Judgement Day are a "stringmetal" band comprising a drummer, a cellist and a violinst covering the genres of "black metal, progressive and classical"...

http://www.myspace.com/stringmetal

How to make music when you can't make music ( Read more... )

..well actually that should be "buy my car" - I'm finally selling my beloved Volvo V70R AWD. Details here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/118591.htm

Any amateur astronomers amongst you are probably already aware of this, but the Leonid meteor shower happens this weekend. Ooh, pretty lights in the sky! :-)

This is particularly for the likes of nevla and the other sci-fi fans... Looks like a set of brand-new direct-to-DVD Babylon 5 episodes will be hitting the shelves in 2007:

http://slashdot.org/articles/06/11/14/1637254.shtml

...mainly that I doubt I'll be able to make it! :-(

So, what has caused me to emerge from my age-long LJ slumber? This! Yes, in the grand tradition of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this is a one-man rendition of the original Star Wars trilogy in 60 minutes. Awesome! :-)

So, I wonder if I *can* actually manage to get to it...?

Seems like a daft question doesn't it? And I certainly ought to have some clue, considering I'm a bit of a techie... We've used Tesco Downloads in the past, and they're OK but they don't have a good enough selection for what I want right now (cheesy 70's music for a themed party). Downloaded iTunes last night: all very slick, huge selection, but ( Read more... )

I kid you not:

http://x-entertainment.com/updates/entries/archives/00000749.html

http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/muppetmatrix/default.asp

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/tls/trailer/large.html

X1 was good, X2 was great - this looks awesome. And yes, I'm a 13-year-old comic fanboy at heart! :-)