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Ballroom Duress
Talking of tangos and slaps in the face, Strictly Come Dancing's back tonight. The rest of 2013 is now sullied.
How long has it been going? 10 years? If you went back in time to before it started and went up and down the country, asking the millions who were to become its regular watchers if they felt that what their lives were lacking was a four- ( Read more... ) -
I Can't Take It Anymore: When Parodies take the Piss
I like '80s nostalgia; I like Billy Joel; I like song parodies - more than a little in each case. So when an '80s-nostalgia-based parody of We Didn't Start The Fire called We didn't own an Ipad (sic) came along, it was a safe bet that it would be so far up my street that it would be through my door and having tea at my kitchen table.
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Spatz: Stewarding Heritage
I didn't plan it this way, but I am probably Spatz's number one fan. When there was no website to be found about the series except for a page of credits on GeoCities and an entry on IMdB, I created one. You could not hear the Spatz theme on the internet, nor see photos of the cast in costume, until I uploaded them. I have kept the webpage going for ( Read more... ) -
Pip
If I slightly amend the title of my LiveJournal to Breakfast At TisiPhone'5, will Apple give me money? -
Yarwho
Who garnered the highest light entertainment viewing figure in British television history? Who had Who Are You? by The Who as a TV theme over a decade before CSI did? Who is the source of my LJ's subtitle ( Read more... ) -
Space-Time Continuum
It's hard to believe how integral LiveJournal once was to my friendships. I'd like to say that I stand entirely by what I wrote in White Star Line last year; yet given a choice between posting something here where lack of acknowledgement is almost guaranteed, and posting something on a social networking site where acknowledgement is almost ( Read more... ) -
Wayfaring
Eight years ago today, a beginning. -
Connections
1. The new BBC advert for Formula 1, which annoyingly does not appear to be anywhere online at this time, starts with The Aquarium by Saint-Saëns and ends with the usual theme, i.e. The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. If only there were some way to connect the two. A fish creature played by Mick Fleetwood would do it2. I like how Ted Danson's first episode ( Read more... ) -
Cha Struck
Hi. Please note: fully appreciating this entry will involve watching an McDonald's advert from 20 years ago multiple times. If this is not your cup of tea (now there's a foreshadowing), then you might wish to take your leave.
It all restarted in June 2008 during an online chat with myatt and robinjb, when Matt found and posted a link to an advert that we all ( Read more... )
