2010 optimismForget the wellies – trust in the weather gods and bring sun cream, Converse or biking boots, leggings and only a light mac to Oxegen. Style it up with some funky, loseable jewellery
Courgette flowersPretty and crunchy when fried
TortoiseThe Chicago post-rock legends play a very intimate show in Whelan's tonight – expect to hear hipsters boasting about how mindblowing it was for weeks to come
ParadoxalThe new Chanel nail varnish for the autumn, in a sort of grey-purple
Nude sunbathingVitamin D is good for you
Mackerel Just landed of course, and then pan-fried. Summer!
Longform.orgA wonderful collection of excellent long-form articles from various papers and magazines, which works brilliantly with the terrific Instapaper iPhone app for later reading.
BBCFirst it gives 6 Music a reprieve and then it puts its Proms archive online – good work
Dublin is getting three new music venuesBut it's the Workingmen's Club were excited about – first the Garage, now this. Is the Clarence getting its mojo back? We think so
Foreign friends coming to visitAnd the good weather meaning we don't have to keep apologising or lending them jumpers
Bond 23 gets the axeJust when a whole group of real-life spies are being uncovered. They haven't gone away you know
The death of traditional male pyjamasA good thing that's hard to find. And no, we don't fancy the T-shirted variety
M Night ShyamalanHis last umpteen pictures have been pants, but the reviews for his latest, The Last Airbender, plumb new depths of negativity. The Sixth Senseseems like a long time ago now.
