about 3 weeks ago - No comments
means a few surprises from time to time. Like telling people that it’s not a place where they shower you with money while you hang out backstage with Matt Smith or even Huw Edwards, for instance. Although there are a few fantastic non-financial bonuses, of course – like working on election night. Really must blog
about 7 months ago - No comments
When my sisters and I were growing up (younger than ten), we were somewhat discouraged from consuming Western pop culture, ie music and films, by our parents. (Can’t you tell?) Thus, while my schoolfriends were (perhaps) reading Smash Hits et. al., we were listening to Cantopop and comedy films from Hong Kong, procured at great
about 7 months ago - No comments
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
about 8 months ago - No comments
You may have seen a musical clip from the frankly genius idea of Silence of the Lambs: The Musical set to Lego: Anyway, it turns out the musical is coming to London mid-January! Who’s with me? We can all wear night-vision goggles and adopt cod-Virginian accents! (or surgical masks and cod-posh-Welsh accents)…
about 8 months ago - No comments
I’m watching a Chinese Cantopop music video, which has all the stylings of a Mariah Carey / Britney Spears video shoot. Groovy dancers, a wind machine, and a made-up lead singer in a short skirt. However, the only English-language lyric I can pick up is “Loneliness is my best friend”. Just to reinforce this fact,
about 8 months ago - No comments
Throbbing beats that can’t be ignored, and a lovely heart-felt lyric. Straight from 1981 (or thereabout…) Of course, you may prefer the cynical but hopefully romantic lyrics that the Pet Shop Boys are more justly famed for:
about 9 months ago - No comments
When I first moved to Cardiff in December 2001 and found myself at numerous friends’ Christmas house parties, I did note – as you do – that everybody’s music collection included plenty of CDs by the Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers – and even Catatonia, depending on how old the partygoers were. Via some magical osmosis,
about 10 months ago - No comments
Not exactly my cup of tea, but if you’ve ever wanted to see Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones of Torchwood) compering a Welsh drag queen competition for a Welsh short-film comedy then: More about the film on their own website or Facebook – and don’t forget to tell your friends…
about 10 months ago - No comments
then apparently Absolute Radio is your UK radio station of choice, according to comparemyradio.com. Mind you, they’ve only played a track 11 times in the last 30 days. Just thought you might want to know that.
about 1 year ago - No comments
It’s soooo meta. And cool. Or maybe not. but funny all the same. Hitler finds out about another Downfall parody – watch more funny videos