Paul Whitelaw
I write about pop culture. Credits include The Scotsman, Radio Times, The Big Issue, Classic Rock, Doctor Who Magazine, Afternoons on BBC Radio Scotland. Co-creator of the So Disappointed podcast. Black cat enabler.
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- I'm reading Nigel Planer's - very good - autobiography at the moment. One of the things I always look forward to in memoirs written by that original wave of alternative comedians is the inevitable cameo from Keith Allen being a total arsehole. It's almost comforting.
- Reposted by Paul WhitelawHere he is, folks, our Terry as everyone’s favourite - it says here - Kowakian Monkey-Lizard, Salacious B. Crumb. The saga continues… Tell us *your* requests for Terry Star Wars cosplay and we’ll make one every day in February! Listen to the latest episode here: audioboom.com/posts/885533...
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- Inspired by Wendy's post I listened to some of his big American hits earlier (Jack and Diane was indeed his only UK hit). Shakin' Springsteen - nothing more, nothing less. But I'm sure he's a lovely bloke.
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- Hello, @chartmusictotp.bsky.social. Your new Patreon-only newsletter is a thing of joy and wonder, so please make some more if possible. I just GUFFAWED at the spectacularly grim '70s photograph of Ray Jackson from Lindisfarne eating a triangular sandwich. It exceeded my expectations.
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- Mackenzie Crook's Small Prophets is wonderful. Of course it is. I find it heartening that an auteur such as Crook - for auteur he is - has been allowed to pursue his distinctive vision, without interference, in TV Land. A quiet triumph. Sometimes, just sometimes, good things happen.
- Farewell, Catherine O'Hara. One of *the* great comic actors of her generation, a hugely versatile performer who was never less than wonderful in every role she played. Such a terribly sad loss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9rj...
- Reposted by Paul WhitelawImagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
- I've just received a press release in which the serviceable TV detective drama Dalziel and Pascoe is described as 'iconic'.
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- Just finished writing the script for this one. A fitting end, I think, to the first series of something @wednesdaygj.bsky.social and myself have enjoyed immensely. We'll take a short break before work begins on series two. In the meantime, thanks for listening!
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- Sing Hosanna!
- Where better to end our first series than with an objectively terrible and offensive film made by a strange man who once caught lighting in a bottle? A steaming juggernaut of inevitable yet fascinating disappointment.
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- Ah! Thank you, Neil. I was a Grampian and STV kid, so that may explain why I never saw it.
- The Kathy Bates version of Matlock must also be the only TV reboot in which the original version exists in-universe and serves as a jokingly acknowledged inspiration for the main character. Unless I've missed another one?
