" the word's on the streets - & it's on the news "
ITEM! i think i might get this wonderful pic printed onto a tshirt
john "the toad" torode ( looking more like a wide mouthed frog than ever ) & gregg wallace from this week's radio times - of gourse like all right thinking ppl, i'm REALLY looking forward to the new series of celebrity masterchef which starts on wednesday ( & has been "promoted" to bbc1 )
apparently "the smart money" is on andi peters to win but w.o.agwu predicts that liz mcclarnon out of atomic kitten will do well - some of the others taking part = clare grogan of altered images fame, max farnon & mick johnson from brookside, claire from steps ( presumably faye tosser was unavailable ), vicki michelle from allo allo, cilla & frankie from goronation st, josie d'arby, michael buerk & dj spoony
ITEM!
idle speculation dept: i'm sure all the hardcore dr who fans already know what's gonna happen next episode - but i don't - & i was thinking that it'd be great & very fitting if saturday's cliffhanger turned out to be a "reverse regeneration" - & christopher eccleston came back to see billie & captain jack et al for one last visit ( - maybe leading into a "two doctors" team up story in the xmas episode, if there's gonna be one, or in one of next year's specials ) - otherwise: anyone but james nesbitt plse - tennant hasn't gone for goob tho, HAS HE...?
anyway i thort "the stolen earth" was terrific & especially enjoyed the cameo appearance by weirdo albino antiques child prodigy james harries ( now lauren harries ) as the lady from the shadow proclamation
i didn't quite understand what was going on with the disappearing bees tho - are they aliens or not?
ITEM! catching up w/my newspaper reading this 'un made me smile: "do you keep stationery?" says a male gustomer to a pretty girl in a bookshop - "well, i wiggle about a bit sometimes" she replies
( - hunter davies describing an ole donald mcgill "dirty" postcard, guardian weekend, 7th june 2008 )
ITEM! you'd think i'd be quite blase abt seeing morrissey live for the 27th time ( only the 2nd time this year tho ) but i've been really looking forward to friday's mozzapalooza at hyde park since i saw the set list from saturday night's gig at dublin royal hospital - it included the following w.o.agwu faves: ask, the first of the gang to die, i just want to see the boy happy, sister i'm a poet, what she said, billy budd, the loop, stretch out & wait, death of a disco dancer, why don't you find out for yourself, vicar in a tutu & the last of the famous international playboys - i wouldn't mind if he gave how soon is now a bit of a rest tho ( boz & "the lads" always slaughter it ) & irish blood english heart as well
if you're reading this moz ( & taking requests ) can we have interesting drug please...? ( - i'd luv to see it live just once more before either of us dies )
that mozzapalooza line up in full: morrissey, beck, the wombats, the guillemots, dirty pretty things, lightspeed champion, the national, siouxsie sioux, the courteeners, black kids, kristeen young, howling bells, magic wands, the whigs, nicole atkins & the sea, new york dolls, get cape wear cape fly, liam finn, apollo sunshine
- see you "all" there...!