Posted in September 2009

Dan Bull writes a letter to Lily Allen

Lily Allen

I know that by posting this video I am not really being original but it’s just far too good and accurate. Before we get to the video, I might pad this out with some updates of my general goings-on. University wise, I’m starting to get to work on the online project with a big group, and my dissertation planning is about to get underway. I’ve also been asked to write something about autism for the ‘new and improved’ student paper, and researching it is giving me a headache over semantics (which is kinda the whole point of the article – it is more exciting than it sounds, trust me!) but I’ll persist. Music writing wise, I’ve just come off the back of a busy week where I’ve been to London three days a row for two gigs and one interview. Thankfully, I only have to do one live review before starting to transcribe the interview. Anyway, enough about me:

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I need to go to this place

Central Perk

I grew up with Friends so, despite the fact that this is an obvious marketing ploy, I would quite like to go here:

From now until October 7, you can head on down to Soho’s Broadwick Street where the Warner Bros posse have recreated the set of Central Perk, the iconic café from US sitcom Friends. All the requisite details are there – oversized coral sofa, chintzy high stools, garish neon signs – as well as some cheesy additions (Friends posters, a flatscreen TV playing classic episodes). You can sign up for a voucher to get a free cup of coffee (drink-in only and one per person, they say), which is exactly what we did this morning.

Read Time Out’s article about it here.

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A ‘recovery’ from autism

Autism advert

I’ve seen this advert in the Metro twice now (see a larger version here) and it’s made my insides boil everytime. I’m only talking about this from the perspective of someone who is autistic but I don’t think using the word ‘recovery’ is a good one to use. Infact, sticking it on that poster makes it looks like autism is actually a disease that is life-threatening. I swear that some attitudes towards the disorder are pretty farfetched sometimes. There’s a good chance that I might be wanting something relating to this for the student newspaper at university so I can’t go on about this too much here but I can’t wait to research this properly, in some sick and twisted way.

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This would freak me out

Ants

They can be bought here apparently.

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ITV’s ‘special’ way of showing films

Casino Royale

So tonight ITV will be showing Casino Royale in a network premiere. I imagine that it’s the only film that could beat the first Lord Of The Rings on Channel 4 (and let’s be honest, whenever Channel 4 pump out that franchise in the schedule it’s an admission of not being able to think of anything to put on). However, I will not be watching it. Why? Because it’s going to be an interrupted by a bloody news bulletin.

I have never, ever, got why ITV continually punish the viewer like this. Who the hell wants to learn the latest news in the middle of a film? Films are meant to be a form of escapism – you don’t want to be brought back down to Earth with the sound of an exaggerative ITV newsreader. Otherwise, what’s the point of even watching it if you know that it’s going to ruin the mood?

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