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TV ratings - November 11: Horizon's How Mad are You? watched by 2 million

How Mad Are You?: challenged experts to identify which participants were mentally ill. Photograph: BBC The first episode of a new series of BBC2's long running science strand Horizon, which took a "reality TV" approach to the...

House of Blues to rock in Feb.

By Michael Marotta / Hotline Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - Added 1m ago Jimmy Eat World will be singing the Blues in Boston this winter. The alternative-rock quartet is the first act to announce a show at the new,...

Later with Jools Holland

Over the past few years I have become addicted to watching the BBC’s Later with Jools Holland. This past week was particularly good as he had Monkeys (Damon Arben’s new project), Al Green, Fleet Foxes, the Killers, Marc Almond...

Scrambled eggs with sun-dried tomato & Parmesan

So how was your weekend? Relaxing? Sociable? Productive? Or maybe like mine - slightly deranged. Friday night: make ratatouille bake for dinner. After dinner, wrestle washing machine away from wall to unplug it. Absolutly...

The rough-hewn truths of the days before PR spin

By Declan Lynch Sunday November 09 2008 Champions League (RTE2) Friday Night With Jonathan Ross IT is well established that the period in Irish politics covered by the first episode of Bertie has a powerful TV appeal. So that...

Ross suspension "hurting" band exposure

Saturday, November 8 2008, 06:04 GMT By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter Jonathan Ross's BBC suspension is preventing bands from getting mass exposure, according to a public relations expert. PR Stuart Bell told The...

Celeriac soup shots with crispy bacon

I'm afraid it's going to be short & sweet tonight, folks. I've spent the evening wrestling with our old washing machine, trying to disconnect it ahead of the new one being delivered tomorrow morning, and failing miserably. I...

Old Crow Medicine Show to perform Dec. 3

BOONE – Once playing for donations on the streets of Nashville and later headlining the city’s historic Ryman Auditorium, Old Crow Medicine Show has come full circle playing its own brand of American roots music with a rock ‘n’...

Battle of the BBC banned

Jonathan Ross unwittingly said goodbye for the last time in three months two Fridays ago. The torrent of public vitriol that saw him off suggests that this couldn't have come soon enough. But the viewing figures of nearly four...

Fleet Foxes deserve the hype

Alice Klein reviews folk-rockers Fleet Foxes at the Shepherds Bush Empire It’s rare that a band win unanimous critical acclaim with their first album, but that’s exactly what Seattle’s Fleet Foxes did with their self-titled...

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