Sesame: Life on the Street
Tom LennonThis evening’s Archive Hour on Radio 4 celebrated the 40th anniversary of the seminal children’s TV show Sesame Street. The programme featured healthy dollops […]
What if Wes Anderson directed the new Spider-Man film?
Tom LennonOr, The Life Arachnid with Peter Parker. A slyly clever parody by Jeff Loveness which – like Anderson’s actual films – you’ll either get […]
Armando Iannucci’s Questions for Mr Tony Blair (Updated)
Tom LennonUpdated 30th January 2010: this may seem a bit overdue, but I’ve now added Armando Iannucci’s 9th and 10th questions that were Tweeted […]
The clue is in the name
Tom LennonLord Chief Justice Lord Judge has been in the news a lot this week. These stories were all very serious issues that merit very […]
Music Haiku: My Favourite Albums of the Decade
Tom LennonHere’s some more self-penned haiku, this time covering my favourite records of the last ten years:
20. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
Sufjan’s Prairie State
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Lord of the Frogger
Tom LennonIn the Seinfeld episode The Frogger, the eponymous Jerry and his “short, stocky, slow-witted and bald” best friend George Costanza visit a soon-to-be closed down […]
Treme Trailer
Tom LennonHBO have just released a teaser trailer for Treme, the new series from The Wire’s creator David Simon. The show is set in post-Hurricane Katrina […]
TCB, Elvis
Tom LennonFriday would have been the 75th birthday of Mr Elvis Aaron Presley, a name you probably won’t need to look up in Wikipedia. Like most […]
Movie Haiku: My favourite films of 2009
Tom LennonAs a blogger, I’m contractually obliged to produce and publish annual lists of things. It’s one of those tedious tasks you try to put off […]
Happy Christmas to you all (and that includes YOU!)
Tom Lennon
(Through The Viewfinder photograph of yours truly courtesy of Birmingham Blogfather and […]
Curb Your Indifference
Tom LennonOver the last couple of years Clare has become a big fan of the seminal 90s sitcom Seinfeld. This, it must be said, is largely […]
Filakeo
Tom Lennon‘You’ve all seen that Busch beer commercial where the girl in the short hot pants opens the beer bottle on her belt buckle, leaves it […]