Because The Car is much more than a source of arguments.

2010. The big twenty-ten. This year marks the end of an era, the post-millenial decade filled with wonders. Our decade was one of sweeping political changes, technological breakthroughs and changes in the ways we perceive and think of the world and ourselves. Or at least that’s what Hollywood promised us. Join us in taking a look at the expectations that Hollywood set for us during the last ten years and how reality once again disappointed …

Every now and then, the staff at BTSB becomes too busy doing the kind of hard work it takes to bring you the informative, insightful, and introverted articles that we strive to bring you. Basically, we have lives and we didn’t get around to writing anything this week. When this happens, we republish articles from Substitute, the precursor to BTSB, for a segment we call: Straight from the Vault.

The captivator of nations, the television show known as Big Brother, is apparently returning again to our Finnish altars of infotainment this autumn. What an original subject to pick for writing, don’t you think? I know, whoop-de-flippin’-doo. Let’s bring the obvious and the mundane to the table before we rant any further. To simply criticize and belittle the program format as trash is useless and frankly – outdated. To use possibly questionable metaphors: it would …

One of the big names at this year’s Tomatoes festival talks about the history and future of stand-up in Finland and why being the warm-up act for Eurovision isn’t a joke.