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Tim Walker

Tim Walker: 'What's been lost from the stadium rock experience - puddles of urine on the floor?'

The Couch Surfer

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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?

Perez Hilton, one of snark's most famous users

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’

Certain sectors of the internet should only be approached by teenage girls, like netball courts or Topshop; and Edward Cullen/Robert Pattinson was created specifically to drive that particular demographic wild.

The Couch Surfer: Will anyone 'bing' Robert Pattinson?

Monday, 1 June 2009

Tim Walker: 'Edward Cullen/RPattz was created specifically to drive teenage girls wild'

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