...or in other words, my long awaited Amazon order finally arrived t'other day, and now that I'm mostly compos mentis again (as opposed to compost mentis which has been the lurgie-induced feeling since last Friday) I'm now thoroughly enjoying listening to "Now And Forever After" by The Last Dance :-)

British Steam Car Challenge

"A British steam-powered car will attempt to set a world record speed of 200 mph. The car, constructed on a tubular chassis, holds four boilers that deliver four megawatts of power, producing 325 bhp"

Obviously they've got the look completely wrong, but still...a 200mph boiler! :-)

In the background Hyde (James Nesbitt) is singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

Christopher: What's he doing?

Benjamin: He's just killed a lion with his bare hands - I'd say he's doing whatever the hell he likes!

:-) If anyone's not watching Jekyll then you're missing out! Dark, blackly humorous, quite bonkers and very well done.

This was supposed to be a reprise for an occasion in 1996: Deej and I had only been seeing each other a few months and we went to see Type O Negative at the Astoria on their "October Rust" tour. The gig was fantastic, but somewhat marred by Deej getting booted in the face by a pissed crowd surfer who couldn't control his limbs. So, fast-forward ( Read more... )

Every now and then someone in the village hosts a bloody great party, just for the hell of it. Usually, it's us or our neighbours immediately behind us. This weekend it was our turn: after our last event (a 70s-themed night) the obvious choice was an 80s night... So Katherine and I sorted out our 80s music collection (with all the compilations ( Read more... )

The Picnic Concert Party is coming to Audley End (couple of miles south of where I live) next month: Bananarama + Belinda Carlisle + Midge Ure + T'Pau + Toyah Willcox + Here And Now!

...no, I'm not going.

If you're scared of spiders then you probably don't want to click on this news article. But if you are and do, could you just point a video-camera at yourself before reading the story - or even the headline... Should go down quite well on YouTube... >;->

Tickets for the Fields of the Nephilim gig have gone and bloody well SOLD OUT.. >:-( Bugger - there were some left earlier in the week but I hadn't organised myself by then - now there are none of *course* I want to go.

Arse.

...somebody had to say it ;-)

Prior to this, the last time I went to a WGW was Halloween 2000. That's a while. But I went to quite a few prior to then, and they were pretty good.

But nothing like this one.

( Last-minute organisation )