Boxing Day

Apologies for the lack of imaginative titles here but they seem relevant and it's getting late. Nothing really note worthy today except a lot of TV watching and turkey eating - which will continue for a long time at this rate seeing as mum bought a bird big enough to serve 16 people (there are four of us!). A noteworthy programme was the story of slapstick, narrated by Miranda Heart (somewhat of a Marmite comedienne) which showcased the story of slapstick from the very early years of Laurel and Hardy up to the modern day uses through Vic and Bob and Lee Evans. If you are looking for a chuckle this holiday, check it out on the iPlayer. Something else I started watching was "The Noughties... Was That It?" The first two episodes are a staggering two and a half hours each and countdown 100 things that defined the decade and amazingly the entries are mostly sensible ones although the 'celebrities' they used to comment on each one are very questionable. If you do have five hours to spare though, again it is quite an interesting countdown.

Single of the week this week is a bit pathetic really and I wish I could have found something a little better to go with but no one releases their songs around Christmas time because they know they wont have a hope in hell of getting to number one above Simon Cowell. Of course this year was the exception that proves the rule but they didn't know that before hand and had it not been for a MASSIVE campaign, he would happily have taken the top spot. On the other hand, it's a nice song - not the best from the album (which is worth a listen) - and I have considered this artist for this prolific award before so why not. The artist in question is Paloma Faith, at fist sights a bit of an oddball with her crazy dress sense but she has a very unique and often captivating voice unlike anything I have ever heard. The track is called Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful and as usual, the video is below and amazingly, it is the official video this time!