November 2011
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“As he reached his flat, [the Doctor] was wondering how characters in black and...”
– Endgame, by Terrance Dicks (via sailorgallifrey)
Paul Darrow & Paul McGann in Minister of Chance
hope you don’t mind me contacting you but thought this might be of interest to you? Wondered if you’d come across Paul Darrow in the new scifi audio series Minister of Chance - & if not, may I send you a copy ?
‘The Minister’ first appeared in the Whovian audio DEATH COMES TO TIME but this series gives the character a life and universe of his own and also stars...
fewellie asked: When will I - will I - be famous?
June 2011
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Is Johann Hari a copy-pasting churnalist?
bwhelan:
Orwell Prize winning hack Johann Hari has some explaining to do. After reading a recent blog post detailing how he seems to have plagiarised large parts of his interview with Antonio Negri I thought I’d have a closer look at his work.
As a test I picked a recent interview of Hari’s at random and went through his quotes, doing a basic check for plagiarism. The results are pretty...
April 2011
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WatchWarren Haynes talks about Little Feat’s ‘Waiting for Columbus’ - you can read the rest of my interview with Warren soon in Maverick (www.maverick-country.com)
December 2010
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November 2010
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Unpublished Interview with Delbert McClinton
Last September (2009), I had the great pleasure of chatting with one of the true legends on the Texas/blues music scene, Delbert McClinton. His claims to fame are too numerous to mention. They start with teaching John Lennon how to play the harmonica - put it that way. It never saw the light of day, so I thought I would put it up here.
Jamie: I know you’ve been asked this question a million times,...
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Top 10 Blues Albums of 2010
Allrighty then! It’s time to draw up that list of runners/riders and the best records that I’ve reviewed (and in a lot of cases interviewed too) of 2010. So here we go gang! My thanks are always go to the editors and PR people who let me blag free records.
1.) Joanne Shaw Taylor - Diamonds In The Dirt (Ruf Records)
Without a doubt, Joanne’s record - only her second album - is...
“The Third Doctor one is a sweet little yarn involving a bicycle… For the...”
– Nick “Voice Of The Daleks” Briggs on my story for Doctor Who Short Trips Volume 1 - as lifted from this month’s Vortex magazine.
September 2010
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a grammar: offended by rank OBJECTIFICATION of... →
agrammar:
There is this thing currently going around tumblr about why dating a writer is good. I think it’s nice that this thing is going around, because I like writers, and lots of us could use more dates. As a writer who has dated people, though — including other writers — I would like to offer some…
Big Finish have released a trailer for the first...
August 2010
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Katy Manning talking about the New Short Trips...
For Richie!
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July 2010
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June 2010
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And you thought journalism was badly paid.. →
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WatchGrovesnor is a musical god. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. This is his latest tune.
May 2010
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WatchAnother cult hit in the making…
Kermode's review of party election broadcasts →
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April 2010
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Gemma Ray interview
It’s another in my continuing series of interviews that never were. Here is the lovely Gemma Ray, who was promoting her CD ‘Lights Out Zoltar!’
JH: Your new album is called “Lights Out Zoltar!”. It’s not a reference to the Zoltar from the children’s show “Battle Of The Planets”, is it?
Gemma: I haven’t heard of that Zoltar, actually! Not really. I used the phrase for the...
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“I have a clear recollection of what John said the first time he got up in front...”
– Actor Bruce McGill recently got in touch with me about John Belushi. Here’s what he had to say…
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WatchMark Kermode - talking great common sense about whether we need critics.
March 2010
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Here's my interview with film director Andrew Lang... →
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