So, that much touted Rome drama started last night. It was quite silly really, but I enjoyed it. Those two main Centurians, they are the ancient world’s Robson and Jerome, right? Christmas single, damn right. Oh, and the plummy accents, ha. Com[…]
…and you will know us by the trail of dead: and the rest will follow They are a real lower case sort of band, a sorta Archers of Loaf/Polvo/Iron Maiden mish-mash. I like this song for three main reasons: 1. It’s an anthem with a marching […]
Ostentatious Displays of Christmas-ness- An Observation. Whilst walking home from work, I was taken by the number of houses that had their Christmas trees facing out from the front room window, so that all who could walk by could see. Is there some s[…]
Cor Blimey So, I was watching popular teen soap Hollyoaks this evening, two of the regular characters were talking about something or another (I think it involved making a sheep costume for a navity play) in the newsagent, when I noticed…someon[…]
The Tarquin Records All Stars – Do They Know It’s Christmas? Okay, I haven’t heard the new version of DTKIC?, but all the talk has inspired me!…This is my all time favourite version of the song, recorded way back in 1997. It f[…]
Eight Great Minutes of TV
I put the telly on at around 10 am, Dick and Dom are caked in gunge already. A Kate Bush impersonator is singing “Wuthering Heights”, two men in white coats come and take her away. Then it’s time for ̶[…]
Tesla – Five Man Acoustical Jam I first heard a snippet of Tesla performing “Signs” on a taped episode of Raw Power in around 1990/1 – or was it the Kerrang TV show, you know the one presented by Mosher or Thrasher or whatever[…]
Oh Acton! A sprawling town on the edge of the centre, you could say it’s where the westerly suburbs begin, a mix of the urban and the very suburban. To me it has a really special charm, probably like your home town does to you. I don’t th[…]
Brilliant People of Television1: Ptolemy Dean I was quite pleased when Restoration came back to our screens last night. Now, yes it’s a good thing that old buildings are being saved and returned to their former glory or put to some new use. Tho[…]
Some Fathers Do ‘Ave ‘Em or Troy. So, I finally got round to seeing Troy, and the one thing that struck me was how much Paris came across as an ancient Frank Spencer. He was always getting things wrong, then trying to put them right and […]