Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 1st November 2013

Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 1st November 2013 SUPERGRASS – Richard 111. PALMS – A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again. (Aus) THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – Waiting For the Man. SAVAGES – She will. PEARL JAM – Sirens. LOU REED – Perfect Day. THEARCADEFIRE – Afterlife. SONS OF RICO – I’m not thinking about you. (Aus) THE

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 1st November 2013

This week on Built For Speed we pay tribute to the late Lou Reed, with a selection of tracks from his Velvet Underground and solo days.  There’s also plenty of new music from Australia and overseas.  We also take a look at Steve Coogan’s latest cinematic effort as he takes his famed TV character Alan Partridge to the big screen

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Film review: ALAN PARTRIDGE – ALPHA PAPA, from Built For Speed

Before the magnificent cringe comedy of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ricky Gervais’ The Office was Steve Coogan’s Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge a TV talk show parody in which the eponymous host was as contemptible and hilarious as Larry David or Gervais’ David Brent.  The superbly vain, egotistical, spineless and conniving Partridge later appeared in radio

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