December 2009

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  Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Dean Martin

  12.22.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1959) by Dean Martin is another Christmas song favourite of mine. I file it under the category of Christmas song despite not mentioning Christmas once, only that it’s a bit cold. It’s also one of my favourite Dean Martin songs, period. It plays up on his persona so well. The song [...]

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  My Top Three Films of the Decade

  12.20.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Having just watched Richard Sandling’s Top Five Films of the Decade on You Tube I thought I’d share with you my own. Rich’s choices are all excellent solid choices, much better than most of the proper critics choices I’ve been reading, but they don’t include my absolute favourites. Now I found it impossible to come [...]

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  Heroes

  12.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  So yesterday morning Terry Wogan stepped down as the breakfast show host on BBC Radio 2 after 27 years, and what song did he choose for his swansong, well it was The Party’s Over by the great man himself; Anthony Newley. Hear it here.

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  The Box of Delights

  12.18.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you’re anywhere near the same age as me (30), then the BBC’s 1984 adaptation of John Masefield‘s children’s book The Box of Delights is bound to hold a huge festive shadow over your childhood Christmas memories. Both seasonal and downright creepy it starred Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens, who played the villainous, and beautifully [...]

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  It’s Christmas in Herald Square by Tony Bennett

  12.18.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s Christmas in Herald Square by Tony Bennett comes from his 1998 album The Playground. This was Bennett’s album for children which also featured amongst others, renditions of Disney favourites When You Wish Upon a Star and Bare Necessities, as well as two (count em’) duets with Kermit the Frog (Easy Bein’ Green and a [...]

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  Yesterday and Today

  12.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  It snowed today. There’s something magical about snowfall. There just is, and at this time of year it’s even better.

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  Boys Don’t Cry

  12.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Does anyone else think that the new X Factor winner is just Hilary Swank pretending to be a boy again?

• Editorial

  The Witching Hour…

  12.15.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  …is upon us, so technically you could say that after 14 days I’ve failed to live up to my promise of updating my blog once a day. Well you could say that, if you’re an arsehole, but I prefer to think better of you. You see dear reader, the sun hasn’t gone down on my [...]

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  What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? by The Emotions

  12.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I first introduced to this song just a couple of years ago via my good friend Beezer B’s blog, and it’s now easily one of my very favourite seasonal Christmas records. I put it under the category of “Heartbreaking Christmas”, but Christmas or no Christmas this is just a fantastic Soul record and here it [...]

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  Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009

  12.12.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  I’ve got through to the final of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009. Which will be taking place on Saturday the 30th January next year. It’s gonna be a big gig for me, playing in a 1,000 seater (easily the biggest audience I’ve ever played to). It’ll be a real pleasure to [...]

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