It's now over 20 years since Kelly Rowland sent her boyfriend a text via Microsoft Excel. The bastard did not reply.

Looks like various film Facebook pages were hacked in October. Both Gremlins & The Wizard Of Oz pages posted the same countdown clock.

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Somebody has seemingly accidentally renamed the official Facebook page for Gremlins and now I can't even.

I don't want to rain on Mariah's parade here, cos she's just an effortless bundle of joy... but EVERYBODY who thinks Christmas starts on 1st November and not 1st December can get tae fu...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZ0shxqtzt/

In honour of my new profile picture and the one year anniversary of Doctor Who: Flux.

Karvanista is a babe and I love him.

Saw The Rasmus live tonight. Fun times were had by all.

"Why not? I enjoy getting presents from strange men..."

Clue: Music from the Paramount Motion Picture

2022 repressings via Enjoy The Ride.

Didn't know which to go for so in a blind panic I got em all!

Flames on the Side of My Face (1/500)
Brandy Glass (1/1,000)
Black, White and Orange swirl (1/500)
+ Miss Scarlet card (1/5 randomly assigned).

Given we're planning a Clue theme for our dining room, I think one of them may end up being framed, with another for playing and one for backup!

Love the new #BobVylan track? Planning in hammering it on Spotify or your chosen alternate streaming service? Cool. Do that loads. It all helps.

But you know what helps an independent artist more?

Buying it from #Bandcamp.

Go off, folks.

https://bobvylan.bandcamp.com/track/the-delicate-nature-ft-laurie-vincent

Bloody hell! Boom Boom Out Goes The Lights! Fundamental Frolics! Deleted scenes! Raw studio footage!

https://amzn.to/3gJbMjq

Not had time to make a brand new Halloween playlist this year, but here's a revised version of last year's "Ooky Spooky", now with 2 hours more content including some brand new for 2022 tracks.

I unashamedly adore horror themed music, and this eclectic bunch should keep you bopping in a bloodcurdling formation as Halloween approaches.

And yes, I even made it on Spotify because most of you use it. Tidal link available on request....

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/79EBZFPZMuG4AEnXO3zAq7

The brilliant mind that was Tim Cole - aka Chucks - passed away two years ago today suddenly and unexpectedly.

Mr Bruce, his former bandmate in The Correspondents, has just released an incredible tribute to his longtime collaborator and friend. Powerful stuff. Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxv05t8IFmI

A man with a long and varied career full of brilliant work that redefined the cultural landscape deserves to be known for so much more than being in that wizard shit written by a hateful human being. Understand that continued support of her work can feel like an open choice to support her views. Understand that her bigotry has forever tainted those who stand up for her regardless of the suffering she caused.

And maybe talk about how brilliant Cracker was, instead?

Oh, he'll always be a great actor and comedian. And his passing is a sad event - an indicator that, like Rik Mayall before him, these titans of the 80s and 90s are far from indestructible and will all start departing this realm in the next few years.

So in a way, I will still mourn his passing. But I also understand why so many trans and non-binary people are feeling very uneasy about people sharing Hagrid memes and openly expressing their love for Harry Potter once more.

Here was a man who looked at people suffering, looked at the billionaire making their suffering worse, and chose to mock the former in defence of the latter.

Maybe he was ignorant of a struggle he was privileged to never have to experience. Maybe he'd only read the edited highlights in the tabloids and just wanted to defend a friend. But regardless, Coltrane lost a lot of my respect that day.

And his work as a serious actor, in projects as diverse as Cracker, National Treasure and two James Bond movies, proved he had the chops to stand among the greatest actors of his generation.

Yet, in his later life, like many who were once dismissed as radical of politics, he became disappointingly conservative. His defence of JK Rowling, while clearly motivated by the money she made him, cut deep.

I wasn't going to say anything, but it is fair to acknowledge that Robbie Coltrane was a huge presence in my life long before he made those terrible films about a boy wizard written by a bigot.

The Comic Strip Presents team, of which Coltrane was a member, changed the face of British comedy forever and I am forever in their debt, as we all are. Then there's his appearances in shows like The Young Ones and Blackadder, which are all essential viewing.

If you are in LA or San Francisco reading this, you NEED to go to these shows. Tell em Didymus sent you.

Seen this band live five times between July 2021 and August 2022. Seeing them again in December. They're that fucking good.

10/10/2022 Los Angeles @ The Echo - Ticket link: tinyurl.com/4bwuk6jx

14/10/2022 San Francisco @ Brick & Mortar - Ticket link: tinyurl.com/3482k3xd

In the last few years, TikTok has:

* Breached GDPR regulations around child safety putting millions of people under 18 at serious risk.
* Proactively blocked LGBTQAI+ content in several countries, including people speaking out about their own oppression.
* Deliberately created a policy to keep 'ugly' people off the featured content list, which included plus sized people and anyone with a visible disability.

And now, it transpires they organised the Tory Party Conference After Party.

VOM.