With that in mind, I’m getting really excited for the Flight Of The Conchords TV show finally making its way over to the UK, courtesy of BBC Four, with their HBO One Night Stand kicking things off on September 18th at 9.30pm.

Essentially the show follows the fortunes of New Zealanders Bret and Jemaine as they try to make it big in New York. They have one fan, Mel, and a manager who runs his management company from the offices of the New Zealand consulate in NYC.

I can’t do the show justice myself, but these video clips from HBO give you an idea of what you can expect.

They have an EP out right now (The Distant Future) and I think a full-length album is to follow in the new year on Sup Pop records. Now all I need is for them to go on tour…

I’m not really a fan of particularly dramatic musicals. I like my musicals to be musical comedies, like The Producers, Spamalot and Avenue Q. Which I suppose is why I’ve avoided Wicked but was interested in The Drowsy Chaperone, because the latter is a throwback that has plenty of laughs.

The premise is fairly simple. Man In Chair (played brilliantly by Bob Martin, the highlight of the whole thing) is feeling blue, so he puts on his favourite musical record, The Drowsy Chaperone. What follows is the entire show taking place in his apartment, with Man In Chair helpfully narrating what’s going on.

The whole thing is very “wink wink nudge nudge” with Man In Chair almost acting as the sceptical audience in places, commenting on how badly acted some scenes are and how nonsensical half the lyrics are, but when your guide through the world is a character who loves musical theatre for all its good points and bad points, it’s hard not to enjoy the experience.

I had no experience of the Broadway version of the show, but there were obviously a few jokes written in especially for the London show, such as a joke about the show not getting many laughs when it was “originally” performed in London, and a brief history of the Novello theatre’s various incarnations.

The performances were great across the board, full of enthusiasm and everyone was obviously revelling in the joy of it all. All in all I thought it was thoroughly entertaining.

Tickets for the first 20 shows of the production - Monday-Friday until May 8 - are being sold for £20 each and they’re well worth it. It’s obviously not a traditional production of the story, but I laughed almost the whole way through. Between The 39 Steps, Spamalot, Avenue Q and now The Hound of the Baskervilles (all of which I found hilarious for lots of different reasons), there seems to be plenty on offer in the West End if you want some fun.

For anyone who hasn’t heard about Joost, it’s essentially a way to watch television shows on your computer, but it’s more interesting than that because it’s providing content from various different sources, and while you’re watching shows you can also IM people which increases the interactivity of it all. It’s another step towards internet video content becoming more widely seen, I think.

I don’t think I’ve quite got the hang of the interface just yet. I’m instinctively clicking on things when it seems I don’t need to so I’m going to have to spend some quality time going through it and figuring everything out. The picture quality on some channels isn’t really as good as I’d like, but I’m sure that will improve with time, and it does seem to be a channel-specific thing, rather than a symptom of Joost as a whole.

There’s a really interesting range of channels available (though I suspect those in the United States and Canada may have more to see than those of us in Europe). I like that the mainstream UK channels aren’t on there because it gives me a chance to see other content. I stumbled on The Recipe Channel and found a recipe for walnut brownies, so I’m already fairly pleased.

The music-related content seems pretty cool, between Much Music, Rehearsals.com and others providing interviews and live performances, and I’m sure Joost will be home to all kinds of original content. Though the Soccer Channel seems a little Italy-centric right now. A few goals from English teams would be nice.

I’m sure I’ve only just scratched the surface in terms of understanding how the whole thing works. Since it’s still in Beta, there’ll probably be all kinds of features in the works for the future. I’ll look forward to seeing how it all develops.

I’m now stuck on level 32…and probably will be for quite some time…

Update - and now there are More Bloons - much more infuriating than the original…

I’m in love with them…

They’re basically the greatest business cards in the world. Small, rectangular, high-quality and despite the size for some reason they feel really substantial. And you can recycle them.

One side features the normal details you would have on a business card (or whatever other text you want to specify - endless scope for amusement) and the other side has a photo. But not just any photo. If you have a Flickr account, it can have a photo you’ve taken on it. Once you’ve chose the photos you want to feature on your card, you can choose which part of the photo you want to use, so it looks even cooler and funkier.

If you don’t have a Flickr account, there’s no need to miss out. There’s an option to make cards from stock photos, which is what I did with this first batch because I wasn’t sure my Flickr photos would really provide me with nice cards. They’re lovely photos, and I’m enjoying the fact that when I hand them out to people they’ll be able to choose which picture they have.

As an added bonus, the company is based in London, which meant that when I got an email from “Little Moo” (seriously, how can you not love a company who sends the most personal automated emails imaginable) letting me know the cards were in the post on Tuesday, I could look forward to expecting a nice package within a day or two. In fact they arrived yesterday (Wednesday) and I couldn’t wait to open them.

I’m trying to think of what else I could use these cards for. I’m sure when I move house I’ll be making up a batch with my new address on and handing them out to friends and family. I just need to think of something more creative to use them for. There’s a great Flickr group where people share photos of what they’ve done with their cards.

Oh yeah…and I suppose I need to find people to give them to. If only I were at SXSW…