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Sidepodfilmclub - Talladega Nights

Welcome along to the first ever Sidepodfilmclub evening. As there is no live show this week, we didn't want to leave you without entertainment, and thought it would be fun to watch a film together. Although we have done a few small trials of live commenting TV shows in the daily threads, this is the first time we are trying to be organised about something. It's going to be brilliant.

We've chosen a motorsport related film for the evening, although I'm afraid I have to admit it does involve NASCAR. It seems to have quite a few fans in the comments, though, who have been quoting the film all week since we first suggested this idea. Here's some more information about the film:

• Name: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan
• Director: Adam McKay
• Duration: 1:47:55

The best place to join us for this evening's event is the Live Commenting Live... Thing. We have embedded a clock set to London time, and when it hits 20:00, everybody needs to start their engines films. I imagine we should also take bets on how far apart we will be by the end as well.

Once we're done, let us know your thoughts, maybe even give it a Sidepodfilmrating, which we can compile over on the wiki.

I'm really looking forward to sharing this film with you, as neither Mr C nor myself have seen it before.

Daily: 26th April 2009

Ah, it was an eventful day yesterday both on and off track in Bahrain, and back here in Sidepodcast Towers. Here are some of the things you might have missed:

• Brawn GP have started to wonder whether it is their one-lap pace that is letting them down in qualifying, which equally has a knock-on effect going into the Grand Prix in itself. Button lines up behine Toyota and Red Bull on the grid, with Barrichello further behind. Branson must still have faith in them though, as he is in Bahrain to discuss further sponsorship.
• In Sidepodcast news, you may have noticed the Doohickey as disappeared, and is currently redirecting to the LCLT. We got in a bit of a mess with comments yesterday and couldn't afford the admin overhead to sort out all the posts to the correct threads. Apologies for anyone this inconveniences, but we're doing our best to rectify the situation.
• And of course, it would be remiss of me to not point out the good luck charm I have sent Felipe's way. It's great fun to record a song about F1, and there seems to be some interest in the comments to do the same. I encourage everyone to do so, as RG has set up a wiki page to catalogue all our efforts.

That'll do it for now. We're mostly counting down the hours till the racing starts, and then once that's done, it'll be looking forward to the podcasts. See you in the (LCLT) comments.