does it for a living and he’s just performed a world-first: a 360-degree flip in a car.
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North Korea Hates Your Trendy Hairstyles
North Korea has released a list of ‘state-approved’ anti-capitalist hairstyles. Here we look at the reasons why they have adopted these new rules and the likely consequences of disobeying fat boy Kim Jong-un.
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Jumping On The Blandwagon
Staggering mediocrity is the new rock n’ roll and pop music is in big trouble. Sick Chirpse points fingers at the guilty culprits.
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Sankeys Refused Justin Bieber Entry To Protect Their Image
Bieber got rejected entry from Sankeys in Manchester because they didn’t want him tarnishing their credibility. Well played, Sankeys. Our faith in humanity has been restored slightly.
