Drag Race UK Series 8 – Family Makeover Time

Flesh and Flash crush it in the makeover challenge. What an emotional week. The family makeover is always heartwarming, regardless of the outcome, as it’s lovely seeing the queens reunited with loving family members, but this was a close call, in terms of styles. Naya Thorn and her mum as River Thorn were a realContinue reading “Drag Race UK Series 8 – Family Makeover Time”

A Bad Week And The Antidote

This week was bad. Horrible news, shit weather, and a bad reaction to my medication, meaning I couldn’t cover a dance show which looked beautiful. But then I remembered an image. One to gladden the heart more than kittens, hot buttered toast and hot chocolate, and the music of Alien Sex Fiend. An icon, quickContinue reading “A Bad Week And The Antidote”

Film Review: Late Night With The Devil (2023)

Who killed Mr Midnight? Well, the viewers, obviously. As once- popular seventies chat show host Jack Delroy’ s ratings slump, so, he needs to do something notorious to claw them back. A psychic, and sceptic conjurer based on James Randi should (literally) do the trick. David Dastmalchian excels as the obsequious Delroy: he’s classic sleazyContinue reading “Film Review: Late Night With The Devil (2023)”

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 8: Update

Mama Ru’s latest batch of UK queens: bloody hell, they’re a shady lot and no mistake. Don’t hold back, bitches! No sooner had the dust settled on the KY Kelly v Paris Baby furore, than there were yet more kerfuffles. Even the brilliantly named Anita Piss (pictured below) was getting in on the in-fights, andContinue reading “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Series 8: Update”

Sunday Hymn: The Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist

The Avalanches’ debut ‘Since I Left You’ is still an absolute doozy. I like this track very much. You have to admire a band who can fuse old western soundtracks with kitschy jazz and Francine Fishpaw (Divine) from ‘Polyester’ It’s an absolute banger. I worked in retail in Glasgow for a long time, and toContinue reading “Sunday Hymn: The Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist”

RuPaul’s Drag Race Series 8 Begins!

The winning franchise continues as- staggeringly- we find ourselves at series 8 of the UK version. And oh my, for the love of Saint Dolly, is it kicking off already. These queens do not hold back. In an extremely ill-judged moment backstage, young queen Paris Baby threw what I think she thought was shady banterContinue reading “RuPaul’s Drag Race Series 8 Begins!”

That Mitchell and Webb Look- Series 1(2006)

The first series of ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’ is by far the best. It came along at exactly the right time, 2006, when sketch comedy shows seemed moribund. Melding their contrasting ‘Peep Show’ personas with outright absurdism, it was very silly and often inspired. There was ‘Numberwang’, the quiz show with no discernible rules;Continue reading “That Mitchell and Webb Look- Series 1(2006)”

Tim Curry Was Hot

Said it before and I’ll say it again, the Rocky Horror film is overrated shit, but for Tim Curry, the naughty tomcat. RIP, TC.. Top Cat! The purr, the pout, the sass, the strut, the mangled RP pronunci… ation. No one could come close to his Dr Frank -N -Furter. Nobody would dare. Props tooContinue reading “Tim Curry Was Hot”

Album Review: Arab Strap- Half-Told Tales

This new album, the ninth from the inimitable Falkirk duo, sees Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton on fire. It’s not often that a band gets a new lease of life later into their career, but then, they’ve always been one to buck trends. Few speak to the creeping malaise as accurately as The Strap. FromContinue reading “Album Review: Arab Strap- Half-Told Tales”