Penguin have started a campaign on Twitter for people to admit to the books they haven't read. Last year, I finally got around to starting on my literary gaps, with The Trial and A Study in Scarlet ( Read more... )

I've got a bit to be angry about lately.

I'm currently trying to take the place of three people at work, which, while stressful, is not strictly angry-making. It just doesn't help. Like, at all ( Read more... )

Tonight, MQFF held a screening with media partner JOY94.9 of the movie Big Gay Musical as part of the festival. Being involved with JOY, I thought I'd go along and check it out. All I can say is, no wonder 'gay' has become synonymous with 'bad'. This movie was terrible!

For the rest of my thoughts on this, see my post at my WordPress blog

After promising myself that I'd only see a handful of shows, I've increased my intake from five (Hannah Gadsby, Arj Barker, Sarah Millican, Tom Ballard and Talking Poofy), it's now looking like it will be closer to a decameron. I've managed to score tickets for DeAnne Smith and Nelly Thomas, too. I'm also seriously considering seeing Ian Harvie, ( Read more... )

I know I've mentioned this on my Eurovision-specific blog, but I'm going to mention it here, too.

On Friday night, Sweden made their choice for Eurovision. Helping them make that decision was none other than Dolph Lundgren, but I'm sure that's a topic for another post entirely.

They had ten songs to choose from, among them an awesome song called ( Read more... )

A friend of mine just posted a link (http://j.mp/abFkA1) to an article on the ABC's website that compares Mediawatch to Doctor Who, and compares the hosts of the former to the actors who have played the title role on the latter. Of the David Marr/Jon Pertwee comparison they say:
Jon Pertwee's Doctor ( Read more... )

I just found out that Holding the Man will be playing in London while I'm there. With Jane Turner ( Read more... )

( Gentlemen Prefer Blokes )

On the tram on the way home from a show tonight, I wrote an extended piece all about how bad it was and how it made the baby Jesus cry and so on.

But by the time I got home I had realised something. If I did that, I'd just be someone else's vampire. I have no right to say what I did about an artist without first putting myself in his position ( Read more... )

Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre, January 20

Direct From Canada! A Brand New All-Canadian Broadway Musical!

These are not headlines one sees every day. In fact, that second one didn’t exist until nearly 2006 with the opening of The Drowsy Chaperone announced.

The Drowsy Chaperone was conceived in 1996 as an engagement present to Bob Maritn and ( Read more... )