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The Ministry of Sound Radio
18th March | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It seems that hardly a day goes by without the finger of suspicion being pointed at the BBC. Googling and gossip is at an all time high, and the nation’s chattering classes and nattering networks are abuzz with criticisms and carping. The Corporation’s unfathomable remit and the indelicate quality of its output top the list of tetchy topics. Equally prickly are the budgeting excesses, ageism, political bias and that old...
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The Things We Do For Love
26th February | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It comes to something when you try and escape the winter's never-ending round of extreme weather, only to be thwarted by a fresh bout of...extreme weather. That was the situation last week in New York, when the Colmans attempted to fly to Bermuda to attend the annual "Love Festival". This charming little island is only an hour and 45 minutes away, a remarkably short distance considering the diametric climate. So,... -
Bytes From the Big Apple: Gramminated
1st February | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
You may well have blinked and missed it because the first month of the new decade has already been and gone, along with an avalanche of glad-handed trophy shows. In those 31 short days and long nights, the entertainment world somehow managed to cram in the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and, just this past weekend, the Grammys. If you included the Australian Open, the late-night slugfest between...
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Bytes From The Big Cliché.
25th January | 0 comments | 2 people like this
Turned on the TV lately? Opened up a newpaper? Visited the cinema? If the answer is in the affirmative, then chances are you'll have been subjected to some of the most hackneyed slogans known to man. The métier of marketing is as old as trade itself, so the implementation of some new and original ideas that might kick the industry up the butt is well overdue. The earliest form of...
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Bytes From the Big Apple: The French Connection
4th January | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
When France makes news across the planet, the focus of attention invariably revolves around Nicolas Sarkozy. This is understandable because the guy makes good copy. In fact, since taking office in 2007, the President's personal life has dominated the front pages almost as much as his position on the international stage. The hogging of the headlines did change however, when two quite different dramas escaped from the country the week...
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Bytes From the Big Apple: Misteltoe in Manhattan
16th December 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I love high standards. I love the way that Times Square turns into a sea of green, red, silver and gold each and every Christmas. I love the smell of roast chestnuts wafting up from nearby street corner braziers. I love the towering Norwegian spruce that stands tall outside Rockefeller Centre. I love the fact that the Muppets jammed on Chuck Berry's 'Run, Rudolph Run' the night that the tree's...
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Bytes from the Big Apple: Stuart Colman roasts the Turkeys
26th November 2009 | 3 comments | 1 person likes this
For the past four hundred years on the last Thursday in November, America has played host to the biggest harvest festival in the world. The celebration is of course Thanksgiving and it ranks as the country's foremost holiday. It's a time when the Patriots gather together to pontificate and to hail the Home of the Brave. Quite naturally, in New York everything is mega-proportioned during this fascinating time. Picture if...
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Bytes From the Big Apple: A Really Big Tim McGraw Webcast
22nd October 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Of late, the Ed Sullivan Theatre at 1697-1699 Broadway has been subjected to a level of interest not seen since the days when Elvis Presley appeared there in the fifties and the Beatles in the sixties. The venerable venue first made headlines after it opened as Hammerstein's Theater back in November 1927. Its grand title was bequeathed in honour of Oscar Hammerstein 1, whose opera-producing son Arthur was responsible for...
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Bytes From The Big Apple: There goes the summer, what a bummer
8th October 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Be afraid, for there are dark days ahead. With the likelihood of yet another depression looming on the horizon, the outlook is distinctly bleak. After all we've been through, the news couldn't be gloomier. But wait, there is a plus side. We're not talking about an extended economic downturn, this is simply a way of saying goodbye summer, hello autumn. As the nights begin to draw in no one knows...
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Bytes From the Big Apple: “A Comedy of Errors”
24th September 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I wouldn’t say that I’m grief-stricken, more crest-fallen to be honest. The disturbing ennui began at 10-00 pm on Monday September 14th, the moment that “The Jay Leno Show” debuted on NBC. I have to say that I’ve been an admirer of James Douglas Muir Leno ever since I saw him play Alan Freed’s driver, Mookie, in “American Hot Wax”. Even then the ‘chin’ stood out in a crowd and...
