Engineers by Engineers. I was recommended this album at a dinner in Seattle - and hunted round to find a copy in the UK - its been on heavy rotation since I found it. Full of slowly building, almost anthemic tunes that creep up on you. Kind of like the Beta Band crossed with Boards [...]

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Very pleased to hear that Series 2 of Rescue Me is coming back to Sky One in the Autumn schedules. I really enjoyed the first season of this drama, which focuses on the life of Tommy Gavin (played by Dennis Leary), a New York Firefighter who is dealing (badly mostly) with the aftermath of 9/11, the breakdown [...]

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If ever there was a good candidate to have a blog - its Kevin Smith - incredibly funny guy, his blog is here.

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Went to the cinema on Saturday to see Madagascar, the new animated film from Dreamworks who made Shrek and Shark Tale. As is becoming usual, it features a whole raft of celeb voices - including Alex the Lion, played by Ben Stiller and Melman the hypochondriac giraffe, played by David Schwimmer. Chris Rock and Jada [...]

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Escape to the Legion finished last night - the Channel 4 programme following 12 men who volunteered to take something similar to the basic training for a Legionnaire…unquestionably the training was tough, but I imagine that the real thing would be even harder. I’m full of admiration for the four guys that completed it, unexepectedly [...]

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I tuned into VH2 at the weekend halfway through the video for The Dears - 22:Death of all the Romance, an excellent video - with animated sequences cut together with some live footage of the band. I’m certain it won’t get played on heavy MTV/Box rotation - but you can view it here - its [...]

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The new MSN Screensaver (download it here) is truly excellent, grabs pictures from your hard drive, and displays them alongside RSS feeds, weather, mail and messenger status…its simple, smooth and just whats needed…grab yourself a copy early.

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I’ve waited for this one a long time, but yesterday I got my first listens to the new Elbow album - Leaders of the Free World (V2 - September 12th), its the successor to Cast of Thousands - which has been one of my most listened to albums of the last few years.  The new album doesn’t [...]

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I sooooo want to see this…if anyone from Red Bull reads this…can I please jump the queue?

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you i have found, i hope you’ll always be around and though nothing lasts forever, say you’ll always be my pleasure you i have found, i hope you’ll always be around and if everything lasts forever, say you’ll always be my pleasure
i feel fantastic, you make me feel majestic your sweet fantastic, your love [...]

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