#TheN0ughtie5 Day 11 It’s ya boy… 40. 99 PROBLEMS by JAŸ-Z (2003) Hip-hop homaging the old school: Rick Rubin’s beats, Ice-T’s title and some UGK lyrics are all in the stew and all held together by Jay’s irresistible force of personality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uik...

My boring take, from other people’s experiences and my own: Doctor Who is a ferociously difficult, near-inhumane show to produce. Brutal for every department, but particularly for one person to hold at the top as it is. If they want the best range of pitches, the production model needs rethinking

The first person on screen in RTD Who is Billie Piper and her first word is ‘bye’ The last person on screen in RTD1 Who is Billie Piper and her last word is ‘hello’. Whether it’s deliberate or not there’s a pleasing circularity to that.

The BBC as a broadcaster doesn't make programmes now. BBC Studios is a separate entity. So it needs to commission a production company to make Doctor Who, as Bad Wolf have been doing. Putting it out to tender isn't some kind of abdication of responsibility, it's just... how broadcasting works.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 10 41. SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE by MUSE (2006) Muse get their inner Prince on. Of course they’re nowhere near the best of him, but the funk, falsetto and groove is a pretty good stab at it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3...

Accurate

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 9 42 DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE by ELECTRIC SIX (2002) The top 3 from 12 January 2003 is, according to this list, the decade’s best. Under cover of a novelty record, despite the video, this sneaks a thrilling song about queer desire into that top three. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4g...

michaelscollinswriter.blogspot.com/2026/06/worl... World Cup team rankings as suggested by @jonarnold.bsky.social #worldcup #Scotland

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 8 I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR by ARCTIC MONKEYS (2005) Marries the primal thrill of Definitely Maybe era Oasis with a lyrical dexterity drawn from hip hop. Marketing them via the internet to look organically popular was pioneering too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK7e...

We thought the most appropriate use of our time this weekend, was to record a review of School Reunion jrsouthall.podbean.com/e/school-reu...

Today on Too Hot For TV I am joined by Liam to look at the expanded universe of Chris Carters Millennium. First up we look at the 2015 comic book sequel to the series and then we discuss the documentary 'Millennium After the Millennium'. linktr.ee/Dylan_Rees

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 7 44. MANEATER by NELLY FURTADO (2006) Of course there’ll be Timbaland beats on my list: here they’re perfect for Nelly’s pop version of the electro sleaze of the early/mid 2000s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLol...

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 6 45 HARDER THAN YOU THINK by PUBLIC ENEMY (2007) Probably their most triumphal track, turned into a victory lap by the astuteness of the Channel 4 Paralympic production team. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCx5...

Ah, Tony Head… lovely chap and unfailingly made any scene, let alone episode, of anything he was in better. You can argue on the technical merits of actors, but few have been consistently as fun to watch.

Great thread. The old US network system was impatient and often brutal, but what's replaced it can be worse for the opposite reason. TV used to thrive on being immediate and reactive, and now everything takes much longer without making the end result better.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 5 46 THE AGE OF THE UNDERSTATEMENT by THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS (2008) Turner and Kane go strings and mariachi 60s soundtrack. A neat and compelling move to escape a lucrative indie ghetto while retaining their impeccable cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGV8...

Ten favourite bands in the 90s: Blur The Divine Comedy Elastica Garbage The KLF R.E.M. Public Enemy Saint Etienne Suede Super Furry Animals Why yes, I was a basic indie kid for that decade.

Back to the heady thrills of the pioneering early New Adventures for a distinctly anti-nostalgic discussion…

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 4 47 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL by THE WHITE STRIPES (2002) The punkest record of the decade: a reminder that going back to rock n roll’s absolute basics could still be thrilling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH7...

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 3 48 FLUX by BLOC PARTY (2007) I’m an absolute sucker for ‘there’s always been a dance element to our music’, particularly when it’s as committed as this. They’ve never bettered the build and drop of the euphoria/desperation of ‘WE NEED TO TALK!’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttcb...

Available for pre-order now - Black Archive 83: THE WEB PLANET, in which Brigid Cherry considers what has been described as the strangest classic Doctor Who sotry - and certainly the one with the best credit. obversebooks.co.uk/product/83-t...

