Conflicted, moi? One of the best TV dramas evah, being remade with one of the greatest plonkers evah in the starring role. Edge of Darkness redefined thrillers on BBC television, with astonishing performances from Bob Peck and Joe Don Baker and Eric Clapton's soundtrack to die for. Now the same di...
One song, 20 versions, and there are probably lots more. The Unfortunate Rake (programme 3) is to date the most informative programme I’ve heard in the CKUA Radio series Sounds to Grow On. Sure, I knew The Saint James Infirmary and Streets of Laredo, but I’d never thought of...
Regrettheeror.com has published its annual round up of the corrections that have cast little pinpoints of light into the darkness that is mainstream reporting. They’ve identified [Calling Bullshit (aka Fact Checking)] http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/12/16/crunks-2009-the-year-in-media-errors-and...
Program 14 of CKUA’s radio series Sounds to Grow On was built around a radio programme broadcast on WFMT Chicago in 1957. The astonishing Studs Terkel broadcast on WFMT from 1952 to 1997, and Folkways Records turned one of the programmes he made into the album Blues with Big Bill ...
The yellow municipal tape has been up for a few days, warning drivers not to park along the street after midnight last night. And this morning, the street was almost clear, one or two stragglers being loaded onto tow vehicles. Cops of all stripes everywhere, and sniffer dogs, and important looking...
