Declan Cashin

Writing: the art of applying the ass to the seat

…courtesy of Empire. I can barely wait!

Will the Government try to censor me now too?
Cartoon courtesy of Caricatures Ireland

Now who were the last crowd to get so upset about a satirical cartoon? Oh yeah, that’s them…

Oh no Pat. Oh no.

…just to round off my BSG-themed buzz this evening, that iconic shot of Jamie Bamber from season two. Lee God-Dama!

I’m just about to start watching the series finale to this amazing, astounding drama series. It’s been a helluva ride. GET THE DVDs NOW PEOPLE!

More coverage here and here in The New York Times no less. Plus get the great Mary McDonnell’s take on the whole thing.

What’s more, read about what happened when the cast visited the UN…

Good piece entitled ‘BSG: Immersion therapy for the post-9/11 world’

And here’s that piece from The Guardian earlier this week arguing that BSG is even better than The Wire – high praise indeed, seeing as the latter has been consistently hailed as the greatest TV drama of all time.

I’m no expert by any means, but that was frickin’ awesome. Is this our Euro ’88/Italia ’90 moment of joy in these despairing times?

Interview with Greg Kinnear in Day and Night in today’s Independent

Greg Kinnear is a laid-back guy. In fact, when I first meet him, he’s so laid-back that he’s practically horizontal. Walking into the suite in London‘s Soho Hotel, I find the actor dressed casually in jeans and a black zip-up top, lying back comfortably in his chair, boot-bedecked feet propped up on the table, his face hidden behind a copy of the latest edition of Vanity Fair.

Continue here.

So shocking. God help Liam Neeson and the two boys.

Barry O’Bama