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Russell, Magnus, Jarvis & Pete (Candida hidden). Pulp on The Outrage Tour - 1985-86.

January 1986 (Chesterfield) and shared on Henry Normal's Facebook page. Dig vis Drill's computer equipment on the side there.

The End of Outrage

Unfortunately Pulp’s stint as part of The Outrage tour came to a second and final end in January – after a fight between Russell and Dog vis Drill’s Phil Maverick.  “Russell and my backing singer Phil never got on,” says Ogy, “and one night while we were loading up the van to go down to this gig in London, [likely 17 Jan—Thames Poly] Phil just cracked and started attacking him. Beat him up. I couldn’t believe he’d done it, and Russell was laying it on, going, ‘I can’t play tonight, the gig’s off.’ I bollocked Phil, and we had to go to hospital and get Russell looked at, and we’re waiting around and it’s snowing outside. There’s nothing wrong with him of course, and when we finally got out, we’re going, ‘C’mon, we’ve got to go to this gig,’ and Russell wanted to sit in the front of the van. ‘Get in back, we’re going!’ ‘If I can’t sit in the front, I’m not going.’ And he fucked off, ran down the street and we chased him with the car. We finally got him, let him sit in the front, and did the gig.”

“After the gig there was a mix-up about the money, which was something we’d never had before, and Phil went for him again. I was just pissed up with some women or something, and Jarvis comes up to me and goes, ‘Ogy can you keep your backing vocalist under control?’ I said, ‘Yeah, what what’s the matter with him?’ He said, ‘He’s just attacked Russell again.’

[Truth & Beauty, Mark Sturdy, 2003]

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The House Is Not The Same Since You Left

By Henry Normal

The house is not the same since you left the cooker is angry - it blames me The TV tries desperately to stay busy but occasionally I catch it staring out of the window The washing-up’s feeling sorry for itself again it just sits there saying ‘What’s the point, what’s the point?’ The curtains count the days Nothing in the house will talk to me I think your armchair’s dead The kettle tried to comfort me at first but you know what its attention span is like I’ve not told the plants yet they still think you’re on holiday The bathroom misses you I hardly see it these days It still can’t believe you didn’t take it with you The bedroom won’t even look at me since you left it keeps its eyes closed all it wants to do is sleep, remembering better times trying to lose itself in dreams it seems like it’s taken the easy way out but at night I hear the pillows  weeping into the sheets

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Interview: Dave Lambert – Director of Zapped!

Ahead of the Season 3 finale of Zapped, director Dave Lambert sat down with Cult Faction’s Brett Summers to reflect on the success of Zap

"...Sharon Rooney falls over so much, her robes catch on doors, chairs anything really. The outtakes reel is hilarious..."

Dave Lambert, director of Zapped!, speaking to Cult Faction.

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Louder Than Words: Henry Normal @ Innside, Manchester 15/11/2025

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I've not told the plants yet they think you're still on holiday

Henry Normal, The house is not the same since you left

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The Heart of The Last Mammoth

by Henry Normal

Not even on prime time tv

But on the minority interest channel

I saw a scientist break open the heart of a mammoth

‘It is very rare’ he said

‘There are only two in existence’

We were never told if

The other mammoth’s heart

Had yet been broken

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New Post has been published on Cinema Assassin

New Post has been published on http://cinemaassassin.com/magnolia-takes-north-american-rights-studiocanal-steve-coogans-alan-partridge/

Magnolia Takes North American Rights from STUDIOCANAL to Steve Coogan’s ALAN PARTRIDGE

 Magnolia Takes North American Rights from STUDIOCANAL to Steve Coogan’s ALAN PARTRIDGE

New York (August 20, 2013) – The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced today that they have acquired North American rights to ALAN PARTRIDGE, a new comedy starring Steve Coogan as the titular Alan Patrtridge, a beloved cult character he created over twenty years ago. The film is a hit in the UK, where it was released on August 7th, and it will have its North American premiere at the 2013 New York Film Festival next month.

A Baby Cow/Studiocanal production, ALAN PARTRIDGE was directed by Declan Lowney, and written by Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Peter Baynham. Producers are Kevin Loader and Henry Normal, with Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons, Armando Iannucci, Danny Perkins, Joe Oppenheimer and Christine Langan as Executive Producers.

ALAN PARTRIDGE finds Alan at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ (Colm Meaney) decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he’s getting sacked by the new management. While the film is a cinematic gift to longtime fans of Coogan’s seminal character, its accessible humor will equally resonate with American audiences who instead know Coogan through his singular comedic voice in such films as The Trip and 24 Hour Party People.

The character Alan Partridge first appeared over twenty years ago as a BBC sports reporter on the radio show, On The Hour. Since then, this wonderfully conceited, petty, anal, idiosyncratic comic creation has flourished across virtually every medium you can think of. He’s been a sports reporter (again) on the seminal TV news spoof, The Day Today, host of his own TV chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You, star of the fly-on-the-wall sitcom I’m Alan Partridge, and most recently Mid Morning Matters.

Magnolia is eyeing a release in early 2014.

“As big fans of Steve Coogan and the talented crew at Baby Cow, we are very excited to be working on this incredibly funny film,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. “I only had a passing knowledge of the Alan Partridge character, but even as a neophyte, I found it to be an instant comedy classic. We’re confident that longtime Alan fans and newcomers alike will love this film.”

Said Producer Kevin Loader, “Steve Coogan and all of us are thrilled to be working with the excellent team at Magnolia to introduce North American cinema-goers to the complex character that is Alan Partridge. That they find the film hilarious is a great start.”

The deal was negotiated by Magnolia SVP of Acquisitions Dori Begley, with Director of Acquisitions Peter Van Steemburg, with STUDIOCANAL on behalf of the filmmakers.

  On Twitter: #AlanPartridge

  About Magnolia

Magnolia Pictures (www.magpictures.com) is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, a vertically-integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban that also includes the Landmark Theatres chain and AXS TV. Recent releases include the riveting killer whale doc Blackfish, David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche, Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Danish thriller A Hijacking, Joe Swanberg’s Drinking Buddies, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen of Versailles and the Academy Award nominated A Royal Affair. Magnolia’s upcoming releases include Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now starring Saoirse Ronan, music documentaries Muscle Shoals and Good Ol’ Freda, Norwegian thrillers Pioneer and Ragnarok, and many more.