Melanie Sykes Melanie Sykes Melanie Ann Sykes (born 7 August 1970) is an English television and radio presenter, and model. She is best known for co-hosting "Today with Des and Mel" with Des O'Connor and "Let's Do Lunch" with Gino D'Acampo. In the mid-1990s Sykes first came to public attention as the face of the Boddingtons Bitter advertisements as a girl with the broad "Northern" accent. Amongst other work, Sykes also modelled for Berlei lingerie. After first reporting for "The Big Breakfast", Sykes has continued her television career, including presenting stints on "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" and as presenter
Ice Cream for Crow (song) Ice Cream for Crow (song) "Ice Cream for Crow" is a song by Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band as the title track from their final album, 1982's "Ice Cream for Crow". It was released in 1982 as the sole single for the album. The line-up of the band at the time made a music video, filmed on 7 August 1982 to promote the title track, which was directed by Van Vliet and Ken Schreiber, with cinematography by Daniel Pearl. It was rejected by MTV for being "too weird" on submission. However, the video was shown on a Letterman broadcast