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 2 49. THE BOY DOES NOTHING by ALESHA DIXON (2008) And if a girl can dance, she gets a second chance. The pure joy of this song (and flipping it from jazz to mambo post Strictly) turbo charged her post-Mis-teeq career. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAeL...

THE FINAL BUSTING BALLS FOR A WHILE! @jonarnold.bsky.social @brasilianfury.bsky.social & I are taking a break from the pod, but we also graded all 20 Premier League teams. Sorry for the weird audio. We suck. #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p... #Soundcloud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 1 50. THE MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES by MANIC STREET PREACHERS (2000) The first new no 1 of the century asks the question: do the charts still matter when it’s so straightforward to gain them? Their imperial era ended with a dose of pure vitriol. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS-S...

We grow tired of our lives as never ending horror film. A series of jump scares and dread as constant static. We grow weary of everything seeming like a boss battle. Delight, little, fleeting moments of it, are important. Try not to piss on anyone else’s chips of delight.

Whitaker. Nation. Spooner and, er Jones. We’re finishing on a clash of Who’s early titans.

There's so much to love in here. but at the end of "the give love, give love" section at 1:16, when it's clearly working well, Brian May looks back at Lennox singing and gives a look of sheer joy at what's happening. Hell of a thing, music.

Lately I’ve been in an indie team making stop-motion animation. It’s just 4 of us (animator, writer, voice actor, sound designer). The show’s called The Tiny Angry Witch. It’s all basically hand made. No AI. It’s tiring, but we love what we do. So, anyway, here’s a Witch making rude noises:

Saw a post which reminded me to post this. There ain't no golden age. It's right now. Right now, someone is making a game or music or comics or art or books that you're looking for and wish there were more of. It's just (paradoxically) harder and harder to actually find them.

I would also appreciate it if a bunch of nerds helped me iron out any bugs in this: andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-tit... #doctorwho

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... For subscribers only, but with a taste, links to two free-to-read pieces and the opportunity to upgrade I ponder the purpose of special editions, @ Psychic Paper.

I make no apology for posting so much recently about Super Furry Animals, so make sure you listen to this much appreciated recognition of their 30th anniversary before it disappears. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The end of one of the great Liverpool careers. Cheers Mo. You were magnificent.

As the ruler of us all - Eddie Arnold - finally brings world domination upon us all...we see the end of The Ice Warriors in with our three favourite things! @detsensnowman.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

The only list of Doctor Who stories you need is this one www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/it-...

It's time for a new series of The Library of Impossible Things! In the first episode I'm joined by @scifibulletin.bsky.social for a chat about meeting Doctor Who writers in the 70s, Dreamwatch magazine and how music and Who combine! But what object will he bring? Have a listen and enjoy!

RADW called from the 90s, they want their Doctor Who back. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...

I'm a massive fan of snarling ham and camp malevolent glam but Michael Keating was clearly the best thing in Blake's 7. All the more impressive when the show's originator had his character marked down for the chop. The performance made him indispensable.

BUSTING BALLS SPECIAL PODBLAST! Arsenal won the Premier League so @jonarnold.bsky.social & I have come out of hiding to talk about this & possibly, the future of this show... @brasilianfury.bsky.social #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p... #Soundcloud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...

Exciting moment tonight at a horror writers’ panel where it struck me that the “you have to set your story in the past cos of mobile phones” era is over, cos now your phone will lie to you, mislead you, freak you out, let you down, and do all sorts of sinister uncanny shit.

Can’t say I’ve particularly enjoyed watching Arsenal this season, but they’re worthy champions. Especially happy for my podcasting confrere @gdwessel.bsky.social, who’s had a pretty good week.

buttondown.com/cooray_smith... TFW the TVM in 4K makes you think about The Trial of a Time Lord.

Come on Hearts! Do it for Logan Roy!

A local shop for internationally minded people.

May have just stumbled onto something extremely rare and significant. Typing Coronation Street 1960 into Shutterstock, they have telesnaps via ITV of what is called Episode 1 of Coronation Street which looks to be the first dry run/pilot episode. This is incredible to see!

there’s no day that can’t be improved by hearing this