The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... film, New Moon) and Alex Needham's nomination of Hot Chip's new single, Take It In. Furthermore, Paul MacInnes might be circling over Las Vegas in a helicopter this week, but before he left he managed to grab a chat with Scottish folksters Frightened Rabbit. Band members Scott and Gordon dish the dirt on their experiences of America, and treat us to a version of Swim Until You Can't...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... the longest ever solo performance (27 hours, since you ask). Singles Club rumbles into action with Paul MacInnes, Rosie Swash and Will Dean. On the menu this week is the latest band to take on the Afro-pop mantle, Fool's Gold, and their single Ha Dvash. We also review an unlikely appearance from So Solid (who've dropped the Crew) and their comeback track, Since You Went Away, and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
JJ Abrams's shiny, sexy revamp of the sci-fi classic is out on DVD this week. But if you don't want to fritter away 127 minutes of your time on it, try this condensed screenplay instead Star Trek By Paul MacInnes, with apologies to Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and, of course, Gene Roddenberry SCENE 1 EXT: Night. Or day. It's hard to tell in the depths of SPACE. The good ship USS Enterprise...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... 10 by one place. Singles Club makes a welcome return after last week's inaugural Album Club, and Paul MacInnes is joined by Rosie and Observer Music Monthly's Gareth Grundy to talk about their favourite new releases. Paul plumps for Yeasayer's Ambling Alp, Rosie opts for Tune Yard's Hatari, while Gareth fancies a bit of Matias Aguayo's Rollerskate, leaving the panel to wonder...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
This caper set in the Smithsonian Museum is out this week on DVD, but if you can't face a gazillion comic cameos concertinaed into 105 minutes, here's our condensed screenplay instead Night at the Museum 2 By Paul MacInnes with apologies to Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon SCENE 1 INT: Night. The catacombs of the Smithsonian Museum. Approximately $78m of animatronics – flying...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This week's Music Weekly has something of a retro feel. Our first guest is Holly Johnson, the Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer, who met with Paul MacInnes ahead of the release of the band's greatest hits package. They discuss gay rights, being propositioned by Andy Warhol (Holly's claim, not Paul's) and being controversialists (ownership of that one is debatable). Now, we may...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... Youth Orchestra of the Americas and the National Book Festival. United States Obama administration Paul MacInnes guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... from Coventry's most famous musical export. In between this slab of Specials-ness is Singles Club. Paul MacInnes chooses New Fang by rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, Sarah Boden offers up Be Water by Fence Collective signings Francois and the Atlas Mountains, and Rosie Swash reminisces about her adolescence with Summer Camp's Ghost Train. And just when you think you've had enough,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
This Fatal Attraction knock-off is out on DVD this week, but if you're not sure you want to spend your readies on it, try our condensed screenplay Obsessed By Paul MacInnes, with apologies to David Loughery SCENE 1 EXT: Suburbia. IDRIS ELBA and BEYONCE KNOWLES are rolling around on the CAPACIOUS lawns of their LUXURY home. Their child, KYLE, is looking on and clapping enthusiastically...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Hallo pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Music Weekly, the podcast that showed 1.2% growth in the last quarter. This week's pod is a healthy mix of different types of music. First up we have Chase and Status, creators of choice drum'n'bass and now producers to the R&B glitterati. The duo talk to Paul MacInnes about keeping it real, their favourite beats and working with...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... Violence Against Women Act which had stalled in going through Congress. Nicole Kidman US Congress Paul MacInnes guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
This 110-minute thriller asks, 'If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?' Here's our condensed screenplay, so you don't have to watch it to find out The Last House on the Left By Paul MacInnes, with apologies to Adam Alleca, Carl Ellsworth and Wes Craven SCENE 1 EXT: twilight. A gang of vicious hillbilly criminals (think a more evil Nickelback) is...
