Posts Tagged: TV

The Game Of Thrones Theme Via Fender

Composer Ramin Djawadi is joined by Tom Morello, Scott Ian, Nuno Bettencourt and more for this epic, guitar driven version of the Game Of Thrones theme. I wish they had used this version on the show almost as much as I wish Dr Who would use Orbital’s brilliant version of the Dr Who theme.

Brian Eno – John Peel Lecture

“Children learn through play. Adults learn through art.” I’ve just watched the 2015 John Peel Lecture given this year by Brian Eno, and it was the most thought provoking hour of television I can remember seeing in along time. A fascinating discussion of art, culture and humanity – Eno is clearly a deep thinker asContinue Reading ›

Black Mirror White Christmas

Black Mirror White Christmas is the latest drama in Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror series, and it’s superb. Charlie Brooker is possibly most famous for his acerbic comedy shows such as Screen Wipe, but Black Mirror shows he is a great science fiction writer. Brooker has a brilliant view of the possible near/alternate future and it’s technology,Continue Reading ›

Jessie Ware Running

Channel 4 recently showed an all night House Party – six hours of uninterrupted DJ sets featuring Grandmaster Flash, Eric Morillo, Soul II Soul and Annie Mac. Grandmaster Flash’s set was fabulous, but the show was stolen by Jessie Ware‘s apprearance at the end of Annie Mac’s set: Running is a fabulous track with aContinue Reading ›

Orbital & Matt Smith At Glastonbury

Matt Smith joins Orbital on stage at Glastonbury 2010 to perform Doctor? – the best version of the Doctor Who theme since Delia Derbyshire’s groundbreaking original. I love how Matt drops into character as the Doctor, chuckling with glee as he joins Orbital. My daughter, a budding Dr Who fan, loved this and was most upsetContinue Reading ›

Advert Of The (Previous) Decade

Viewers of the UK TV station ITV have voted for the advert of the decade, even though technically this decade doesn’t end until the end of 2010, but what’s another year between friends. The winner was the excellent ‘Go On Lad’ from Hovis: I was going to challenge this, and say that they were wrong, allContinue Reading ›