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Do Not Try This At Home

The Whelk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:30:12 -0800

You can see that things gradually become more terrifying : Five of the six alkali metals and their reactions to air and water. Learn more at the Periodic Table Of Videos. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium (Caesium), and the elusive Francium.

"More than one American has offered to buy up our Tower and erect it on Palm Beach as a bungalow!"

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:16:06 -0800

The Open Road London pioneering colour footage from 1927 (SLYT)

Hold Tight

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:38:35 -0800

Dave Dee, RIP. Dave Dee of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich has gone to great gig in the sky.

The Lady With The Braid.

The Whelk — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:24:01 -0800

"I was listening to the radio and it’s one of those moments where you have to stop what you’re doing and pay full attention.” Dory Previn, met composer Andre' Previn while working in MGM's music dept. in the 1960s. They collaborated on movie music such as "A Second Chance" and "Valley Of The Dolls". Andre' divorced Dory in 1969 to marry Mia Farrow. Following this, Dory Previn recorded six original albums known for their wit and confessional tone. Dory Previn unofficially retired in 1976 and has been reluctant to give interviews. However, she released a free online album, Planet Blue in 2002. She gave a rare interview to the Times in February. She talked about her influences and meeting Howard Hughes with Bernadette Cahill in 2005.

Stories are about people

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:02:26 -0800

John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - documentary about the British science fiction writer best known for The Day Of The Triffids

Not suitable for children, or those of you who may have a nervous disposition

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:30:48 -0800

The Kneale Tapes (1, 2, 3, 4) documentary about British science fiction screenwriter Nigel Kneale. Interview The Quatermass Experiment comic The Quatermass Xperiment film version (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) Quatermass 2 film version (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) Quatermass II - television Quatermass And The Pit film version (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) The Stone Tape (1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) The Year Of The Sex Olympics (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) Previously - 1984

Parr: Pies, parties and pink drinks

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:08:57 -0800

'From Gateshead pie shops to dog-grooming parlours in Brighton, take a tour of the UK with Magnum photographer Martin Parr' Tate Shots. More of Parr talking about his work (1,2). Previously.

Get Down Shep!

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:21:26 -0800

50 Years of Blue Peter. The National Institution has given children (never kids) a lesbian icon, 'evil', various scandals and god among men, John Noakes (who remains iconoclastic as ever). And an elephant. 50 things you didn't know. Blog of the anniversary episode.

Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:41:32 -0800

Oasis have been accused of plagiarizing Cliff Richard. Does 'The Turning' have a certain resemblance to 'Devil Woman'? If so, it would not the first time... Neil Innes successfully sued Oasis over lifting part of the melody from 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot' for the song 'Whatever'. And The New Seekers received half a million dollars when it was proved that the song 'Shakermaker' took its melody from 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing'.

Flippin' 'Eck, Tucker!

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:13 -0800

After 30 years, the final bell has rung and it's home time for Grange Hill... Entertaining several generations of British kids, it depicted a typical north London school with for the time a revolutionary level of gritty realism and later gaining controversy with violence, racism, teenage pregnancy, drug addiction and er nudity stories. Though oddly it was only this scene that was cut from all future broadcasts. It seems in recent years to have became a shadow of its former self and the ending a bit of a damp squib so perhaps it's better to remember those classic 'flying sausage' years... The 15 Greatest Characters Where Are They Now? Lee ' Zammo' McDonald interview

Johnny Clarke, The Name Behind The Hairstyle

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:48:48 -0800

Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) film from 1982 on The Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke. You might know him from here. NSFW. Interview on Australian TV (1, 2) Some of his classics: Chicken Town from Control, Chicken Town live, Beasley Street, I Married A Monster From Outer Space, I Don't Want To Be Nice on The Old Grey Whistle Test, Twat / Splat, Health Fanatic , Never See A Nipple In The Daily Express, Kung Fu International ... and he was possibly the oddest choice ever to sell breakfast cereal.

'And Now For Those All-Important DNA Test Results...!'

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:56:18 -0800

When reality bites, it leaves deep scars... behind the scenes of The Jeremy Kyle Show. 'One-Night Stand On CCTV!' 1, 2, 3 - the episode mentioned in the article. Brooker on Kyle. Dead Ringers sketch.

Don't Watch That, Watch This

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:24:36 -0800

A Critical Appraisal of Madness's Videos The Prince, One Step Beyond, My Girl, Night Boat To Cairo, Bed And Breakfast Man, Baggy Trousers, Embarrassment, Return Of The Los Palmas 7,Grey Day, Shut Up, It Must Be Love, Cardiac Arrest, House of Fun, Driving In My Car, Our House, Tomorrow's Just Another Day, Wings Of A Dove, The Sun and The Rain, Michael Caine, One Better Day, Yesterday's Men, Uncle Sam, Sweetest Girl (Not the official video), (Waiting for the) Ghost Train, Lovestruck, Johnny The Horse, Drip Fed Fred, Shame & Scandal, Sorry, NW5 An Illustrated Guide To... Madness , The Madness Story 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Official site, Wiki

Katanga, Iago!

