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

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11-11-11: The Introduction

I said I'd do it and today I did. I took part in Jon Bounds' mad-but-inspired plan to spend eleven hours of the eleventh day of the eleventh month on Birmingham's number eleven bus. Much to my surprise, my significantly better half Clare decided to tag along, too. She enriched the day significantly by keeping me company, feeding me chocolate and providing a steady stream of comedy-rich comments and generous slices of fried gold observations. She really is much funnier than me and I have every intention to plagiarise her aplenty over the the coming posts. My people-watching partner in [...]

FFS

From Variety:Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in early discussions to collaborate on a remake of Chan Wook-Park's Oldboy. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights, and the new pic will be distributed by Universal.

Southland Tales

The other day I watched Richard (Donnie Darko) Kelly's sci-fi slapstick satire Southland Tales. The reason why I watched it was because I'd recently bought it on DVD, and the reason why I'd recently bought it on DVD was because the Asda in Perry Barr were selling it for £3. In the days, weeks and months ahead this process may determine the future course and contents of my DVD collection.Southland Tales received what you might call a fairly mixed critical response. The Guardian said it was "frustrating and finally rather pointless" while The Independent raised the stakes and declared it [...]

The Day of Reckoning

"I have this feeling that whoever's elected president, like Clinton was, no matter what promises you make on the campaign trail - blah, blah, blah - when you win, you go into this smoky room with the twelve industrialist, capitalist scumf***s that got you in there, and this little screen comes down... and it's a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you've never seen before, which looks suspiciously off the grassy knoll.... And then the screen comes up, the lights come on, and they say to the new president:"'Any questions?'"'Er, just what my agenda is...'"- Bill Hicks, 1961-1994

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Metal Hurlant #1 (2025)2025-07-22T05:18:47+01:00
Metal Hurlant #1 (2025)
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Metal Hurlant #1 (2025)

Gig of my life – a Zine for Manchester: Tom Waits2025-07-22T05:15:34+01:00
Gig of my life – a Zine for Manchester: Tom Waits
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Gig of my life – a Zine for Manchester: Tom Waits

The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe2025-07-22T05:14:42+01:00
The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe
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The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe

BuzzFeed: Birmingham’s Secrets2018-07-07T17:22:32+01:00
BuzzFeed: Birmingham’s Secrets
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BuzzFeed: Birmingham’s Secrets

BuzzFeed: 47 Things That Annoy Brummies2018-07-07T23:12:42+01:00
BuzzFeed: 47 Things That Annoy Brummies
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BuzzFeed: 47 Things That Annoy Brummies

WOW247: Bizarre Brum2018-07-07T23:14:26+01:00
WOW247: Bizarre Brum
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WOW247: Bizarre Brum

WOW 247: Brummie Phrases2018-07-07T23:31:07+01:00
WOW 247: Brummie Phrases
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WOW 247: Brummie Phrases

WOW247: Broad Street2018-07-07T23:14:58+01:00
WOW247: Broad Street
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WOW247: Broad Street

BuzzFeed: Brummie Indie Kids2018-07-07T23:15:11+01:00
BuzzFeed: Brummie Indie Kids
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BuzzFeed: Brummie Indie Kids

BuzzFeed: ‘WTF Birmingham’2018-07-07T23:17:44+01:00
BuzzFeed: ‘WTF Birmingham’
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BuzzFeed: ‘WTF Birmingham’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Weirdest Streets’2018-07-07T23:17:59+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Weirdest Streets’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Weirdest Streets’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Musical Streets’2018-07-07T23:18:22+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Musical Streets’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Musical Streets’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Kingstanding’2018-07-07T23:21:00+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Kingstanding’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Kingstanding’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Harborne’2018-07-07T23:18:56+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Harborne’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Harborne’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Rock Venues’2018-07-07T23:24:11+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Rock Venues’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Rock Venues’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Sauciest Streets’2018-07-07T23:24:28+01:00
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Sauciest Streets’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Sauciest Streets’

Time Out Birmingham: ‘Broad Street Stars’2018-07-07T23:24:45+01:00
Ozzy Osbourne Broad Street Star - photo by Tom Lennon
Time Out Birmingham: ‘Broad Street Stars’
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Time Out Birmingham: ‘Broad Street Stars’

About me

My name is Tom Lennon, and I’m a freelance writer who specializes in humor at the geekier end of the pop culture spectrum. My work has appeared on various sites, including BuzzFeed and Time Out, and I contributed an essay to the book The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe. More recently, my article “The French Comic That Changed the World” appeared in the first volume of Metal Hurlant magazine (Humanoids Publishing, 2025).

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