Er......

Nothing posted since May! This must be rectified.

Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra - Hammersmith Apollo 23/24 March 2011

What a wonderful, wonderful night. The best PG gig I've seen. Now the long wait for the 3D Blu ray that was filmed that night.

Cannon Films Logo

Blimey. This brings back memories. Cannon was a film production company that was bought by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus in 1979. During the 80's the company was responsible for some of the best "worst" films ever made. Check out this list of notable efforts....

Death Wish 1 to... whatever
Masters Of The Universe
King Solomon's Mines
Cobra
Lifeforce
Over The Top
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Bolero
The Delta Force

And.... I kid you not, Puss In Boots, a 1988 musical version of the story starring Christopher Walken as "Puss" and Jason Connery. However, the logo resonates with me because there was a 3 screen Cannon Cinema near where I grew up, and they'd play it before the start of each film.

Happy days.

I also remember that (for what seemed like an age) they only ever played the same 5 or 6 adverts before each film.

"If you're drinking Bacardi".

You had to be there.

Oh..... and for a while they would slip in the video for the Kate Bush song "Sensual World".

Cinema in the 80's was awesome.

P.S. BLOODY HELL!! Found this on youtube! This was the add that seemed to run in the cinema forever. All those happy memories of seeing both good and (really) bad films at the Cannon Cinema Tunbridge Wells come flooding back.

December 2nd 2010 - Trying to get to work (and failing)

Godalming Christmas Lights 2010

The Divshare Saga Continues....... Oh, and some photos.

Ok,

Deep breath.

I was looking around my divshare account trying to figure out why some files worked and others didn't when I came across the "privacy" setting.

This was new to me, it wasn't there when I joined. Now that I've set all the relevant files to "public" they should all work.

(pinch of salt)

It's worth pointing out that I'm a free member of the site so I have a monthly download limit. If you try to download something and it says that the account has reached it's limit wait until around the end of the month and try again. The National Theatre Of Brent stuff is the main culprit, it seems to be the most popular.

Now a few pics from our recent family trip to Mortehoe in Devon.

Life The Universe & Everything

It's been an age since I posted anything about myself, life has managed to consistently get in the way.

New job, (now OLD job as I've moved on) baby, (now screaming toddler) outside projects, (not enough of them) have all meant that time is at a premium.

I'm in the process of doing what all men of a certain age do, taking stock. It's NOT a mid life crisis (yet) but it IS a concerted effort to look at things in my life and decide whether I should..

a) Hunker down, settle on a career while letting some ideas and dreams go in an attempt to be the responsible earner.

or

b) Keep trying to move towards what I always wanted to do, stop worrying about being "grown up" and enjoy life more.

On the surface it seems like an easy decision, but it ain't. My brain is all about a, but my heart is all about b.

Anyway, in an effort to focus me a little and not waste so much time on BLOODY FACEBOOK, I've decided to pay more attention to my blog. To use it as a portal for jotting down little doodles from my life, from my favourite music, films and books, to stuff I've been up to. You know, the usual stuff.

Here we go.

Dead again?

I have, of late, been very tardy in keeping this blog up to date. I am resolved to alter this unsatisfactory situation.

Blame work, child, facebook ect. They all take up way to much time.

I'll get my act together and start posting again soon!

LAURIER TIERNAN - "You Will Die as You Have Lived" music video

A short music video that I directed with my good friend Tee L for Laurier Tiernan and Prograde Records (Tokyo). It took much longer to complete than anticipated, the shoot alone took 9 hours thanks to bad weather. We hope you like it even though it's a little strange. Thanks for making all my ideas work Tee!

Holly's Text The Nation.

H.

A year ago today our world turned upside down. In a GOOD way. Happy Birthday H. We love you more than words can say.

Still here but busy ...

That says it all really. I've just started a new job and it's eating up the hours. Plus my daughter's rapidly approaching 1 year of age so most of my weekends are spent chasing her around the house making sure she doesn't destroy anything.

Which she then destroys during the week.

Sigh ...

I'll update as soon as I can.

Or when they invent the 5 day weekend.

HOLZILLA!!

LOOK OUT! SHE'S ON THE LOOSE!!

Just some more pics...

The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons!

Iconic Icons Wed 29 Jul 2009 18:30 BBC Radio 4!

I was in the audience! It was a boiling hot day and VERY uncomfortable in the venue. The show was fab though! Very interesting to see a radio comedy recorded, it all seemed very low rent. I guess you don't really need that much, just a room with good acoustics and a couple of microphones!

Just some pics....

When the rock & roll nightmare comes, the devil's gonna make me eat my drums!

They came, they saw, they went to 11. Spinal Tap played their 1 date World Tour at Wembley Arena on Tuesday night and my ears are still ringing!

I was impressed they didn't do any schtick, they just played an awesome gig and relied on the fact that the songs were strong enough (and funny enough) to stand on their own. So apart from dwarfs dancing around an inflatable Stonehenge the "jokes" were kept to a minimum, with just little bits of banter between songs.

I soon realised that these guys can really play! They sounded very assured and tight, making a noise that Metallica would envy. Chris.... sorry, Nigel Tufnel's guitar solo (though overlong) was masterful. Dave St Hubbins voice has lost none of it's power over the years and Derek Smalls proffered lukewarm support on base.

A wonderful night was had by all.

But there's more. During the first few songs official looking women with clipboards were roaming the arena. It transpired that they were looking for women to go up on stage and dance with the band during the song "Big Bottom". They picked my wife!!! Luckily people took along camera phones so the moment has been recorded for posterity. Or posterior.

If you know her, she makes her first appearance around the 1:47 mark.



Stonehenge!!



And just for the hell of it, the video for The Magesty Of Rock!



Tap were supported by The Folksmen. Brilliant!

Eyes . . .