So, I’m going to do this thing called Blogging from A-Z for April. It will involve lots of posts, some longer than others, and it will hopefully provide a look into what makes me tick. To begin with, A is for Austin. That’s not me; that’s Austin, Texas. My favourite place to go in the United […]
Read more "A is for Austin (Blogging from A to Z)"My brother, as I said in my last post, has always been a great role model and hero of mine. Now I want to focus on a couple of other people who have chipped in too (without knowing it to a large degree (although I did meet one of them once and tell him so). […]
Read more "K is for Kyle and Kirk"No long-winded post this time but my big brother’s worth a letter all to himself in this alphabet of mine. He’s my hero, all the way from when we had bouncy ball battles with our Star Wars figures. Who would get the tie-fighter pilot that smelled of sweets? Who would get the C3-PO with the […]
Read more "J is for John"Hi there, Click the link for my new article on Taste of Cinema. It’s all about the works of my favourite director, David Lynch. Hope you enjoy it. Please share if you do. All the best, Richard http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/all-10-david-lynch-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best/ As requested, some love for the Atreides dog!
Read more "David Lynch’s Greatest Hits"Today is March 27th which, I found out a couple of days ago, is the birthday of Quentin Tarantino, Nathan Fillion and Julian Glover. I wonder if they know that they share this? Hopefully they will when I’m done. Here’s the line up: Quentin Tarantino – a great director responsible for some of the defining movies […]
Read more "Fillion vs. Glover (Birthday showdown)"The late, great James Horner’s brilliant soundtrack for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one of my favourites of all time. Hard to believe he was a relative unknown when he was given the gig. Here’s one of the best pieces!
Read more "Monday Music 6 – 2017"So, one of my presents this year (I’m still on about my birthday) was tickets to see Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds at the Apollo tomorrow night, courtesy of my lovely wife. As a result, this week’s Monday Music is those two doing one of my favourites: Crush. Enjoy Richard
Read more "Monday Music 5 – 2017"Hi there, One more post for my birthday. Here’s a little taster from Book 2, which I am currently working on. The black car sat idling by the roadside, a figure discernible at the steering wheel. Ruby strained to see through to the back seat but the angle was not good enough and she had […]
Read more "A little something from me."Hi there, It’s my birthday today, March 13th, and I almost share it with a favourite TV show of mine. March 10th, 2017 marked the 20th Anniversary of the start of Joss Whedon’s bold and brilliant Buffy The Vampire Slayer. As a result of this, my Facebook feed started to resemble a Buffy app as just about […]
Read more "Monday Music – Birthday Special"Hi there, Check out the link to my latest article on tasteofcinema.com It’s all about great ‘body snatcher’ films from the 1950s to the present day. http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/10-great-body-snatcher-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/
Read more "10 Great Body Snatcher Movies"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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