Pop Buzz UK

Big Brother is back, and it’s bigger and supposedly better than ever. The huge twist this year, which was gradually revealed as the housemates entered the house was the lack of any males. Yes, that’s right, the first 11 HMs this year are all female, and what a lbunch of strange bods they are. For all you girls out there wanting a nice bit of totty to watch through the summer, don’t despair, there will be at least 1 guy entering the house on Friday. I suspect more will be introduced throughout the series too, with maybe mass evictions of the girls to even out the numbers.
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The Kaiser Chiefs made a triumphant return earlier this year with a Number One hit single and album. After ‘Ruby’ comes their 2nd single from ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’ called ‘Everything Is Average Nowadays’…
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They’re All Dead Dave by JM

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I was standing in the lounge and frowning at the television when I asked my husband if he remembered that show. That British one… No, not Little Britain… The one with… What for? I’m doing a guest post on Dave’s blog.

That’s when my husband looked at me strangely and asked me why didn’t I do a post about Red Dwarf? Pure genius and so utterly obvious I had to smack my forehead.

Why was it genius and utterly obvious?

Because I hear Red Dwarf.

Red Dwarf is one piece of British genius that makes my heart beat a little faster. (Actually, that would be the dreadlocked Dave Lister, but we won’t tell my husband that.)
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British Cop Shows by Gillian

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Australia isn’t quite as addicted to British cop shows as Britain is to Aussie soapies. Not quite. It comes close when I visit my family in Melbourne, though. It doesn’t matter that I’ve traveled hundreds of miles to visit, if Inspector Lynley is on, I have to sit quietly and wait it out.

Not that my family likes Inspector Lynley. “He’s too perfect,” my mother says, once a week. She prefers her cops to be more… interesting. Like John Thaw.
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Hot Fuzz Review by Winnie McCarthy

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Plot Summary

Hot Fuzz stars Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel, a highly effective police officer in London who is sent away to the small rural village of Sandford because his excellent arrest rate is making the rest of the police officers look bad. Angel is partnered with PC Danny Butterman, played by Nick Frost, the son of the village Inspector. Obsessed with American police movies, like Bad Boys 2, PC Butterman is excited to work with Angel who has been involved in exciting police work.

After being sent on a series of silly assignments, like the one shown in this YouTube video clip below, things start to get exciting in the village. What appears to be an angelic village without any major crime turns out to be something more sinister as a series of deaths appear to be more than just accidents.
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To celebrate Mitchell and Webb making, and releasing their first film, called ‘Magicians’, I thought I’d look back to last year, and their brilliant first series of ‘That Mitchell and Webb look’.

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are British comedians, who started on Play UK, before transferring their sketch show to BBC radio 4. As happened with ‘Little Britain’, the BBC know when they’re on to a good thing, and it wasn’t long before a full BBC2 show was commissioned, and aired at the end of last year. A second series is being made, and is due to air at the end of this year. They are also the geniuses behind ‘Peep Show’, that oh so strange Channel 4 sitcom where the cameras often shoot from the characters point of view, and we get to hear what they are thinking rather than saying.
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Debating: The disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann

Reading: ‘The Lollipop Shoes’ by Joanne Harris

Playing: ‘Spider-man 3′ on multi-formats

Viewing: The last day of the English soccer season

Watching: Still ‘Spider-man 3′ starring Kirsten Dunst

Listening: Linkin Park with new single ‘What I’ve Done’

Buying: Harry Potter pre-orders, now over 1,000,000

Searching: Eurovision entrants… for a laugh

Anticipating: Tony Blair finally retiring… about time

Learning: Squirrels can peel bananas

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The Cribs are back with a new single, the first from forthcoming album ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’. This first single called ‘Men’s Needs’ carries on from where ‘Mirror Kissers’, and ‘Martell’ left off, with a very similar sound from the Leeds based band.

The video from YouTube features some nudity, except actually it doesn’t as it’s all been blacked out. It does contain a bit of comedy blood and guts though so watch it now…

The first thing I noticed from the video was the fact the guys haven’t smartened up at all, with their grungy, almost dirty look carrying on in to this third album. They’ve never been ones to worry about looks, with meaning and content much more important. The video still looks cheap, even with the amateur special effects, but I enjoyed watching it, and it gave me a few laughs. It’s a bizarre but strangely fitting video for this song, I just which it hadn’t been censored, as the girl is a great gothy almost emo looking girl who isn’t bad looking.
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Debating: The state of British politics

Reading: ‘The Tenth Circle’ by Jodi Picoult

Playing: Still ‘God Of War II’ on the Ps2

Viewing: The new series of ‘Parkinson’ with guest David Tennant

Watching: ‘Spider-Man 3′ starring Tobey Maguire

Listening: The Manics with ‘Your love alone is not enough’

Buying: ‘Send away the tigers’ by Manic Street Preachers

Searching: Pirate copies of ‘Spider-Man 3′

Anticipating: DVD release of ‘Hot Fuzz’ on June 11th

Learning: Maggots can treat MRSA

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Debating: Whether pop culture influences criminals

Reading: ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne

Playing: ‘God Of War 2′ on the Ps2

Viewing: ‘This is David Gest’ on ITV

Watching: ‘Fracture’ starring Anthony Hopkins

Listening: Beyonce & Shakira - ‘Beautiful Liar’

Buying: Tickets for Princess Diana concert

Searching: For stories about messaging phenomenon ‘Twitter’

Anticipating: A fine May day bank holiday weekend

Learning: Kryptonite exists!

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Wow, what a song! And video to boot. This was recommended to me by a friend of mine and I watched it for the first time, absolutely mesmerised first by what the guy says, and secondly the visual imagery of the video.
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Debating: The Virginia Tech Shootings, & gun laws in general

Reading: J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Children Of Hurin’

Playing: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (PC)

Viewing: The cricket world cup / The London marathon

Watching: The formulaic ‘Wild Hogs’ starring John Travolta

Listening: Leaked copies of Arctic Monkeys album out tomorrow

Buying: Tickets for the Live Earth concerts

Searching: New online TV sevice Joost

Anticipating: Maximo Park gig on Thursday (I have tickets!)

Learning: The average Briton has sex 4,239 times… I wish!

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The Arctic Monkeys are back, and what a song to come back with! This is their new single ‘Brianstorm’, the first off the forthcoming 2nd album ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’.
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This is the new single from new rave indie rockers The Klaxons, which came out on Monday (9th April). It’s a re-release of ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’, a song which first came out in March of 2006, but was limited to only 500 copies on 7″ vinyl. Now, with the Klaxons much more well known and at the forefront of the indie revoultion, it’s available again, with remixes from Soulwax and Electrickery and a live version of the song.
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Picture Of The Week: Riots break out in a rush for bargains at the new flagship Primark clothes store on Oxford Street in London…

Debating: Whether the freed British soldiers should have been given permission to sell their stories to the media for a small fortune

Reading: ‘Break No Bones’ by Kathy Reichs

Playing: Brian Lara International Cricket on the Ps2, xbox 360 and others.

Watching On TV: Tracey Barlow being found guilty of murder on soap ‘Coronation Street’.

Watching At The Cinema: Unfortunately ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ is at number one

Searching For: Minnie Driver who is starring in ‘The Riches’ on the FX channel

Looking Forward To: The release of long lost JRR Tolkien book ‘The Children Of Hurin’ on April 17th

Learning: “Lunatics, idiots, deaf and dumb” people are barred from standing for election under laws dating from 1766 which still apply.

Listening To: ‘Stop Me’ by Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather, in at number 6 this week…

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