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I that time of year again when some of the better artists of the year (with some notable exceptions as always) are celebrated and some very dodgy duets are inflicted on the nation. Presenting this year’s BRIT Awards is Peter Kay, as if we didn’t already know he was desperate to be a proper pop [...]
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With Christmas shopping upon us, it can be hard to know what books, CDs, DVDs and other such nonsense are worth your while bothering with. And seeing as TV’s in a bit of a lull at the moment with all the new stuff being held back until Christmas/New Year, for the next few days [...]
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The first production and subsequent film version of Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice starred Jane Horrocks as the title character, a painfully shy girl with a talent for impersonating the great divas – Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, Dusty Springfield. Since then it’s become a bit of a cliche to say that [...]
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LOWCULTURE EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEW
August in Edinburgh can only mean Festival time, but what to go and see out of the myriad shows on offer? Well I haven’t been for over a decade so I can only suggest two shows I have any knowledge of (although if you’ve got a TARDIS feel free to go [...]
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With any major Hollywood success comes the inevitable onslaught of imitators, and High School Musical is no different. While Disney themselves took the cheesy teen musical genre in a slightly (and I do mean slightly) edgier direction with Camp Rock, rival TV networks MTV and Nickelodeon jumped on the bandwagon with their mediocre efforts, The [...]
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The internet was been buzzing for the last two days* with rumours of a Roxette reunion after Per Gessle gave an interview to the BBC, promoting 20 years since ‘The Look’ was released, along with his European tour, and the song he’s contributed to creepy Swedish-kiddy-romantic-vampire-psychological film of the moment Let the Right One In.
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The ‘Nationwide’ Mercury Prize (apparently the word ‘Music’ isn’t in the official title anymore, though as if anyone will pay any attention to that detail) is upon us again. The critics’ award for a really good album that was released in the past year (which is surely the accurate description of this event – [...]
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TUNES! 4Music Launch, 4Music, 7.00pm
I know many people out there felt disappointed that this Friday’s Big Brother eviction isn’t going to involve Rex, but the BB house have actually done us all a favour, because instead of watching either Rachel (will be nice and a bit flustered, Davina won’t let her talk properly) or Stuart [...]
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CLASSICAL! The Doctor Who Prom, Radio 3, 11.00am
It isn’t very often that The Proms make it on here, and possibly even less often that we cover Radio 3. But today there’s a special Prom that people who don’t neccessarily normally like that kind of thing (i.e. me) might enjoy – the Doctor Who Prom.
Freema Agyeman [...]
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SHEFFIELD!Jarvis Cocker’s Musical Map of Sheffield, Radio 2, 10.30pm
We don’t often preview radio here, but every now and then, a little (potential) gem stands out. Tonight sees one of those, as Jarvis Cocker takes us on a musical tour of his home city (and mine – well my adopted home, anyway) of Sheffield.
Now, Sheffield [...]
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I see a little silhouetto of a muppet.
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I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 