I've always loved Eliza Gilkysson's "Hard Times in Babylon", the title track from one of her best albums.  A heartfelt tribute to a late band member, although I've never found out the name, but a drummer who self-destructed.  Sorry, I can't find a link, but do search it out — it's a heartbreaker.

She sounded like she was really going for a Mitchell vibe on her last one, complete with American accent.  It will be interesting to hear how this has progressed.

I'm looking forward to hearing this -I've had it on order for a while and am expecting it any day -  although I always feel that she's promised more than she's delivered so far, from the potential of her debut to the patchy, pretentious albums that have followed (what is it with those album titles?).  From what I've…

Any chance of a GTG on Gentle Giant?  Or even….Van der Graaf Generator? (wait, did you do that one already?)

Ah, thanks — I forgot to credit Michael Butterworth. The thing that sticks in my mind from that is the endless outdoor gig that they can't stop playing.  

As a displaced Brit growing up in suburban US in the 70s, I got into prog rock and, via some UK connections, dabbled in Hawkwind, and really wished I'd gotten to see them back then.  They sounded weird and wonderful, and it was hard to express their appeal to anybody else, although I met someone in college who knew…

I don't remember the name of the episode, but the one where Bain's character is caught and psychologically tortured (they work out that she's claustrophobic) was an amazing one.  Her vulnerability as the villain pretends he's Phelps talking to her through a tannoy and she sobs his name was heartwrenching.  "The Town"…

Saw that film on TV about 30 years ago.  I remember really enjoying it, although her character's anti-god rant was a bit OTT (and I speak as an atheist).  About a year ago I saw Rene Auberjonois walking down Kingsway in London, and I wanted to run up to him and tell him how much I loved his work and had grown up with…

Crikey, really?  When I finally caught up with this a few years ago I was staggered at how bad this was.  Granted, I'm English, but I lived in the US for 13 very formative years, so had some idea of what baseball is all about, but after only a short time of watching this I found myself saying, "Who ARE these people?…

Okay, thanks.  That kind of surprises me.

I'll plead ignorance here, but hasn't Richard Gere been nominated for something?  He has a great role as a minor thug in a Kojak,

I never realised Casualty was such a hotbed of talent!  (More of a Holby City man, meself). I'd also put a vote in for The Bill — seeing David Tennant in an early role as a slimeball is a treat.

I sat through some dreadful 1950s sci-fi film for a glimpse of him. when it came, I barely recognised him, but twigged his voice right away.

Actually, it was a really good show.  Sayle was one of the first of the alternative comedians here, a nicely sharp, acerbic humour that bordered on the vitriolic.  The show seemed like a weird step, but he remained true to himself throughout, and it had a nice surreal and spikey edge to it.  He certainly kept his cred…

I'd seen them in concert the tour before, playing the Dr Pepper Summer gigs in Central Park, NYC,and they were…actually quite dull.  I'd never seen them before and didn't know that much of their music, so I was trying to educate myself, but it didn't endear me to them:  no personality, no charisma, nothing past the…

And is that the same one that ends in a brawl and Levy announcing, just to assure everyone it's not a fix, that Pia Zadora won an award (an echo of her winning a Golden Globe, for no valid reason).?

The Ben Hur show was one of the first I saw, and I still remember little bits of it ("Hey, he really DID say valley of the leopards!") and they still make me laugh.

Is Anthony Perkins' hosting gig really one of the highlights?  I remember seeing it at the time (although I don't remember the sketch you refer to — maybe I'd gone to bed) and all I recall is how awkward he seemed, constantly standing back and reading the lines off of the autocue.  Maybe I expected too much…. (mind…

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the first contemporary album I bought, my introduction to pop music.  Up 'til then I listened to film and show music from the 30s and 40s (pretty odd for a 12 year -old, but..well..).  I then heard this track while standing in a Sears outlet and instantly fell in love with it.  I even…

Hmmm…bit of a stretch calling Pamela Stephenson "gifted".  A look at the writing credits for "Not the Nine O'Clock News" doesn't turn up a mention of her, and she seemed to be there strictly for boobs and broad charicature.  Post NTNOCN, it got even worse:  a hosting gig on "Fridays", the UK's attempt to copy the SNL…