Too cool for Uni? - JP and Kingsley
With numerous examples from Man About The House to The Young Ones, the shared house is a kind of sitcom default option but it continues for the simple reason that it’s a formula that works.
Channel 4’s Fresh Meat is the latest proof that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to make good comedy. All you need is scriptwriters who can engineer storylines that help us laugh at familiar fears and anxieties. Continue reading
Today was a day for Mancunians who, in the immortal words of Vic Reeves, “wouldn’t let it lie”.
First there was the announcement of The Stone Roses’ third coming with the announcement of gigs and a ‘possible’ new album.
The ‘Madchester’ days are long gone and to reform now may please retromaniacs but I can’t summon up any enthusiasm for the prospect of the hype and hyperbole that will undoubtedly surround these shows.
Morrissey is another who should learn to let bygones be bygones. His decision to renew his feud with the NME over accusations of racism looks to be a PR gaff of the first order.
Hasn’t he got any mates who could advise him against this course of action?
I don’t believe that he harbours strong racist views but when his ‘big mouth strikes again’ words are printed in black and white (excuse the pun) it is not surprising that he is portrayed in these terms. Also how does he realistically intend to prove that he is not? Quotable lines can also be thrown at him from songs like Bengali In Platforms, Asian Rut and National Front Disco and I can’t think of one track where he offers a positive view on immigration.
The brief, ill fated life of Ian Curtis is a tale of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll but a far cry from the hedonistic excess we associate with this lifestyle option.
The sex is either of a joyless marital or guilty extra-marital variety.
The drugs are on prescription to contain Curtis’ epilepsy with a shopping list of debilitating side effects.
The ‘rock’n’roll’ is bleak and doom laden. Continue reading
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