cowfish

From the private diary of Dr William JH Watson-Abbott BSC SSC…
After a quiet Christmas hidden away in my rooms in Ealing I felt that a trip into town to visit a friend of mine was needed. While not a man to celebrate the festive season, his apartments in Baker Street were the starting point for [...]

Guns N Roses are a weird band for me. Back in the dim and distant past at the dawn of my questionable musical taste I was offered an album swap – my unwanted copy of Pearl Jam’s ‘Ten’ (the ‘unwanted’ part of that situation still haunts me to this day) up for either ‘Use Your [...]

It seems that I am not the only person to have noticed the Batman: The Movie homage concealed in the Wallace and Gromit Christmas Special. Not that Tim Burton thing (although I have few complaints with it), but the best Batman movie ever – Batman ‘66.

Well done Nick Park for acknowledging this oft forgotten slice [...]

After spying a comment on twitter from Sizemore this morning that I thought may have suggested some damage to the pontiff, I jumped over to the BBC News site to catch up on the world of world affairs. Much to my dismay there was no papal fatality (not that I have any particular ill-will to [...]

And lo, on the seventh day did Billy go amongst the people and he was distressed. For the air was chill and he was not as laden with the spoils of Cupertino as he might have been. True, the condensed sounds of two tortured souls were flowing into his ears through blackened and twisted wires, [...]

As is often my wont, I am propped up in my bed drinking some rather excellent coffee and knocking the various remainders of my week’s reading on its metaphorical head. Only a couple of head-knockings today, but two that I felt warranted further mention.

First up is Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery. I picked it [...]

As we get towards the end of the year there’s normally an upswing of interesting gigs, with the christmas spirit overflowing into the pockets of the promoters as they drag acts out for a once yearly showing. So, despite a singular lack of interest from you, the viewing public, I’ve dragged my lonely carcass along [...]

I rather like my XBox. Not only does it enable me to develop sciatica and convince me to take up drumming, it also keeps the front of my lounge warm, lets me discover the various UPS dropoff points in London when it breaks, and take pretty pictures of broken technology. However, on top of all [...]

My love of all that falls off the back of Harmonix’s Mack truck of rocking goodness (even Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s – the rip off expansion that did remind me that Round and Round by Ratt is the best song in the world EVAH. And the video’s excellent. Especially if you wish that you [...]