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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Our Man Iannucci

The satirical comedy The Thick of It - the third series of which is currently being broadcast by the Beeb - is officially my favourite TV programme of the year. This is quite an achievement considering this household doesn't watch TV anymore. Isn't the BBC iPlayer a wonderful thing? The Thick of It is produced and directed by Armando Iannucci, who also produced and directed In The Loop, my favourite comedy feature film of 2009. I am, as you might guess, a fan of Armando Iannucci. This is nothing new. I've been an admirer of Iannucci's work since he co-created [...]

Edward Woodward, 1930-2009

I've left it a wee bit late, but I just wanted to say a few words about the recent death of Edward Woodward. It's always sad when a performer you've admired and respected for a sizable chunk of your life passes away. In my knee-high-to-a-grasshopper days, I always thought of Woodward as Callan, the disillusioned and conscientious bad-ass assassin he played in the gritty British TV show of the same name. The Callan series was a bit before my time - it was first broadcast in the late-1960s and early-1970s - but as a kid I never let a chronological [...]

Tom Waits, Kool Keith: Spacious Thoughts

Taken from hip-hop duo NASA's Spirit of Apollo CD - which features a multitude of mouth-wateringly eclectic musical collaborations - here's the video for Tom Waits and Kool Keith's "Spacious Thoughts". It is, of course, quite brilliant.

Welcome to Wayne’s World

As a delicate, dreamy soundscape filled both tiers of a new and extremely packed Birmingham Academy last Tuesday night, a silhouetted dancing girl drenched in phosphorescent hues performed a saucy routine on a massive crescent video screen behind the stage. It looked like she had no clothes on, but silhouettes often give people that impression. For several minutes she continued to shimmer psychedelically and sashay suggestively before erupting in a dazzling explosion of light. As the audience blinked frantically, trying to disperse an unwelcome chorus line of phosphorescent dots and after-images, this coruscating brilliance seemed to contract and coagulate, transforming [...]

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