Tom Lennon • Freelance Writer: comedy and pop culture

Freelance writer specializing in comedy and the geekier end of the pop culture spectrum.

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Still Boldly Going Strong

William Alan Shatner turned 80 earlier this week. Shatner is - and most likely always will be - one of my favourite screen icons, and I say that without so much as a trace element of irony. Seriously: he's up there with Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen and Orson Welles in my personal pantheon and all-time Honour Roll. Don't look at me like that: for once I'm not taking the piss. Anyway, to celebrate the great man's recently acquired state of octogenarianism, here he is performing a cover of Cee Lo Green's poignant and heartfelt ballad, Fuck You: And [...]

The Canyon Star

I recently heard from my old pal Jamie, one of those old pals of mine I haven't heard from for too long. Jamie's an accomplished singer/songwriter - by my reckoning a damn fine one, too - and a veteran of the London music scene. It's good to hear, then, that he's recording again - under the wonderfully evocative, Country-tinged sobriquet The Canyon Star. According to his MySpace page (he's a musician, that's what they do), his "influences range from Tim Buckley and Terry Callier to Little Feat and The Band." Pretty good influences, then. There's a hint of early Ryan [...]

Wrath of Khan in 60 Seconds

Clare showed me this earlier, so I'm sharing it with you. It's an entry to this year's Empire magazine-run Done in 60 Seconds competition by Mawgan. It made us smile. On a related note, our beautiful daughter Edie is now 21 months old. One of her first words was "KHAAAAAAAN!" I blame her sister, Lily. Lily blames me.

Home taping did not kill music, after all..

I've been listening to Frank Zappa's music on and off since I was in my teens. Without giving too much away, that's a long fucking time. Zappa's music is an acquired taste so you may not like it, but he was one of rock music's smartest and most erudite voices, which is one of the reasons why I've been listening to his music on and off since I was in my teens. As the media once again predict a final dirt nap for the music industry as we know it (Gee, it must be Saturday), here's a Zappa interview from the [...]

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