Archive for June, 2008
Keep Smiling
Duets are for suckers, star-packed trios and beyond are where it’s at and like red and grey duvet covers, we’ve not found much use for them since the 80s. So let’s enjoy some of the finest examples, in descending order of population.
We Are The World (1984)
Far be it from me to belittle [...]
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Tags: Archie Gemmill, Arif Mardin, Bob Geldof, Brenda Russell, Chaka Khan, Christopher Cross, Dan Aykroyd, Dionne Warwick, Donna Summer, Dyan Cannon, Elton John, Gladys Knight, James Ingram, John Oates, Jon Anderson, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, Melle Mel, michael jackson, Michael McDonald, Night Shift, Peggy Lipton, Prince, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Vangelis, We Are The World
MidSomers Night Dream
I caught the English premiere of Shane Meadows new movie Somers Town last night followed by a Q&A with the man himself and young stars Thomas Turgoose and Piotr Jagiello. The movie, clocking in at a slimline 75 minutes, a godsend in a summer of turgid blockbusters, was a real treat, genuinely charming and featuring another great [...]
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Tags: Shane Meadows, Somers Town, Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello
Some unbridled joy to get stuck into. Telly Savalas’ guide to Birmingham packed with lies, as he’s never been there, the Greek scamp.
“The sound of disco music was in the air so I wander over to see what gives. It was an over 40s competition and… incredible”
Indeed.
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Tags: Birmingham, Telly Savalas
Creature Feature
Peter Jones and Gremlins advertising BT? No matter how many times I see the ad, I can’t quite work out why. Peter Jones on his own? Sure, he’s a captain of industry and all that so why not. Simply some Gremlins knobbing about, no problem. They’ve done both before, with Gordon Ramsay in his own ad, and [...]
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Tags: BT, Burt Reynolds, Critters, David Copperfield, ET, Ewoks, George Clooney, Ghoulies, Gordon Ramsay, Gremlins, Kate Copstick, Peter Jones, Q The Winged Serpent, Rolf Harris, The Terminator
Let’s get small
Tiny people are taking over London.
I’m not a Japanese schoolgirl, but man alive, miniaturised shit is cool. Although when it gets to that whole in-the-eye-of-a-needle-needing-to-stop-your-heart-and-breathing-to-do-it type stuff, that’s a bit much for me.
On top of the aforementioned art project in London, there’s the ongoing photographic discipline of tilt-shift photography and its bastard nephew tilt-shift miniature faking, [...]
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Tags: Art, Little People
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- MORRIS DAY - What’s the password? November 10, 2009
- #009 THE TIME - AFTER HI SCHOOL (1981) From their eponymous... November 10, 2009
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- GEORGE CLINTON - EROTIC CITY November 9, 2009
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