How it feels to see God killed. The Archbishop of Canterbury (the Anglican Church's nearest equivalent to the Pope) reviews the stage adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. more inside

lowbright. Comics to make love to. (Formerly small stories) more inside

Ricky Jay. Because I've been professionally immersed in deception, I have been accused of keeping a low profile. Even though I have been in show business all my life some think I have no profile at all. more inside

Led Zeppelin - The Satanic Message in Stairway to Heaven. (Flash) more inside

Reynols. The first reaction one might have on hearing of the escapades of the Argentinean group Reynols is one of open-mouthed incredulity. Quite apart from the mythical status that group members Alan Courtis and Roberto Conlazo have conferred on their drummer, 39 year old Miguel Tomasin, who suffers from Down's Syndrome (though, as we shall see, "suffers" is not a word Conlazo and Courtis would accept to describe Tomasin's extraordinary abilities and sense of reality), these are the guys whose first album was a "dematerialised CD" - i.e. an empty CD box - and who were nearly arrested by the local police for plugging their guitars into a pumpkin and not playing in public. more inside

Human Beatboxing. You have reached the most comprehensive website dedicated to the art of vocal percussion, aka beatboxing. Often cited as the 5th element of hip hop, beatboxing is fast becoming recognised as an art-form in its own right. You will find everything related to beatboxing right here on this website. These guys even got to Human Beatbox on Eastenders (Britain's most popular TV program). (Via Mr Biffo.com) more inside

Tales of Monkey Love and Loss. Monkeys raised alone in an environment without mother and peers prefer to be with a cloth-covered mother surrogate without a milk bottle rather than with a wire-cage surrogate mother that provides a milk bottle, even when hungry. I don't know whether the most frightening thing about this 70's documentary is the monkey experiments, or the shocking voiceover: "Children deprived of a mother's love become serevly retarded"... (Searched out after reading this) more inside

Monkey Vs Robot The feud between the monkey and robot stretches back so far that neither of them can recall how it started. more inside

Curious George: Setting up a server. Has anyone here had any experience of setting up and running a server from home? more inside

kozyndan. kozyndan are Los Angeles based mad scientists. they are working on a secret formula for controlled nuclear fusion, and are creating a line of edible chickens. For fun they like to take long deep breaths and dip their heads into bowls of rasberry jelly and lemon curd. They live indoors and don't paint on walls. the couple also moonlights as freelance illustrators. more inside

A house for the little turds. Homemade translation of an Akira Toriyama "Picture Book Special" from Dr. Slump collection number 14 and previously published in Shonen Jump Comics in the early 80's. Features characters Dr. Slump (Prof. Senbei Norimaki) and his robot "little sister", Arale. This English version was put together by hand, as a zine, in the days before Photoshop. (Main link is a 2.9MB PDF)

And I thought we were supposed to be nicer here: MonkeyFilter is a Metafilter clone, only with more screws and less spanking. more inside

Try Proloxil. Proloxil works by completely replacing your naturally miserable serotonin with happy little Proloxil molecules. (flash) more inside

My American... A short comic by Susannah Breslin (who used to be the Reverse Cowgirl). more inside

Customised Lego Anime characters, Video Game heroes and Film Stars. Now all I want is to know who they all are... more inside

The Tofu Hut. An excellent new MP3 weblog. The music is both obscure and excellent. Music posted here is posted out of love, not with the intention for profit or to violate copyright. more inside

Virtual voices. The software is a "singing engine": type in lyrics and a melody and it carries out the complex mathematical operations needed to generate a voice singing the words to the right tune. more inside

Matmos. "In their recordings and live performances over the last nine years, Matmos have used the sounds of: amplified crayfish nerve tissue, the pages of bibles turning, a bowed five string banjo, slowed down whistles and kisses, water hitting copper plates, the runout groove of a vinyl record, a $5.00 electric guitar, liposuction surgery... more inside

New Noise. A new fortnightly web based music magazine, currently on its second issue. more inside

Chocobo Robo Voice. Final Fantasy inspired flash.(FLASH) (via World of Stuart) more inside