The TV Show

Anyone seen this?

Anyone have opinions on Peter Kay's spoof 'The Pop Factor'?

Speak now, or lose your chance to influence what I'm going to say on Saturday's 'The TV Show' on Channel 4. But really, tell me what you think! I'm going to go and actually watch it now.

It's on at 4.05pm on Sat. It's hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, and I'll be one of the 'experts' on the sofa. The other one will be Andrew Newman (ch 4's head of entertainment and comedy). Bit of a difference in our CVs there... Oh and it's live. 

Must. Not. Swear.

Not THAT sort of Star!

I don't know which to be more appalled by: that the story got picked up by the Daily Star, or that they inexplicably changed my name to Linda. I've asked them to change it on the website... let's see if they do.

Get it while it's hot

My 'Little Britain' piece has just been made the main story on LSE's homepage, and the head of press has sent out a press release about it, as he's keen to get it some attention. Watch this space for reports of me as a humourless feminist :)

Undecided voters

I love this quote I just found on Perez Hilton:

“I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it? To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked."

- Author David Sedaris, on undecided voters

Birthday Beginnings

Writing this just as the clock ticks over to midnight, so I guess I'm officially 31. Started my birthday an hour early by buying the Observer at 11pm outside Leicester Square tube. I never quite get over how that's possible :)

The Indelicates were great! Thanks to Mike for introducing me to them. Too short a set sadly, but they played all my favourites from the album, plus an excellent new song 'David Koresh, Superstar' from their new album, which they claim will be a concept album about Waco... if anyone lets them make it. Ha. The support acts were not so good - Carolyn and I showed our age by declaring them far too loud and hiding in Starbucks until it was almost time for the Indelicates. Not really in keeping with the spirit of the Metro club... but I'm too old for this shit sometimes.

Jenny Lewis was quite incredible last night. Her vocal sounded amazing and the performance was actually more country than the new album would have led me to believe. Many of her songs sound like standards already. I think she's going to be around for a very long time. Gwyllym enjoyed it too, which was good, as I took him for a birthday present.

All in all, an excellent double bill.

Low-key birthday tomorrow. Hopefully will involve seeing Andy Murray win the Madrid Masters. And cheese. For me that is, not Andy Murray. I'm sure he's not allowed to have cheese before a final :)

Gig Double Bill

It's been a while since I've been to two on consecutive nights, but I have no doubt that the combination of Jenny Lewis tonight at the Koko and the Indelicates tomorrow night at the Metro will not disappoint. I had a second (and third) listen to Acid Tongue today, and it's much better than I thought it was on first listen. I only really liked 'Black Sand' at the beginning, but now I like almost all of it. 'Godspeed' is my favourite for today, and my bet for the song that will close the show. Everyone's tacky like that :)

Sarah Silverman's voting tactics

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Wouldn't it be wonderful though?

Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart

Rachel Yamagata's new album...

...is WAY better than the first one. I love it. Looks like getting dumped by Tom McRae works wonders for a girl's songwriting. Maybe we could fix him up with some other people who could do with a heartbreak before writing their next albums :)