I wrote a while ago about how I’d shared some of my early memories of Marillion with an author who was writing the definitive history of the band. Well the book has been published. It’s called Separated Out. I picked up a copy in Borders today. The piece I wrote has been used almost unedited… Continue reading Marillion
Month: December 2002
2002 – A Review
It’s not been a great year all in all. I’ve spent about half of it out of work. In January my contract finished and for the first time in seven years of freelancing, the client decided they didn’t want to renew. I then spent five months looking for work before finally accepting a permanent job… Continue reading 2002 – A Review
New Years Honours
The Queen’s New Years Honour list has been announced. Of course like any right-minded person I have no time for a system of rewards that’s based on the patronage of an unelected head of state, but it’s interesting to see who has been found fit for the regal stamp of approval. In my opinion, the… Continue reading New Years Honours
Joe Strummer RIP
I spent all day today in an office with no internet access, so it was only when I got home that I found out that one of my musical heroes had died.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Warning, I discuss major plot points from the film Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers below, but to be honest if you haven’t read the books then you’re no friend of mine and what are you doing reading my blog :) “The Two Towers” was always going to be a harder book to film… Continue reading Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Off With Her Head
Tony Blair may have joined the Maggie Thatcher fan club, but luckily the ideals of the Thatcher-hating 1980s lives on. Very soon after the Guildhall erected a statue of her, it was attacked and the head was broken off. The man who did it made no attempt to escape and used his trial as an… Continue reading Off With Her Head
The Vanishing Tories
The Guardian today has a front page with the headline Tories fall to lowest point for four years. They are saying that the Tory party’s popularity rating has fallen to 27% which is the lowest it’s been since 1998. Frankly I’m surprised it’s so high. The Tory party is falling apart. Since their defeat in… Continue reading The Vanishing Tories
Drinking (or, rather, Not Drinking)
One of the first entries I made here was about how I’d given up drinking. I’m still sticking to that many months later, so I found this article from today’s Observer very interesting.
Hare Kylie
Yesterday I was walking up Charing Cross Road when I passed a group of Hare Krishnas walking up the road chanting. Now I don’t know about you, but once I get their chant in my head it’s almost impossible to shift it. I can be chanting for hours unless immediate action is taken. On this… Continue reading Hare Kylie
Tony and Maggie
A report on the BBC site says that Maggie Thatcher has been praising Tony Blair again. When will he learn that being praised by the most evil person to ever sit in Parliament is a sure sign that you’re doing something fundamentally wrong.