Tim Walker
The Couch Surfer: John Mayer’s life is one long party, to which he provides the soulful, mid-tempo soundtrack
Tim Walker: Cool people consider him rubbish, but I’m a sucker for just about anything he’s committed to tape
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Tim Walker: 'What's been lost from the stadium rock experience - puddles of urine on the floor?'
Monday, 24 August 2009
The Couch Surfer
The Couch Surfer: 'Trying to elevate nerds to rock-star levels of cool simply isn't plausible'
Monday, 3 August 2009
The Accidental Billionaires should be easy to spot in the non-fiction section of any good bookstore. The image on the front of the hardcover edition is of two cocktail glasses.
A book-worthy blog? Easy...
Monday, 27 July 2009
Tim Walker reveals how bloggers can realise their print dreams.
The Couch Surfer: 'It may be sublimely rubbish, but The Room makes audiences happy'
Monday, 20 July 2009
Tim Walker: It's so bad that six years after it was made, The Room still draws sell-out crowds
The Couch Surfer: 'Celebrity endorsements rarely convince me of a book's quality'
Monday, 13 July 2009
Tim Walker: I had to get my hands on the thing. If everyone else is after it, it must be worth reading, right?
The Couch Surfer: 'Together, TMZ and Perez Hilton are a microcosm of the modern media'
Monday, 6 July 2009
Tim Walker: Perez made his name by being vile about celebrities, but he seems finally to have gone too far
The Couch Surfer: 'A nanostory is a talking point which, online, has become a shouting match'
Monday, 29 June 2009
Tim Walker: These stories are disseminated on the web then thrust into the mainstream where they soon die
The Couch Surfer: A 1,000-year story is about as practical as a shark in formaldehyde
Monday, 22 June 2009
Tim Walker: ‘Nine words long, it’s printed in ink that degrades over time, revealing a word every 100 years
The Couch Surfer: ‘For a comedian, Jon Stewart places a high value on seriousness’
Monday, 15 June 2009
Tim Walker: Can a news programme be taken seriously if it’s sponsored by a coffee chain?
The Couch Surfer: ‘Hugo Chavez’s interviews make Charlotte Church look like Letterman’
Monday, 8 June 2009
Tim Walker: ‘Obama, with world peace and puppies, had all his bases covered for positive online feedback’
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