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Never mind, Mark Lamarr

posted in Gay, London, Music, Television

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How good is Never Mind The Buzzcocks these days? Last night’s episode with John Barrowman and Daniel Be-ding-ding-ding-field was a masterpiece. Between bouts of coughing, we were all in stitches – even Davros, despite his disdain for all things poofy.

Hoorah Simon Amstell. I wish I’d shaken you by the hand that one time I bumped into you and Miquita in Wagamama…

Incidentally, I’ve been tinkering with Google blog search to find more reaction to last night’s NMTB:

• Naked Blog – “My God how Amstell has revitalised that show, so turgid under Mark (Brylcreem) Lamarr.”
• Rosie T – “How am I supposed to indulge my fantasies of whisking the skinny little indie thing away and englightening him to the benefits of the love of a good woman when he is so flagrant in his gayness? I ask you!”

In unrelated TV news: The IT crowd has been commissioned for an 8-episode second series, and the DVD of the first series has l33t subtitles. R0xx0r!!11

Yet more joyous TV news: Dark Season is available on DVD! Thankyou, BBC for inadvertently answering my prayers.

Chairoplanes

posted in Art, Gay

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Sombrero with people attached!, on Flickr.

Mesmerising deathtraps. Beautiful to watch but too terrifying to contemplating riding on: I chickened out on Saturday in Brighton, fearing that my chains would snap through fatigue and I’d be catapulted butt-first into a poor unsuspecting family.

Still, pretty fascinating. I tried to dig around a bit for more information about the first chairoplanes on wikipedia but it’s late and I’m tired and I couldn’t find anything. Does anyone else know a bit more about these fairground wonders?