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Ten Great British Songs Performed By Muppets

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:58:13 +0000

Note: some of these are songs performed with Muppets as well as by Muppets. But there are songs and there are Muppets, so that should be good enough for anyone.

Five Great British Songs About Coppers, For ‘Copper’

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:05:49 +0000

This Sunday (August 19, at 10/9c) sees the premiere of BBC America’s hottest new show, the police drama Copper.

The Brit List: Five Great British Songs Criticizing America

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:40:43 +0000

We already looked at five British songs in praise of the US of A on Monday, so, purely in the interests of balance, and without meaning to start a global musical conflict (although I for one would welcome some new songs that are not ...

Five Great British Nerdy Pop Stars

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:20:56 +0000

Pop stars are supposed to be beings made of pure charm and sexual energy. They need a fulsome knowledge of the work of Isaac Asimov like they need tooth decay.

Five Songwriters Who Deserve The Comic Book Treatment

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:08:57 +0000

This November, at the Tucson Comic-Con, a new comic will be launched, called Unite and Take Over: Comic Book Stories Inspired by The Smiths. It’s the 78-page brainchild of publisher Shawn Demumbrum, who brought in artists like ...

Five Innovative British Bass Players

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:14:25 +0000

So, we’ve done the gentleman singer, the inventive guitar player, the stick-twiddling drummer, but our great British band cannot be complete without the guy (or girl) who glues the whole thing together. It’s fine for the ...

Five British Husbands And Their American Wives

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:28:26 +0000

The rules of love are difficult to define, constantly changing, draconian and libertarian at one and the same time, and hard to read through all the steam, but there are common threads which unite generations. Beautiful women fall for ...

The Tellyvangelist: Nov. 1-7

Kevin Wicks — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:51:00 +0000

In this week’s Tellyvangelist – your weekly guide to all that’s British on U.S.

Anglo For Your Ear: Elvis Costello and the Attractions’ “Lipstick Vogue”

Kevin Wicks — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The sheer musicianship of this song frightens me. Elvis and his Attractions were virtuoso machines; they played fast and tight like a jazz ensemble or a speed-metal band.

Annie Lennox and Elvis Costello: Still Grouchy After All These Years

Kevin Wicks — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Word to the wise as you buy tickets for the next Annie Lennox concert: never launch into applause before she finishes her song. According to Page Six, the Scottish diva flipped off audience members at a UNICEF gig when they got ...