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Barratt on Winkleman

30 Apr

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Julian Barratt will be on the radio show “The Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman” tonight on BBC Radio 2 at 10 PM. According to BBC, the line-up for the show is Anthony Horowitz, Brian Eno and Alex Heminsley. However, Claudia Winkleman’s tweet earlier today added Julian Barratt (and cashews) to the list.

Tune in today, at 22:00 on BBC Radio 2 to hear about Horowitz life and career, a discussion of the latest rock biographies and of course, to find out what Barratt has to say.

Editors Note: This show is now available on BBC iPlayer here for the next 7 days for UK residents.  Julian’s bit starts at 1 hr 33, although be warned, there’s not a lot of it.

Modern Masters

30 Apr
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A new series called “Modern Masters” premieres this Sunday, prime-time on BBC One. The four-part series, presented by Alastair Sooke will look at the modern artists Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Warhol and explore how, why and in what way their legacy continues to influence our lives today.

Alastair Sooke will meet artists, biographers and curators, advertisers and people from the fashion world in order to find out how the artists have effected their work. Among these people is The Mighty Boosh’s own Noel Fielding who will talk about Dali’s surrealism and its connection to his comedy.

The BBC site has put up various clips from the coming show and in one of them Fielding talks about Dali’s painting Giraffe on Fire. Unfortunately, this clip is only available to users within the UK.

Modern Masters starts at 9pm on Sunday, 2 May on BBC One.

Rich News!

30 Apr

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There’s an exclusive interview with Rich Fulcher on the US-based blog site, LA Weekly.  In it he talks about his cult success on youtube, his musical collaborations with Matt Berry and The Mighty Boosh (apparently Rich’s skills on the keyboard are perfectly adequate!) , and his book, Tiny Acts of Rebellion.  Of his book he says, “I thought well, all my life I’ve been doing all these tiny acts of rebellion. You know, when you’re younger you start putting things in the shopping cart that your mom doesn’t see.  I just realised I kept doing them throughout my adulthood. My rationalisation is that if you do these things, you don’t have to do huge acts of rebellion. If you do these things on a daily basis you won’t go off like that Michael Douglas’ character in Falling Down. You’ll be able to function in society.” 

You can read the full inteview here on LA Weekly.

For Rich fans based in the US, don’t forget you can see him this Saturday at Ameoba Records as the special host of Amoeba’s Monthly Charity Auction.  It’s also just been announced that he’ll be appearing at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre on June 11, and will very likely open the Cinefest the previous week.  So plenty of hot Fulcher action in the pipeline!

Don’t forget you can still buy Tiny Acts of Rebellion at the tiny price of £3.48 at The Velvet Onion’s Amazon store here.

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