January 2012
2 posts
11/12 →
Ok, so I can’t resist it. The end of year review is like catnip to bloggers, even though nobody really gives a rat’s arse about my views about the year. Mind you if I start…
December 2011
4 posts
'Tis The Season - Blood on the Motorway →
Traditional end of year blog post on how I’ll be so much better at doing stuff next year.
November 2011
9 posts
30dsc day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty →
Song 28, Colour Haze – Tempel.
I’ve been putting this one off for a while now, because quite frankly I don’t know if any music makes me feel particularly guilty. I suppose the…
Leveson and Speed →
I don’t know if you’re the same as me but I’ve been fairly obsessively following the Leveson inquiry into the practices and ethics (or relative lack thereof) of our ‘Gawd Bless Em’ national press….
Look at me I’m all shiny and new! →
The more astute of you will have noticed that this here blog has had a shiny new redesign, and is all sparkling and new. Unless of course your general method of entrance to this blog is…
An Afternoon With Jimmy →
I haven’t blogged for a while but there’s nothing quite like the death of a celebrity that you have an anecdote about to bring a blogger back to his keyboard. I’ve written this tale…
October 2011
8 posts
Gym Films 3: Tokyo Drift →
After my last post about discographies (go here if you haven’t read it, you a bad bad person) it seems somewhat appropriate that this week’s thrilling instalment of Gym Films is in…
Discography →
I spend most of my day with one headphone in my ear, which is obviously preferable to spending the day with no headphones in my ear. Sometimes I go hog wild and put two in. Throughout the…
Lists and Learning →
Last night I braved a downpour so severe I could barely make out my own headlights on the road ahead to make my way towards a modern building in an esteemed seat of learning, and found…
Would I lie to you?
Charlie Brooker: What's the most complicated thing you do in your kitchen?
David Mitchell: Worry about death?
September 2011
7 posts
Gym Films 2: Gym Harder →
Yes, it’s true, I’m still going to the Gym. And no, I’m not just sitting in the lounge area for an hour drinking the free coffee. Oh no, I do all sorts of manly running and cycling and…
Excuses Excuses →
Well hello there. Yes, I’ve been away, but there is a reason for that. His name is Jacob. A tiny bundle of awesomeness and heart melting loveliness he may well be, but he is also very tiring. Well,…
August 2011
6 posts
Welcome to the world. →
So you may have noticed I’ve not been around much lately, the reason being the rather lovely and handsome little fella you see here. My gorgeous little fella arrived on Thursday morning…
Will Haven - Held To Answer | Rock Sound TV | Rock... →
Yuss
30dsc, day 26 – a song that you can play on an... →
Song 26, Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live
Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away (Sunderland, to be precise) I used to own a bass guitar. Don’t laugh. It was large and unwieldy,…
30dsc, day 25 – a song that makes you laugh →
Song 26. The Frogs – Meet the Frogs.
In a week when world stock market prices are tumbling, and the never ending cycle of apocalyptic news headlines continues to beat everyone into a…
30dsc, day 24 – a song that you want to play at... →
Song 24: Clutch - (Eulogy for a) Ghost.
Wahay, and we’re back! I figured it is about time to finish this rather idiotic challenge off, seeing as I’ve only got seven more to do and they…
July 2011
14 posts
Hold the presses →
I was going to do my next 30 day song challenge today, but it seems a little unseemly to me to be writing about a song to have at my funeral when there is so much death around. From the death of a…
Why McLuhan's chilling vision still matters today... →
30dsc, day 23 – a song that you want to play at... →
Song 23: Ben Folds - The Luckiest So here is the point in which I betray my gruff manly exterior and expose myself to be a puppy dog cry-baby lady man? Oh wait, in order for that to be…
We are all junkies now →
It seems a strange irony that the general increase in engagement with the news in general by the public at large seems to correspond directly with the complete collapse of the news making industry.
30dsc, day 22 – a song that you listen to when... →
Song 22. Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill
So we rumble on towards the end of the 30 day song challenge with all the enthusiasm of a wounded buffalo approaching a watering hole ring fenced…
Hey now, hey now. →
Much as it pains me to admit, the time to recognise defeat has come, and a hasty retreat is needed. Almost exactly one year ago I took the bold (for me, anyway) move of kicking nasty evil Windows…
30dsc, day 21 – a song that you listen to when... →
One thing about fandom in general that I find appealing is its constantly shifting nature. There are always new and exciting things to come along and take your attention away from those…
If your flesh tunnels look big enough for me to...
ewengcameron:
then don’t look surprised when I try out my theory.