Stolen from melys_cerys:

"I couldn't be bothered to write a full month-by-month type account of last year so I like this idea. List the first sentence of the first entry of each month of 2004."

January: Christmas was quiet - I wouldn't say it was the best Christmas holiday I've ever had as I spent the majority of it asleep but it was OK.

February: Why is ( Read more... )

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Taken from NME.com:"David Bowie, The Clash, Oasis, Coldplay and The Streets are amongst 25 acts vying for a new award in this year’s Brits ceremony that will crown the best British song since 1977. The list of 25 was unveiled today (January 2) and it will be whittled down to five by listeners to BBC Radio 2. The five will be revealed on January 10 ( Read more... )

And so that was 2004. We ended the year by going to see the movie “Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events” which didn’t disappoint at all. I had a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye as the credits rolled as it’s easily one of the best flicks that Jim Carrey has done. I’m so chuffed for him. I then proceeded to see in the New Year by ( Read more... )

Nabbed from lloydjs to pass the time ( Read more... )

So it's Christmas Eve and everything is in place ready for tomorrow. We're just playing the waiting game now until 23:30 when we'll head to the church at the end of the road for the midnight mass service. There was a time when I wished I could attend such a service and being with Kel in Birmingham for the past four years has given me the ( Read more... )

If you think that you're lacking in the Christmas spirit department, go and see "Christmas With The Kranks", the movie currently showing at cinemas that is based on the novel "Skipping Christmas" by John GrishamI was lucky enough to get a copy of the book from the library and so after we had both read it, Kel and I went to see the movie last night ( Read more... )

Taken from Warming Up (15th December 2004) by Richard Herring:"Nando's do an offer where you pay something like £1.70 for your soft drink and then are allowed as many refills as you like, of any soft drink, whilst you are dining. Presumably they have worked out that with the cheap cost of soda and drinks mixer that it is physically impossible for ( Read more... )

And so our year of music gigging came to an end last Thursday with the Beautiful South at the Birmingham NIA. We didn't go to that many compared to previous years but enough to warrant the compilation of a "2004 Live" CD - the very best of my live musical experiences this year:

1. Wanderlust - Delays
  2. Kiss Of Life - Supergrass
  3. You ( Read more... )