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Bummer
Had the plug pulled on my apparently lucrative contract. Fell foul of company politics, so I'm out of work again! -
Amputated...
The Hands of Joe, that is ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
It has been a long time coming, decades for some of us, but now it it is here! The Hands of Joe are performing their first ever gig:
Date: Saturday 2nd August 2008
Location: the Magdalene Arms, Ifley Road, Oxford
Start: be there at 8pm sharp of you will miss us!
The Hands of Joe will be performing all their own material; and eclectic ( Read more... ) -
A Brief Reading List
American Gods by Neil Gaiman ( Read more... ) -
'Tis the season of ill-humour
But the worst of it is over - was back to work today anyway, and got sent home at just after 3 anyway. Lots of nice new CDs and DVDs, but I don't get to play them because everybody else is just sponging up the endless reams of satellite broadcast tripe. I think my family worry that heir eyes will cease to function if not bathed incathode rays at ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Happy Halloween!
By seeing and grooving to Black Stone Cherry at The Astoria in London -
Writer's Block: Happy Halloween!
Watching & grooving to Black Stone Cherry at The Astoria in London -
Tony Wilson R.I.P.
Almost a cliche to do this, but a tragic loss. Urbane, witty and brighter than 90% of the musico-cultural pundits. Aman without whom there would have been no Factory Records, and possibly no Joy Division or Happy Mondays. The world is a poorer place. -
Superhero or Supervillain?
No surprizes on the first, not sure about the second
Your results:
You are Green Lantern
Green Lantern
90%
Iron Man
80%
Hulk
75%
Superman
65%
Robin
57%
Spider-Man
55%
The Flash
55%
Catwoman
50%
Supergirl
50%
Wonder Woman
40%
Batman
35%
Hot-headed. You have strong
will power and a good imagination.
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Whoo-hoo!
That's this year's big mountain done, with no injuries this time. Ben Cruachan is, however a mean mutha of a mountain compared to Cader Idris. About 700' higher, and the last 1000' up from the bealach is deceptive. It's basically a boulder field all the way to the top, and we got hailed on. Most of the day the weather was glorious, so I'm not ( Read more... )