Amusing anecdotes & random ramblings
John Barrowman's taking his tablets…
If you held John Barrowman’s first single in your hands, and saw it was a cover of the screeching karaoke classic All Out Of Love, you’d expect it to be a diva-ish affair with soaring vocals, and huge production values.
Prepare to be disappointed. He does have an orchestra behind him, but judging from this video, it has none of the passion and drama that you’d expect from Mr. Barrowman. He must have been taking his Hyperactivity tablets… I won’t even comment on the irony of having the out-and-proud Barrowman’s exclusive video debut next to a picture of a “Gay Dalek”…
Oh, and David Tennant as a bespectacled geek.
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The Pandorica Opens… SPOILERS!!!
Spoilers ahead, if you haven’t seen the frankly epic fantabulous episode that was The Pandorica Opens… OMG. OMG. OMG. Brain still can’t process anything more than incoherent thoughts just yet: – Best opening ever. Characters from previous episodes leading everyone on a merry goosechase. Although how did River Song from the 51st Century end up
Fighting a losing battle against copyright
So… on the night when David Cameron finally became Prime Minister, HyperHam and I had the following conversation: HH: “Why is Mrs Cameron standing at the back, pregnant and far away from her husband?” AW: “Well, we’re living in Tory times now.” To me, this was so amazingly funny and of-the-moment, that I immediately posted
McSpace revealed…
So, it has come to pass that four minutes of the failed US version of that seminal British classic sitcom Spaced has made it onto YouTube: It’s amazing how the mere addition of American accents and standing studio sets make it seem more polished, more ‘other’ and more glamorous. Which takes away the original charm
Oh no! They killed (EastEnders)! You swines!
About six months ago, when Torchwood: Children of Earth killed off a key character, it created a bit of a mini-dramastorm. Fast-forward to tonight, and I ended up watching the live episode of EastEnders. Bear in mind I haven’t watched an episode of EastEnders since 2006, during my Year of Hell (the Evil Ex loved watching
The Internet. It's full of chimpanzees.
It’s amazing what you can cut together with rushes of interviews… (The BBC documentary that was actually made partly from these rushes is The Virtual Revolution, presented by the divine Dr. Aleks Krotoski, Saturdays at 8.30pm on BBC Two) Incidentally, it’s nice to know that I have finally achieved my ambition to have my name
The difference between making a short film in 1995 and 2010
I was recently given the opportunity to produce a short film for work about a new website, coming soon for internal workers. Since I hadn’t really made a short film since my student efforts with Stephen Fry in 1995 – when we were outputting to VHS! – I thought it’d be a great chance to
Why I don't (usually) ask celebrities for autographs or photographs
Ever since I started working properly in the media business, well-meaning friends and family will often ponder if I can get them an autograph for someone. This is a little tricky because: I don’t generally meet celebrities any more in my line of work anyway! Even if I did, it’d be very hard to interrupt
The day I met David Tennant…
It was all Geoff‘s idea, Yer Honour… Y’see, he’d recently come back to the BBC after two years in America fraternising with our American cousins – and even worse, American ACTORS. And it had all rubbed off a bit on him. The endless video posts, the sheer confidence in walking up to strangers – and
This is pathetic. Truly pathetic.
The fab EPIC trailer for the new series of Doctor Who, Spring 2010. The trailer’s not pathetic. I am. because: There were tears in my eye at the LOGO. The fricking LOGO. Thanks to new BBC technologies, I can now finally embed a bit of Doctor Who content on my website. There’s absolutely no need
The End of Time Part II – my jumbled thoughts
Wow. Just Wow. Definitely a programme for the fans – as, in many ways, it ought to be. Although even for the fans, the writing was marvellous. It fooled me, feigning a left hook then throwing a right punch. And the way that Matt Smith turned out to be a bad dream… Fortunately, I think
about 2 years ago
All Out of Love isn't being released as a single. It is one song on John Barrowman's new album, Another Side (being released on 12 November). If you don't like that particular song, try one of the others. There's a whole range of excellent songs, from Time After Time, Your Song, Weekend in New England, and if you like soaring vocals and high production values, try All By Myself.
about 2 years ago
Who is John Barrowman?