Remember that audition I mentioned?

I GOT IN :D

Been playing guitar for 4 solid hours and I'm as tired as fuck, so I'm going to bed now.

Fucking hell.

I've got an 'audition' to join a rock and roll/rockabilly band on Monday night!

I posted an ad on gumtree.com saying that I was a guitarist looking to join/form a band, and got an email from this guy who has a full band already put together, except for a rhythm guitarist. We had a chat on the phone and he said that they're ( Read more... )

blaze ravages Universal Studios

my beloved Courthouse Square, gone! :(

is there a person alive who doesn't recognise this street?


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Angel Heart (1987)One of those films I'd read about but never got round to seeing; it was on TV the other night. Man. I'm so glad I decided to watch it... a masterful blend of hard-boiled detective noir and the supernatural, filmed on gritty location in the News (York and Orleans), and jam-packed with symbolism and meanings that become much clearer ( Read more... )

for sizzleleg

Sam Cooke: Live At The Harlem Square Club (1963)


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It took a glance through recent entries for me to realise that I've not updated to talk about my new job, at all, other than the aching feets, and I've been doing it for six weeks already. So I'm going to do that. Right now.

What's kind of weird is that I'm almost enjoying my work. (Almost!) I get up at 6am (or, um, 6.15) on Mondays, Tuesdays and ( Read more... )

The more I read about this film, the more depressed I get. It seems that the director, Kyle Newman, was fired from the project when the distributors (and I use the term loosely - they've sat on this film for the last 18 months or so), The Weinstein Company, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the film needed some reshoots and various plot ( Read more... )

I think I may have a slight obsession as of late.


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why Rivers Cuomo has disappointed me, by Mark aged twenty four and three quarters

I'm quite enjoying this writing lark.

New hours start next week, which is quite exciting, isn't it?

One more to add to my ever-expanding file of tales from Rip Off Britain (yes, the phrase deserves capitals): I bought some guitar parts from warmoth.com a couple of ( Read more... )

an occasional series called "The World's Most Puzzling Questions"..


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