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Go to Music :: Words I was mostly watching: 22/07/07 Le Tour De France New younger cast; shaping up to be a thriller 24/06/07 Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides Artist-in-nature, observed through a full four seasons. Gorgeous to look at, compelling to consider 27/05/07 The 'Six Times' bus video Six times, eh? Not quite. Arrogance, I guess, is its own reward. I hope the blokes who pocketed the cash for this never-publicly-seen paintjob were Evertonians. Beep - beep - beep - beep - beep.... I could go on gleefully about this classic gaffe 20/05/07 Boys from The Blackstuff Eighties Liverpool revisited; a theatre of integrity and timelessly excellent performances 06/05/07 William Raban: British Artists' Films Beautiful filmic meditations on Thames-side life 08/04/07 A Canterbury Tale Wierdly compelling wartime reworking of Chaucer epic, in an English landscape where 'the past always haunts the present' 11/03/07 LoudQUIETLoud, A Film About THE PIXIES More than a mere reunion tour - life in all its complexity here, plus some thrilling concert footage 25/02/07 Hell House Disturbing but oddly compelling story of U.S. evangelicals' Halloween shock tactic evangelism 18/02/07 The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin: Complete Collection I'm just one year off the age Reggie was when he first 'disappeared' ... so er, a timely return to my fave Seventies series 04/02/07 Skins Slightly comic-book, but not disposable - some great performances make this engrossing viewing 14/01/07 The Devil and Daniel Johnston Disturbing in its rawness, moving in its grace, a documentary of rare and beautiful craft, like its subject 07/01/07 The Baron (from Blunder, on YouTube) The Banality of Evil personified - very crude but very funny 17/12/06 Edgy Cities DVD Like a meditation on the Mersey tides and their mystic effects. 03/12/06 Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian Shockingly uncomfortable but brilliantly crafted humour. Seriously not for the faint hearted. 05/11/06 The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba Sheer, brilliant, rugged beauty 22/10/06 Ronni Ancona on QI Impressionist even more brilliant when improvising 15/10/06 Mark E Smith reading the football results One of TV's finest ever moments, MES vs Ray Stubbs: only one winner 08/10/06 Remapping High Wycombe: DVD Fine, free, accompaniment to the book of the same project 25/09/06 Kelly Mark: Liverpool A-Z A Biennial project - 26 interviews with local people, describing their city with depth, good grace and dignity 17/09/06 Little Miss Jocelyn A BBC Three comedy you don't have to work too hard to laugh with 20/08/06 The Mark Thomas Comedy Show Terrifying and baffling world events made understandable by concerned comedian 06/08/06 A new Leunig website Life-affirming cartoon philosopher 30/07/06 AISLiverpool Gascam Real-time views of Mersey shipping 23/07/06 Gallivant Andrew Kotting's wierd and wonderful family outing around Britain's coast 16/07/06 Le Tour de France The only sporting event to eclipse the World Cup - and every other sporting event 18/06/06 The World Cup Well, obviously 04/06/06 Boards 0f Canada: Dayvan Cowboy dvd Beautiful and breathtaking 07/05/06 British Artists' Films - William Raban Texturing the River Thames, art cinema with a political taste 09/04/06 Massive Attack: Collected DVD Fine music, and some engrossing storyline vids 02/04/06 Green Wing Zany, cartoonish and great, great fun 19/03/06 Martin Parr: Think of England Delightful and provocative evocation of England's people 05/03/06 Northern Exposure One of my favourite 80s/90s TV shows revisited 26/02/06 Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus A road trip through the deepest American South with Jim White and various out-country notables as tour guides 19/02/06 Folk Britannia Excellent documentary tracing folk music's various routes through the past half-century 15/01/06 Farenheit 9/11 Michael Moore's righteous angry patriot movie 01/01/06 Madagascar Well, it's the Christmas holidays! 27/11/05 Spaced: 3 Disc Collector's Edition Lovable, zany, classic bedsit-com 20/11/05 Moog Fascinating insight into the man whose inventions changed music 13/11/05 Can: DVD Singular, strange, and inexplicable as you'd expect - but great concert footage 06/11/05 The work of director Anton Corbijn More than just moody U2 shots: a joyful, moral, fascinating collection |
