After over twenty five years in the British Entertainment Industry, Popular Music Division, Manchester’s punk scene survivors The Fall still haven’t developed what record company fat cats might call a Signature Sound. Sometimes they could be a 60’s garage punk relic, at others an over-amplified, over-amphetamined 50’s rockabilly group. Some songs suggest 70’s German experimental…
The name Fountains of Wayne might sound familiar for two reasons. Perhaps you remember them from the two critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful late 90’s albums, where they mixed irresistible guitar pop hooks with uncommonly witty and surprisingly sympathetic descriptions of the quietly desperate lives of various suburbanites. Or maybe you’ve seen a garden furniture…
Two and a half years ago the composer Richard Thomas asked me to help with a Battersea Arts Centre workshop of his un-finished epic, Jerry Springer The Opera. I thought it would take a couple of months. We didn’t expect a National Theatre run, or a West End transfer, and we certainly didn’t expect to…
Lord Melvyn Bragg has flung open the gate of terrestrial television’s last remaining temple of culture and welcomed in a former heroin addict who sometimes physically attacked his own audiences, and whose only chart hit was accompanied by a video depicting him murdering Kylie Minogue. Tonight’s South Bank Show features the Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave.…
Joey Burns has been biding his time. To see his group, Calexico, delivering their enthralling fusion of twangy guitars and widescreen soundtrack atmospherics live, often accompanied by a Mariachi band in traditional costume, one wouldn’t assume that such an explosive performance was the result of patience. But for over a decade, the rhythm section of…
Idrie, Youtube
Idrie, Youtube
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Bosco239, youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Brighton Argus
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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World Without End, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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A D Ward, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter