If you're from Paris then Jacques Dutronc's 'Il est Cinq Heures, Paris S'evielle' is a good one.

I live in London so that's easy - 'Waterloo Sunset' or 'London Calling', although I love Blur's tentatively hopeful 'For Tomorrow' as well.
There are very few songs about my home town of Newcastle, 'Fog on the Tyne' maybe with its romantic evocations of 'suckin' sickly sausage rolls', signing on (the dole), and having…

And 'Born to Run', or at least Springsteen, was heavily influenced by The Animals who covered, 'We've Got to Get Out of This Place', presumably to refer to their (and my) home town, Newcastle.

I thought this was deathly dull and way too long where it should have been lean and punchy. My 80s action movie-loving mate thought it was boring. Lamentable performances too.

The big fight scene when Pegg is holding on to his pint is amazing.

I went to see this great shamelessly old-fashioned country house farce 'Thark' at the Finsbury Park Theatre up the road. Alan Rickman was there again - I think he's stalking me. I also saw Matthew Baynton out of BBC's excellent 'Horrible Histories' (the one who did Charles Dickens as Morrissey) http://m.youtube.com/wat…

The Queen song 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke' is about the painting of the same name by Victorian artist Richard Dadd.
Lowry also inspired an annoying folksy pop song, 'Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs' by Brian and Michael, which was number 1 for what seemed like forever in the UK. I went to the Lowry…

I was gutted that I couldn't get tickets to the, reportedly excellent, MKS gig they played in Kings Cross a couple of weeks ago - looking forward to them announcing more dates.
Have you heard Siobhan's second solo album 'Ghosts'? It sounds like the Cocteau Twins produced by William Orbit and it's great.

The first record by 'David Bowie', 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' is brilliant.

Wester consumerism, I remember him saying in an interview.

'Love and Death' is still the Allen film that makes me laugh the most though - 'My mother folks,' the dumb show flirting with the sexy countess at the theatre, and of course 'Wheat, wheat…'

Went to see new play 'Daytona' in North London with Harry Shearer and Maureen Lipman playing this old Jewish couple. The play was a bit over-reaching but cast was great.

I saw the Aphex Twin tormenting some orangutangs at London Zoo once - true story.

The English comedian Harry Enfield did a Terminator as made by Merchant Ivory sketch - this is only a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I totally agree with Dowd. The film is way too much in thrall to Malick and almost unbearably precious, but Foster is fantastic.

It's not pretty good, it's inept, charmless and cheap-looking.

Apparently Chitty Chitty Bang Bang got pretty lousy reviews when it came out. I love it though - especially Robert Helpmann's child-catcher, Gert Frobe's childish King and Benny Hill, oddly touching as the toy maker.

The first part of the Master episodes ('Utopia'?) is one of my very favourite Dr Whos - 'Doctor, he's got a watch just like yours!' Spine-tingling stuff.

Re: Wartime British films. If you haven't already seen it, definitely check out 'Went the Day Well', ostensibly it's a propaganda film about undercover Germans invading a small English town but it's an effective and genuinely shocking thriller too.

Listened to loads of T-Rex to remind myself that, yes, ' Electric Warrior' does indeed piss all over 'The Slider (will also be checking out 'Tanx', which for some reason I've never heard, on recommendation of posters here)', and v good debut album from UK dance pop band Alunageorge, who I am off to see tonight. Also…