1st of May 2007
In honour of today's socialist demonstrations all over Sweden, the News Staff gathered together to taunt and scowl at the redhearted Marxists. Because of this, the News Staff was obviously kidnapped, in a very inhumane manner, by the CCCP (Cold-Hearted Communist Cyborg Pirates). Regardless of this, the 9th issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection, "Roderick Popplestone's Literary Wallop in the Scrotum of Life", is released.
10th of April 2007
On this day, the 10th of April, nine full days after the deadline promised and guaranteed by the News Staff of Popplepress (everyone always blames them), the 8th issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection, "Roderick Popplestone's Trained Slave Monkeys for Educational Beatings", is finally released. The News Staff would like to celebrate this grand, albeit delayed, event, but can't afford a social gathering, because they blew all their cash on their last party and because no one cares enough about them to sponsor as much as a fizzy pop for either of them.
7th of April 2007
The News Staff is released, but no one really cares.
1st of April 2007
The Popplepress News Staff celebrates the release of the 8th issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection, "Roderick Popplestone's Merchant Ivory Banker of Alphabetised Venereal Diseases", but it's all an elaborate April Fool's thing, and you can imagine the rest... Naturally, there was no such issue and before they knew it, the news staff was kidnapped (again), this time by taxi cab terrorists.
1st of March 2007
The 7th issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection, "Roderick Popplestone's Mercury Breadcrumbs for the Chainsmoking Cowboy" is released
for your reading pleasure and, though Roderick Popplestone himself may find it "slim", we think it rocks!
22nd of February 2007
Our two favourite Lords - Ponkleton and Boyling, that is -
went to see a breathtaking monologue produced, directed and manifested by the awesome theatre troupe Edvin. The two noblemen were thoroughly overjoyed and mesmerised by the performance and hope to see more dramatic feats by this novel creative team in the future.
1st of February 2007
Finally, we – the staff of Popplepress – are out of the disorientating haze of alcoholic fumes, as well as thoroughly partied out. Thus, the 6th issue of Roderick Popplestone’s Arbitrary Collection, “Roderick Popplestone’s Vibrant Tophats of Declining Ambitions”, is unleashed upon the new year! Behold its awesomeness.
7nd for Janulurby 209B
Happly niew yAr!
1st of December 2006
"Roderick Popplestone's Gingerbread Itinerary of Sapphic Fireworks", the 5th issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection, is released and no one is surprised.
30th of November 2006
Once again, the news team was kidnapped, not by air pirates but bicycle pirates! These cyclist roughnecks, these bewheeled roughians, riding bareback on their bicycles, armed with crossbows and jam sandwiches, gave little heed to the responsibilities of the news team and forced them to practice bicycling in preparation of next year's Tour de France. There was little intellectual exchange between the two groups, but in the end they both learned of each other's differences, and boy, look at those calves!
1st of November 2006
"Roderick Popplestone's Triangular Ballroom for the Socially Inept", the 4th issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection, is released online and the crowd goes wild!
31st of October 2006
Having been kidnapped by air pirates, on the 16th of September, from the movie set of the film adaptation of Oskar Wylde's classic 19th century Brock Brucemeister novel, Mummies on a Velociped, the Popplepress news update crew was finally released by its captors. The only condition of their release was to forward a message from said kidnappers on this news board, ecce: "I'M SORRY MUM, BUT I'VE BEEN FRIGHTFULLY BUSY TRAVERSING THE AIR AND SNATCHING PEOPLE OFF MOVIE SETS, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT I AM FINE, AND SO IS LITTLE TIMMY. I WILL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. CHEERIO. RUPERT ESQ."
15th of September 2006
Having nothing better to do one fine Stockholmian afternoon, our two favourite noblemen decided to go for a stroll to the Stockholm University campus. By chance they were also sporting posters announcing the glory of Roderick Popplestone’s Arbitrary Collection and soliciting submissions in a variety of languages for prospective readers. As several posters were torn down immediately, the Popplepress staff can only assume that the public relations campaign was a success.
1st of September 2006
"Roderick Popplestone's Absolute Shortcuts to Rudimentary Pastry",
the 2nd issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection (a Popplepress venture), is released, resulting in a small-scale plague on Södermalm, the suicide of several competing publicists and an insanely joyous hootenanny at Ponk Plaza.
25th of August 2006
For issue number two, the choice of title fell upon Lord Boyling. Immediately after settling for one, the phones started ringing incessantly as members of the press were eager to make a scoop and to know for themselves. Lords Boyling and Ponkleton decided to keep the secret under lock and key, but one "witch's brew" later (see gossip) the title was out and was published that same afternoon by the Swedish yellow press. Therefore a new title was chosen, which, surprisingly, still has not been made public, and, dear readers, "Roderick Popplestone's Tarnished Tampons of Gastronomic Democracy" will NOT be the title of issue number two. Thank God...
5th of August 2006
With the funding of Roderick Popplestone, the most elaborate and all-encompasing public relations campaign was set in motion outside Club Slick. However, approximately 99% of the campaign funds were invested in alcohol, tobacco and loose women by Lords Ponkleton and Boyling. Thus, the end result was a handful of cheap flyers that the two noblemen had a couple of homeless people distribute in the queue while they themselves went right past it and entered the club, as they were on the list. À propos of which, thanks, Daniel!
1st of August 2006
"Roderick Popplestone's Painted Fishtank of Literary Marmalade", the 1st issue of Roderick Popplestone's Arbitrary Collection (a Popplepress venture), takes its place in the ether and astonishes half of the civilised world within minutes. The sum total
of the first day's grossed revenues is swiftly spent on debts for alcohol, tobacco and loose women, accumulated during the 36-hour pre-release party, securing the Popplepress staff's place on square one.
28th-30th of
July 2006
The Popplepress staff submerges itself in a puddle of decadence and engages in a massive, mind-blowing 36-hour pre-release party, starting out with plenty of wine and women - and the narghile, of course - at Ponk Plaza and then moving on to Club Slick in the beating, broken heart of Stockholm, Sweden.
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