Archive for November, 2007
Violent Night
Standing on the verge of the sleigh ride to Christmas, why not turn on and funk out to the fourth outing for Season’s Beatings, courtesy of those crazy mammajammas down at Off The Hook, particularly as the latest instalment is absolutely free. Do it, Sonny Liston in a Santa hat demands it. And unless you’re Frank [...]
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Tags: Christmas, Esquire, Off The Hook, Season's Beatings, Sonny Liston
Laugh? I nearly died. Plus an awesome potential band name.
Love fingers? Then you’ll love Lovefingers. Actually, there’s no connection at all. But it is my new best friend of music blogs.
“Have you ever been to an Okei before?” Probably not, you gaijin doofus. A night at Harvester it ain’t. Jay Rayner has a poke around [...]
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Tags: Lovefingers, Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic, Tokyo, Tom Cruise
Enough is enough, says Andrew Collins, and I agree. How can you not like the man? He is the very epitome of affability. I shed a tear for the world.
Don’t invite Brian Grazer to a party in your home. And not just because he looks like a new wave velociraptor. (You may need to register [...]
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Tags: Andrew Collins, Brian Grazer, Moonlighting, writers' strike
Gallo’s Humour
With Christmas peeping around the corner, what do you get for that special person in your life who has everything? Why, you get them a little piece of someone who actually does think he has everything.
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David Byrne goes to IKEA for the first time.
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Tags: biduptv, David Byrne, IKEA, Mike Mason, Ronnie Wood, Seneca Village, WGA, writers' strike
In 1986, by accident, me and my sister taped “America’s Top Ten Best Videos of the Year”. It was the music equivalent of Cinemattractions, in that it was a programme ITV bunged out in the wee small hours that basically amounted to music videos or trailers with an unfeasibly American fella as an [...]
Filed under: Billy Ocean, Chevy Chase, Genesis, Land of Confusion, Music, Paul Simon | 3 Comments
Tags: America's Top Ten, Billy Ocean, Casey Kasem, Chevy Chase, Danny DeVito, Genesis, Jeffrey Tambor, Kathleen Turner, Land of Confusion, Michael Douglas, Paul Simon, Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Spitting Image, Vidi Video, You Can Call Me Al
Worst Abba tribute act ever
Best headline ever. Is there some kind of Game For a Laugh curse, in between the wee hands, alleged paedophilia and Going For Gold, it’s been a rough ride for this bunch of jokesters.
Filed under: Sarah Kennedy | 2 Comments
Tags: racism, road safety, Sarah Kennedy