Category: News

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

(A little) More known about potential asteroid impact

02/06/2012

The work of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor has helped reveal a rare orbital shift and the density of an asteroid that will pass close to Earth. Josh Emery, assistant professor of...

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Twitter Propaganda Exposed

01/06/2012

'Astroturfing'. You probably already know the term. If you don't, learn it now, and the practice it describes. A centrally-planned and sophisticated campaign deliberately made to look...

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Men’s offices are muckier, it’s official

31/05/2012

Well, it's hardly surprising that men's offices have more bacteria than women's. Using the car keys to clean out earwax isn't something we associate with women, after all. And...

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Tav Falco London in-store

30/05/2012

Post-modern pop classicist TavFalco makes rare appearance in London to promote psychogeographical book. Tav Falco was cool before cool was cool. Or so the internet would have us believe. He is, in...

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Scots Die Younger. Why?

30/05/2012

'Income inequality, welfare policy and unemployment do not occur by accident, but as a product of the politics pursued by the government of the day'. And that statement goes a long way to...

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Solvent Abuse Hits the Uneducated Harder

29/05/2012

Solvent abuse hits the uneducated harder because they lack 'a greater cognitive reserve that acts like a buffer'. So essentially, you can nosebag that tube of contact glue till your face...

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GV Art launch ‘Coming of Age’

29/05/2012

'Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of ageing' – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication GV Art's cross-curricular investigations into the meeting points of art and...

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Planning Permission comes to the Moon

27/05/2012

You remember those title deeds to a chunk of the moon they used to sell in the back pages of newspapers back in the days when space exploration was the sole preserve of the superpowers? Well, just in...

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Get Ready for Venus Transit of the Sun

26/05/2012

Scientists and amateur astronomers around the world are preparing to observe the rare occurrence of Venus crossing the face of the Sun on 5-6 June, an event that will not be seen again for over a...

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Invisibility Cloaks One Step Nearer

25/05/2012

Advances in cloaking technology have rarely been as exciting as they should be, mostly being based around the unwieldy idea of covering military vehicles with pixellated monitor surfaces much the...

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Hevy Fest lineup already looking amazing – Meshuggah

24/05/2012

Trebuchet had so much fun last year that again we're looking to rock the flock out of commercial punk!  How awesome was it?  Almost too much and this year's line-up is already...

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Henpecking husbands improves their diet – for a while

24/05/2012

A 'landslide of food'. Seems that the henpecked man's act of defiance is not significantly different to the dieting woman's ice-cream pigout. Healthy eating is a fine idea, but when...

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Combichrist on tour

24/05/2012

Combichrist are a selected band of very noisey power electronic chums… devoted to dirty industrial groove and trash.  …and they're on tour!  Of course it would be great if...

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Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies – Competition

23/05/2012

312 shows in a year, 17 different countries. Bob Wayne puts in the miles, and he'll be doing this shit  till the wheels fall off this muthafucker. “I’ve always known I wanted to...

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Violent video games turning gamers into deadly shooters

22/05/2012

Well, duh! But never mind, perhaps the other part of the phenomenon involves gamers being able to heal serious gunshot wounds by walking into floating red cross packages. Violent video games turning...

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Hot Chip: New Video

21/05/2012

Hot Chip continue the build with another new video, this time for 'Night and Day'. Peter Serafinovitz is back behind the cameras on directorial duties, after his initial collaboration with...

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Sports slow your brain

20/05/2012

'students who participated in contact sports scored significantly lower in memory and learning skills than expected' "These results were found shortly after the season and we do not know...

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Foul-Mouthed Characters get more of Everything

19/05/2012

My my, this is a prim piece of news. First up, note that the research comes from Brigham Young University, the Utah-based seat of Mormon higher education. Far be it for we at Trebuchet to cast...

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Kapow Comic convention starts tomorrow

18/05/2012

Masked denizens make prepare to have your 11×17 300dpi fanboy desires inked.   Kapow Comic Convention is recognised as one of the major UK conventions related to comic and fantasy. ...

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Dinowalrus release video for ‘Beth Steel’

18/05/2012

Let me put you in the picture, let me show you what I mean, the messiah is my sister, ain't no king when she's my queen. This 'news' piece is really an excuse to soften you up for...

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Tav Falco London in-store

18/05/2012

Post-modern pop classicist TavFalco makes rare appearance in London to promote psychogeographical book. Tav Falco was cool before cool was cool. Or so the internet would have us believe. He is, in...

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Meat. Manly?

17/05/2012

Yeah, but are you man enough for a big bowl of Brussels sprouts? Why are men generally more reluctant to try vegetarian products? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research,...

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Jesus Jones, PWEI & The Wonderstuff to tour

17/05/2012

For the first time in ages the curious appeal of grebo threatens to deplete UK babysitter stocks far below levels considered safe.  Grandparents, cleaners, and clucky plump aquaintances have all...

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Drug from lizard saliva reduces the cravings for food

16/05/2012

Could this be the germ of truth in the frog-kissing myth? Those princesses always look delightfully slim after all. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg have uncovered a, seemingly obvious,...

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Bill Ward will not join Black Sabbath on tour

16/05/2012

This tour is cursed. Statement on Upcoming Black Sabbath Shows Dear Sabbath Fans and Fellow Musicians, I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming...

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Mindless Self Indulgence to Tour

16/05/2012

The four-headed and many-limbed beast that is Mindless Self Indulgence has woken up after a three year slumber to ravage the UK with their ever unique brand of musical mayhem and stage-destroying...

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Sex and Death – Exhibition

15/05/2012

This spring, 20 Earlham Street will host a celebration of art and design, bringing their worlds together in a dynamic and holistic way to explore the historically recurring relationship between...

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Bloodstock

Bloodstock Update: Witchsorrow, Dripback, Battalion

15/05/2012

Bloodstock Update: Witchsorrow, Dripback, Battalion...

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Bad boys are more attractive when seen through ‘ovulation goggles’

15/05/2012

'Ovulation goggles'. You heard it here first. No, seriously. 'Ovulation goggles', in a proper, academic press release. Thanks to research conducted by Kristina Durante (assistant...

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Animal Collective announce new album

14/05/2012

Baltimore's Animal Collective announce release dates for their unpronounceable tenth album : Centipede Hz NEW ALBUM – CENTIPIDE Hz – Monday 3rd September 2012 (UK)/Tuesday 4th...

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