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:35:13 -0800

When a top black entertainer reaches 50, of course he's going to want to add The Moor to his repertoire... No, it's not him... really

"You meet a better class of people in pubs"

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:10:59 -0800

Oliver Reed. Movie star or hellraiser? Actor or alcoholic? But it was probably not as simple as that... The Real Oliver Reed (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (Poss. NSFW Brief nudity) Oliver Reed: The original hellraiser 15 Things You Genuinely Didn’t Know About Oliver Reed The infamous Aspel appearance , More on that and other chat show appearances Oliver Reed - Resurrecting Proximo (1, 2, 3) Uncut interview from 1992 (1, 2) Johnny Carson interview (1, 2, 3) At the Oliver! reunion (Poss. NSFW some swearing) Reed on The Word Spitting Image ... and finally the last pub. RIP

Something Of Boris

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:30:53 -0800

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish of Adam & Joe fame put forward their proposals for the theme tune for the upcoming Bond film Quantum Of Solace

808

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:28:20 -0800

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Monkey!

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:17:49 -0800

Jamie Hewlett of Tank Girl and Gorrilaz fame has created the animated film that will be used to introduce the BBC's coverage of the summer Olympics with music by his fellow Gorrlaz compatriot, Damon Albarn, inspired by Monkey, the cult classic television program. Better quality version. Hewlett Interview. Hewlett's art. Previous Monkey inspired work.

Chuff, Chuff, Chuff, Chuff, Wooo! Woooo!

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:04:54 -0800

Seventy years ago today a world land speed record was set that has never been broken... on July 3, 1938 LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard reached the giddy speed of 126mph. The Mallard was built by Sir Nigel Gresley (designer of the famous Flying Scotsman) to snatch back the record from Nazi Germany. The train itself is now retired at the National Railway Museum. Here's a simulation of the famous event.

"It's not of this world. It's Sadako's fury. And she's put a curse on us."

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:20:04 -0800

RIP Tartan Films. The UK-based film distribution company has gone into administration, laying off it's entire staff. With the help of their American arm (Tartan USA, the closure of which had already been announced at this years' Cannes Festival), they were responsible for bringing some of the best recent foreign cinema, especially from Japan and Korea to the West, including Infernal Affairs (remade as The Departed), Oldboy (currently being remade), A Tale of Two Sisters and the original Ring series, virtually single-handed launching the J-Horror / K-Horror phenomenon. Other notable films they backed include Primer, Red Road (Pos NSFW, brief nudity) and Funny Games.

'Danger Of Death'

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:46:36 -0800

In Bed With Chris Needham (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) A BBC video-diary documentary from 1991 depicting the trails and tribulations of a teenage metal fan as he tries to knock his band, Manslaughter, into shape for its first gig, with many digressions into his philosophy of life along the way. Some NSFW swearing. In-depth review. Recent long interview with Chris Needham. The Official Chris Needham Website.

Survivors reborn

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:26:09 -0800

First it was Blake's 7, now another Terry Nation cult classic sf television programme is to return. The BBC have announced they are remaking Survivors. Telling the story of the survivors of a plague that wipes out most of Britain, the original was famed for its gritty and somewhat controversial story-telling.

"It's constituency was the drunk, unemployed insomniac, student, loners that understood my passion for the minutia of television."

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:54:21 -0800

The classic post-pub television program of the nineties, In Bed With Medinner had a simple format - Bob Mills would present and comment on clips from the many documentaries he had made over the years. Many highlights are here, but I would recommend: Muggy Bonehead Christian Flat Sharers The Great Missenden Riots Silas Heavy Metal My Son's A Grass Mr Farmer - Part One, Mr Farmer - Part Two Miss Anglia 1979 Kevin The Ladykiller Punk Son The Yorkshire Disco Dancing Championships

Presented In Supermarionation!

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:30:18 -0800

From The Adventures of Twizzle to the reboot of Captain Scarlet - for nearly fifty years - Gerry Anderson made television shows, but is still best remembered for the classic 'Supermarionation' period were, as this documentary shows (1, 2, 3, 4) he really was making the 21st century. The main programs from that period were: Stingray (intro theme tune, outro theme tune 'Aqua Marina', Troy Tempest in action) Thunderbirds (intro theme tune, Thunderbirds in action, reshown often, the program was loved to many generations - an early 90s repeat led to a toy Tracy Island selling out. The show Blue Peter had a feature on how to make your own, the Fact Sheet (PDF) for which subsequently ran out as well. Try to forget the recent film version or, even worse, the Busted song... think of the Rezillos instead) Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (intro, theme, The death of Captain Scarlet) Joe 90 (Intro and theme tune) But it wasn't all puppets, Anderson actually made some programs with real people them like UFO (theme) - though it must be said the people in this one at least still looked very much like puppets and Space 1999 (theme), a program that whilst having lots of silly monsters and alien babes still managed to scare me stupid with one particular sequence as a nipper. A rather poignant final message has recently been received from Star Base Alpha... Anderson carried into the 80s with Terrahawks when he was perhaps past his best, but it well remembered by some. (Intro theme tune, Outro 'Noughts and Crosses' theme, Terrahawks in 'action') then into the 90s for, dear oh dear, Space Precinct ( titles). Then the 21st Century proper with the new CGI Captain Scarlet - which was actually pretty good. Perhaps it's better to just remember the classic years: And here's another shorter and rather spiffing contemporary 'making of' documentary. One extra point of interest were the many comics spin-offs. You could see the strings on the puppets, the plots were written to a strict formula, but the groovy theme tunes from Barry Gray seem to age like fine wine...

"The Definitive British Space Opera... i.e. Bloody Miserable"

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:09:55 -0800

Blake's Back! British science fiction classic Blakes 7 is getting the Battlestar Galactica treatment. Created by Terry Nation, the original program famously finished with one of the most downbeat endings of all time. However it is probably now more notorious for it's less than special special effects, but what can you expect for fifty quid an episode? It's been kept alive by fans ever since it was first broadcast. Now the big question is, who on earth can fill Jacqueline Pearce's stilettos as Servalan?