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UNCOOL: Hmm. Mad Men S5 E9 “Dark Shadows”
words: TA Ok all, I’m officially getting sick of Megan. She is taking up a ridiculous amount of screen-time for a new character (compare her to Dawn, for example), and she is starting to amount to nothing more than a Mary Sue to my eyes (for those of you not familiar with that term, click the link, […]
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Sometimes, Draw Something is over.
I have a confession… When I first downloaded Draw Something two months ago, I’d check my phone every ten minutes to see which of my regular opponents had sent something back. The thrill of the alert ‘X has sent you a new drawing’ was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. It was like Christmas morning, […]
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UNCOOL: the expression ‘SAME DIFFERENCE’
words: Rakhesh Martyn The other day, I had a thought. During my six years in the UK, I’ve heard a lot of people use the phrase ‘same difference’ in conversation. Their use of this nonsensical two-word combination has annoyed me so much that I’ve gone and written about it. The first time this abomination actually […]
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COOL: Mad Men S5 E8 “Lady Lazarus”
May 9, 2012
by tellyanalyst
words: TA Here’s what I love about Mad Men when it’s at its best: there are at least two ways of seeing every plot development, and they all have equal validity in the moment. We know as little in the present as the characters do—there’s no foreshadowing, or obvious set-ups for an inevitable plot twist. […]
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COOL: Duke’s Brew & Que (RIB-SHACK!)
There we were about to take a break from smoked goods – cos’ they’re not exactly beneficial to your health – when we discovered London’s COOLEST new BBQ shack. Duke’s Brew and Que. Do you like ribs? Because you owe it to yourself to book a table here this second if you do. Last summer, […]
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COOL: Mad Men S5 E7 “At the Codfish Ball” aka. Something to Sink our Teeth Into
April 30, 2012
by tellyanalyst
words. TA Oh, I really loved this episode. Yay! Why? I think I figured it out: because instead of having a Theme and Things With Meaning, it had a lot of characters, interacting with a lot of other characters, and all of these interactions intersected and overlapped in ways that weren’t so easy to map. […]
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COOL: Nick Holzherr (Apprentice series 8)
Kippers on rye! EIC is experiencing a bit of a reality TV crisis… We’re halfway through The Apprentice Series 8 and, de-friend if you like but, we genuinely like one of the contestants! Now, BEFORE YOU JUDGE, just wait. This has never happened before and probably won’t happen again… but 25 year old tech entrepreneur […]
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UNCOOL: Mad Men S5 E6 Far Away Places
April 24, 2012
by tellyanalyst
words: TA My limited web information-gathering has led me to the conclusion that everyone loved this episode. Oh well: I was underwhelmed. This was the kind of episode that to me screams This!Is!Art!, which certainly can work sometimes—it was moody, beautifully staged and shot; but in my eyes it was cold at the center. First, […]
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UNCOOL: Support for Bieber reaches deathly level.
Now please don’t get us wrong – EIC are Beliebers just like everyone else – but some of the Twitter biogs belonging to Bieber fans are starting to remind us of epitaphs on gravestones. Why does it always come to this? What happened to switching on his CD, having a dance then getting on with […]
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COOL: Mad Men S5 E5 ‘Signal 30’
April 16, 2012
by tellyanalyst
words: TA Let’s start with this tidbit: this episode was co-written by Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon, Cool Hand Luke and Presumed Innocent (among other films). And this episode was all about the writing. All the ideological issues that I would not want to gloss over—can we ever please see anything from Trudy’s […]
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Everything is cool. 
May 15, 2012
by tellyanalyst
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