The Midsomer Murders/Rock Band Files

If you are a fan of British mystery drama you'll know Midsomer Murders. It's no Inspector Morse, but entertaining in its own way. (Although I know some who are perpetually confused by the plots, not to mention by how one bucolic location can still have any residents remaining, given the number of murders that take place there.)

Anyway, the Brit press is having some fun with the fact that Ricky Wilson, frontman for rock band, the Kaiser Chiefs has professed to be a big fan. He told the Guardian that he loves the show -- "It totally relaxes me for two hours. I imagine it's much like heroin."

They didn't believe him. But now it seems they do, (It Was Ricky Wilson in the Conservatory With a Candlestick) or are toying with the idea of taking the notion seriously, as Wilson is also reported as saying he'd like to mount an exhibition of paintings he's done of lead actor, John Nettles (better known as Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby).

Ah, what odd fun they sometimes have on the other side of the (not "pond," an expression I've always found cloying) ocean. But personally, I find Midsomer M.'s more like a little too much wine after a large meal, pleasing but potentially soporific. (Maybe that's why the plots seem hard to follow?)

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