Low Standards For High Fives

Education. Health Care. Gay marriage. Irish Nationalism. It’s all change for Back-Talk in this U.S. special. Joining Love Thang (“Christophe”) and Ginger (“Ian”) once more is Joshua “James Nesbitt” Fein, reprising his role as Back-Talk’s best friend and guest contributor.

Chris ponders the notion that he would take a boy-band gig on pragmatic grounds, Josh airs a surprising Ricky Gervais revelation, and Ian gets chatted up by a fella, then laments Unionism (!) Unseasonal Christmas discussion can also be found in this gargantuan 2 hours + episode. Don’t mention it.

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Roses are red, violets are blue

She making with it, so why don’t you too?

Is there anything better than taking the nearest (and dearest?) out for a spin in a blacked-out van under false pretenses on Valentine’s Day? If there is, we don’t want to know. If there is, how would we?

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As in “bad”, not the slang for the body-part. Ian attempts to dissuade everyone on the planet from watching The Persuasionists. Chris once used his hair to homage Leon S. Kennedy. Spider-Man’s cinematic future is speculated upon at length. Ian slams Empire Online’s sub-par writing. Chris tears Torchwood a new one, then we ask ourselves “what’s life like for homosexuals?”

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Ian is fed up with Snow Patrol. If he found himself at Rekall, which religion would he choose? How long will it take for Christophe to bring Star Wars into a discussion of faith? The answers to these and other questions can be found within. DISCLAIMER: Ian would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that he (now) knows “Handjobs for the Holidays” is on Broken Social Scene, not You Forgot It In People.

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Some recent re-watches of Clerks II and Zack and Miri Make a Porno stimulate further Smithian discussion. University writing classes aren’t short on problems. Another lady falls under Christophe’s spell… with surprising results! Partially homo-erotic role-play ensues, once again.

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Happy holidays folks, thanks for listening and have a happy new year! C & I

Hi everyone, not usual that I post on here (or at all) I know but I just wanted to assure everyone that the holiday special will be available online very soon for your perusal. It also has come to my attention that people are still using the old twitter feed.

I would ask that you kindly use the new twitter account we created to compensate for some website irregularities @lsfhfuk on twitter. It’s got all the same juicy info that you once craved and and then subsequently satiated your desire for.

Finally, the only address for contacting us at Back-Talk HQ is now backtalk@lsfhf.co.uk. I’m just trying to minimize the amount of accounts I use for various things in order to streamline.

All that above horseshit aside, happy holidays folks. Please be patient with us (see me) and I promise 2010 will be a productive one for us and an enjoyable one for you. Best Wishes.

Christophe

p.s anyone who got the obvious Bioshock reference deserves a cookie and 2K certainly deserve your money for their awesome upcoming title.

Starring a morally suspect lady, Alderaanian architecture, and ambiguous buttock contact. We also confuse Argyle with someone called Ardell, speculate over potential celebrity pugilism, and say “hate-tank” a lot.

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Ian lambastes the quality of his work Christmas dinner. Chris follows suit with the Kaiser Chiefs. Football (or “soccer” for the foreign amongst you) gets workshopped with violent results. Fittingly, your hosts’ proposals are used to stave off an insect apocalypse. Online gaming’s life-affirming highs and soul-destroying lows also feature. There will be delay.

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The conclusion to last week’s “cliff-hanger” is lithe, informal, and characteristically high on Simpsons references. Is it exciting? Well, Chris pretends to be a girl, before putting his shiny new IanBot™ through a punishing sanitation schedule. Guinan and Q are appreciated. Things are concluded. What do you think?

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