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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Latitude Festival 2009: Patrick Wolf

Afternoon slots on a festival's main stage can be a cruel and intimidating testing ground for up-and-coming performers. What may sound great within the gloomy confines of a medium-sized urban venue can lose its impact when performed on a big field in broad daylight before a transient crowd of musical moochers. It takes a certain calibre of artist to fill that space, make an impact and grab that crowd's attention. It takes someone like Patrick Wolf. On Saturday afternoon, the 26 year-old multi-instrumentalist didn't just fill Latitude's Obelisk Arena; at times it felt as though the festival's largest stage would struggle to contain his [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: Patrick Wolf, ‘Hard Times’

Patrick Wolf performing 'Hard Times' at the Latitude Festival 2009 on 18th July 2009.

Latitude Festival 2009: Squeeze

Showing my Age part 2: Squeeze, Uncut Arena, 17th July 2009 Let's face it: Squeeze aren't what you might call a fashionable band. Then again, I'm not what you might call a fashionable person. So let me take this opportunity to fess-up and admit that I've always liked them. My first 7" single (look it up) was Cool For Cats,which I bought with my pocket money from what used to be the local branch of Woolworths(look that up, too). Over the years I've got into numerous booze-fuelled disputes with musically-minded mates in which I've steadfastly defended the reputation of Deptford's finest against naysayers, [...]

Latitude Festival 2009: The Pretenders

Showing my Age part 1: The Pretenders, Obelisk Stage, 17th July 2009 Veteran rock queen Chrissie Hynde - and, let's face it, considering the number of line-up changes they've had over the years, The Pretenders are Chrissie Hynde just like Mark E. Smith is The Fall - played an energetic early-evening set at Latitude's main Obelisk Arena on Friday. As is the norm with bands with a certain number of miles on the clock, it was a crowd-pleasing, greatest hits package featuring classic tracks like Back on the Chain Gang, Talk of the Town and Kinks' cover Stop Your Sobbing. Then again, when you've got [...]

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