'Twas quite a quiet weekend for me as I recovered from The Bug that ruined last week and tended to a bunch of family things that had been piling up for a few months. All reached satisfying conclusions though, so job done on that front. I also found time to sneak in some fun along the way. I met up with Dusty on Friday night for one of our typically ( Read more... )

Hello all. My week off and subsequent illness-related bed rest (thanks to all for the best wishes) have given me an extremely satisfying amount of time in which to listen to serious amounts of new music, which is something that I've been meaning to do for a while. After a brilliant start to the year the last couple of months had seemed to be a bit ( Read more... )

So, last night I was meant to be going to see Sparta playing a lovely small venue in London. I absolutely adore that band, and think that Threes is just a fantastic album. I was particularly stoked for this show because the band had played one of the best sets I've ever seen at the Give It A Name festival this year, and seemed to be really on top ( Read more... )

Well, final day in the office almost navigated. Now just one day of packing to navigate, then off to France (not really a real holiday, is one of those "couple of days tacked onto the beginning of a wedding" trips)... Am so ready for a day or two out of here! Hope you are all good, love to all

 Hey guys, just a two-second update to say apologies if any of you have tried to call or message me on my cellphone this week. Since Monday it has been dead, am waiting for a replacement now. Keeps up my average of getting through a phone a year. Oh well. Hope you are all good

Ah, the week from hell is over. This was an absolutely insane time at work - the first two projects I've ever really been allowed to manage both had deadlines this week (one on Tuesday, one on Friday) and getting them done and out proved to be a giant headache. With the exception of a couple of hours off on Thursday night to see the Harry Potter ( Read more... )

I can honestly say I've never felt like I needed to go to a concert as much as I did at the end of this week. I'd had a terrible few days at work, and was so glad that I could go to a show and let off some steam. And, to be fair, the two shows I had lined up for Friday and Saturday nights weren't just any shows. They were GlassJaw shows. Their ( Read more... )

Okay, this was somewhat unexpected but really quite amazingly rad. Thank god for Punktastic, is all I can say:

Thank you for your order MR CAINES

You have booked 2 standing tickets for GLASSJAW at London Barfly in London on FRI, 06/07/2007, doors at 19:00, starts at 19:30

Your card will be charged £37.80
Please note- this ( Read more... )

Okay, so the signs are good for two of my most eagerly-anticipated albums of the year. Both Armor For Sleep and The Receiving End of Sirens have put new songs on the web over the last couple of days, and they are both great. Check out and enjoy:

- Williamsburg by Armor For Sleep - Myspace - (from as-yet untitled album)
- The Crop and The Pest by ( Read more... )

Ah, on this grey and frankly damnably miserable Monday morning, the following made me giggle endlessly. When in trouble, when you begin to doubt yourself or those around you, simply ask... ( What Would Journey Do? )