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unusual facts about Múm


Obrigado Saudade

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic band Múm, makes a notable appearance in "Two, Three, Fall" and "Spain".


Anne Charleston

Having briefly played the brusque daughter of released prisoner "Mum" Brooks in 1979, Charleston returned for several appearances in the serial as policewomen through the early 1980s before taking the larger recurring role of Deidre Kean, mother of prison toughie Reb Kean (Janet Andrewartha), in 1984.

Bill MacIlwraith

Born in London, he is best known for the stage play The Anniversary (1966) which was adapted into a film version released in 1968 starring Bette Davis as 'Mum'.

Chris McPhail

As of 2012, McPhail has been rumored to be dating local Sydney celebrity Maude Garrett, however both parties have denied any meetings ever occurring and McPhail claims to be faithful to his mum.

Diana Ser

She was last seen on local television in 2008, where she co-hosted an episode of Glamour Mum and The Dude on MediaCorp Channel 8 with Bryan Wong.

Frank Nobilo

"I got a bit of grief because I preferred league over rugby then and I was a bit more of a rebel. I used to catch the train to and from school and it took about 30–40 minutes. My mum said it drove her crazy because I missed it often and my parents were living in Glen Eden and I would end up in Henderson and they'd have to come and collect me".

Green Shield Stamps

Nikki Sudden wrote a song called "Green Shield Stamps" for his last official album "The Truth Doesn't Matter" - It describes his childhood in Britain, and that his mum used to save the green shield stamps.

Jennifer James

On 23 April 2006, Jenny completed the London Marathon, for Barnardo’s and said that becoming a mum herself encouraged her to run.

Jon Elrick

His mum Nadine played more than 60 times for the New Zealand ladies' team.

Jon Nurse

Nurse was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, and moved to England in 1984, taking up residence in Fulham living with his grandparents and mum.

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

She is best known as a former frontperson of múm, and later on for collaborating with former husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan.

Les Pretend

His dad is called Des (and is thus one of the few Beano parents to be given a name rather than 'mum' or 'dad'), an Elvis Presley fan and impersonator, hence Les' middle name of Presley.

Minute Taker

Clash described the album as "carefully constructed, layered compositions with as much in common with Múm as David Gray and his ilk".

Mum and the Sothsegger

Richard the Redeless focuses wholly and exclusively on Richard II and the latter part of his reign, whereas Mum ignores Richard's rule to concentrate exclusively on problems during Henry IV's administration... Richard the Redeless contains specific allusions to events and personalities of Richard II's reign, but this is not the case with Mum... to be a truth teller and name names may have proved too much for him.

Naziah Ali

Her father is a third generation Indian and her mum a native Fijian from the province of Ba

On the Buses

The format of On the Buses was sold to American television, where it was remade by NBC as Lotsa Luck, starring Dom DeLuise as Stanley Belmont with Kathleen Freeman as Iris Belmont, his mum, Wynn Irwin as Arthur Swann, Beverly Sanders as Olive Swann and Jack Knight as Bummy Pfitzer, his best friend.

Outnumbered

Other new characters in Series 3 include Kelly (Anna Skellern), on whom Jake has a crush, Angela's new husband Brick (Douglas Hodge), who is an American therapist, and his daughter Taylor Jean, who wants to live with her mum.

Pinner tube station

Michael Rosen has a poem about waiting for his mum at Pinner Station in a poetry collection called Quick Let's Get Out of Here (Puffin).

Pullhair Rubeye

Pullhair Rubeye is the first album released by Animal Collective member Avey Tare (David Portner) and his then-wife Kría Brekkan (Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, formerly of múm).

Renee Williams

She was also the subject of a British television program called "Half Ton Mum" broadcast on Channel 4 after her death as part of the BodyShock series.

Screaming Masterpiece

The film itself shows mostly live performances and interviews by some of Iceland's biggest musicians, including Björk, Sigur Rós, Slowblow, múm, Ghostigital, Quarashi, Singapore Sling amongst others, over the backdrop of Icelandic scenery.

Seabear

He is also a member of Mr. Silla, which includes members of Kimono, Múm and Amiina.

Shabazz Baidoo

He first grabbed the attention of the Grime scene in his F64 for SB.TV, where notable quotes include "I'll knife your Mum", "I'll knife man down to size", "I will knife man up" and "Krispy Kreme."

Smárason

Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977), poet/author and founding member of Icelandic experimental band múm

Spooky Buddies

Billy's mum, Janice buys Billy his costume for trick or treating which is a Christmas Story-esque bunny suit, having had misheard him saying Hip Hop Rabbit when he meant Hip Hop Rapper.

They Keep Killing Suzie

"Red Is The New Black" by Funeral for a Friend (when the team look for Lucy at the Wolf Bar), "Sing" by Travis, "Soley, Soley" by Middle of the Road (when Gwen and Suzie in the car, Suzie says her mum used to sing this) and "Górecki" by Lamb (when Owen comforts Gwen; Jack and Gwen return to work; Suzie's body is placed back into storage) are featured in this episode.

Transcendental Meditation

Deans, Ashley (2005) MUM Press, A Record of Excellence, ISBN 0-923569-37-5


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