Catch Up with the DCMG Digest


Here's a catchy uppy round up of all the new articles on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites...

On The DreamCage - https://www.thedreamcage.com/

 Susan Omand asks, and answers, the questions as she picks her top five TV quiz shows of the past 10 years...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2019/12/tv-top-5-quiz-shows-of-decade.html

In need of a bit of a laugh, Susan Omand decides on her top 5 TV comedy shows of the decade...


We love to champion new, young and upcoming film-makers so when we heard that one of our occasional reviewers, Jon Britton, was involved in making a short film, we wanted to let you know about their latest crowdfunder...


All this thinking about the last ten years for our Bests Of votes has got Steve Taylor-Bryant digging through his vast DVD collection to come up with his own personal Favourite Films of the Decade...


The time is finally here, the votes have been tallied [WITH a spreadsheet - Ed] and we can now announce The DreamCage Bests of the Decade winners. Susan Omand does the honours...


Is "fan service" in a film really such a bad thing? Kraig Taylor-Bryant takes a spoiler-free look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to find out...


Even when he's on holiday, Steve Taylor-Bryant can't stop researching the movie business. Here's his review of Ben Fritz's book The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies...


Giving us the benefit of his 2020 vision [would you stop with that joke already? - Ed] The Defective Inspector gives us his list of games to look forward to this year...


It’s January 4th so Susan Omand watched Charlie Manton’s short film called November 1st, which is shortlisted for a BAFTA Award...


On 26th December 2019, 627 pieces of Classic Doctor Who content were made available to Britbox subscribers. Every Sunday in 2020, our Doctor Who expert, Tony Cross, looks back at some of the classic stories. 

Here are Tony's thoughts on the First Doctor adventure An Unearthly Child...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/01/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-unearthly.html

And here is his article about the First Doctor adventure The Daleks...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/01/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-daleks.html

Find out more about the project and see the full list here...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/p/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox.html

Meanwhile On AlbieMedia - https://www.albiemedia.com/

Barnaby Eaton-Jones looked back, in rhyme, to a summer day, to reaching Xanadu with Giffords Circus and to the memory of its shining light, the late Nell Gifford...

 https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/12/review-giffords-circus.html

After seeing him perform in Xanadu for Gifford’s Circus earlier in 2019, Barnaby Eaton-Jones reached out to Tweedy for an interview and got a custard pie in the face. And an interview...

"Remember all those times over the last three decades where you rewrote the lyrics to Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire? What? What do you mean you didn’t?" Steve Taylor-Bryant did, just in time for Christmas Eve...


Inspired by our 1989 Turn That Noise Down (TTND) articles, Jimmy Hunter takes a look ten years further back to the music of 1979. This time, he looks back at the Michael Jackson album Off the Wall...

 https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/12/ttnd79-michael-jackson.html


To brighten up the dull days between Christmas and New Year, Jimmy Hunter hustles us onto the pulsating dance floors of the past to give us a short history of disco.

Part one sees him going back to the start with 1976 and Before...


Part Two sees him head for 1977 and a certain New York Nightclub...

Part Three gets us to 1978 and the tempo starts to build...

https://www.albiemedia.com/2019/12/disco-for-beginners-part-3-1978.html


And in the final part, he looks at 1979 and Beyond and asks is this the end?...



After the sad news just before New Year of the death of Neil Innes, a reminder, from back in 2016, of Barnaby Eaton-Jones look at Rutle-mania, their mockumentary All You Need is Cash and his interview with Ron Nasty himself...


Turn That Noise Down returned for the New Year as our retrospective of albums turning 30 years old hits the heady heights of 1990! (yes, 1990 was 30 years ago - Ed) This week Steve Taylor-Bryant shakes his money maker to The Black Crowes... 




Another welcome return for the month, to add some diet-friendly fun back into January, #NotBaconBits is back and we're looking for more of your suggestions. Susan Omand explains more...


Day one went from AC/DC to...


Day two went from Dusty Springfield to...


Thanks to everyone who contributed #NotBaconBits ideas this week - keep visiting @AlbieMediaAM on Twitter every day to join in with your own ideas for the rest of the month!


Find this time's article contributors on Twitter

@JimJamGin
@BarnabyEJ
@STBwrites
@OmandOriginal
@Lokster71
@Kraigandhismac
@DefInspector

and find our Podcasting partners @WasThisAlways