Gosforth, birthplace of such people as Alan Shearer and Donna Air as well as myself, is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne with a population of around 23,000 people. It’s the place where I spent the first sixteen years of my life. Therefore, I thought it was worthy of an entry of its own. That was […]
Read more "G is for Gosforth"After talking about my favourite music for E, I thought I’d move on to one of my favourite authors. Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington on October 8th, 1920. He left home at the age of 18, going to live with his aunt and uncle in Oregon. After graduating from High School, he took […]
Read more "F is for Frank Herbert"When I was growing up I took most of my musical inspiration from those closest to me. That’s what everyone does, I suppose. My Dad listened to a lot of classical music, Gilbert and Sullivan and big band swing so that’s always in my head, Mum listened to musicals like Blood Brothers and Grease… and […]
Read more "E is for Eagles"So, after coming home from Belize, I spent a couple more years at the airport. You can read all about that when I get to H. I was working at Budget Car rental and had just taken a Supervisor’s position when it finally hit me that I needed to do something more with my life. […]
Read more "D is for Dalian"First, a little celebration. Thanks to my latest Blake’s 7 rewatch post, I just passed 4000 hits this year, keeping me on my target of 1000 per month. My next article for ToC is going to be ranking all the Bond films, which is likely to be highly controversial. As I start to think about […]
Read more "Monday Music 7 – 2017"Episode 3 – Weapon So, I thought I’d have a little break from the A-Z thing and take a dip back into Blake’s 7, and as it’s already 10pm, I’m going to get straight to it. Episode 3 begins with a spaceship exploding (not the Liberator this time). We are then greeted by the sight […]
Read more "Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2 – Episode 3"I’ve got to be there before the trailers. In truth, it’s only since the advent of reserved seating that I’ve been OK with getting there once the adverts start. Need to get a seat on the end of a row, preferably with no-one in front. Really, I’d like the screen to be completely empty but that’s […]
Read more "C is for Cinema"Hey, my Belize article got the seal of approval from the Belize tourist board. Yay!
Read more "Endorsement!"Hi there, Check out the link to my new article on Taste of Cinema. My editor changed my title; it wasn’t supposed to say ‘best’. I love the film but I hadn’t even thought whether it was the best or not, or whether that even matters. I guess editors want splashy, controversial statements. Anyway, Enjoy, […]
Read more "My ‘Children of Men’ Article"I promise this is not going to turn into a travelogue. It’s just a coincidence that a few important places for me are between A and D. March 1999. I was all packed to go to Canada. I’d had my leaving drinks and everything. After finishing university, I had spent a couple of years working […]
Read more "B is for Belize "Books, games, music, and life — filtered through the mind of a writer, drummer, and philosopher who thinks too deeply about all of it. If it moves something in your chest, I'm interested.
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