I love it when you discover music you’ve never heard before. TV and film is such a rich source of experiences like that. It leads to a crazily diverse back catalogue on your computer when you download lots of individual songs but each one carries with it a nice little memory or association. This week, […]
Read more "Monday Music 29 – 2017"5 Reasons why I’m excited. Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the plot of Ready Player One. . . . . . . . . I’m a little late to this party. I know this book was released back in 2011. I don’t think I’d even heard of it before about a year […]
Read more "Ready Player One – Looking Forward"Hi everyone, I’ve got an update on Cameron’s Twin Peaks Fan film project. He’s released a new video with details about the project. You can view it here: Good luck from me, Cameron. As far as The Ardenna Crossing is concerned (still can’t believe I’ve finalised the title), I’m meeting with some young people tomorrow […]
Read more "Cameron’s Twin Peaks Fan Film -Update"After some thought and input from other people, I’ve made the decision. The X5 spaceship will be renamed Ardenna, after the genus of migratory birds that travel further than any other. My series of books will be called: The Ardenna Crossing The first book will be Book 1: Between Two Worlds The sequel, currently underway, […]
Read more "Title Announcement"A quick one this week. I was watching The Fifth Element the other night and was reminded of the closing credits. The score for the film was composed by long-time Luc Besson collaborator, Eric Serra. I really like his work on this film and on Leon. The song that plays over the closing scene of […]
Read more "Monday Music 28 – 2017"Over the past few weeks, I have been thinking about the title of my book, which I plan on releasing next year. As you know, I have been fixed on The Crossing since I first had the idea a couple of years ago. However, it has been pointed out by a few people that there […]
Read more "The Title Issue"Hi there, As you know if you follow this page, I’m a big fan of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. When I wrote an article about the new series, I was lucky enough to be invited on the Obnoxious and Anonymous YouTube channel to talk about it. The man behind that channel is […]
Read more "A ‘Twin Peaks’ fan film announcement"This week I was going to do the music from Unbreakable but the YouTube video disappeared off, probably due to some rampant copyright use issue and I couldn’t find it again. Anyway, somewhere amongst the suggested videos was this little piece from a film that has been a guilty pleasure of mine since April 1999. […]
Read more "Monday Music 27 – 2017"Had a spare couple of hours so I thought I’s plough onwards with my rewatch of Blake’s 7. Episode 6 – Trial It seems fitting that I’m going for this tonight. I saw the sad news online earlier this week about the passing of composer Dudley Simpson, who was responsible for Blake’s 7’s awesome theme […]
Read more "Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2, Episode 6"This last one is all about children’s television. It’s become a part of my life again ever since we had the boy in 2015, and things have changed a great deal since I were a lad! I grew up watching things like Button Moon. and Thomas the Tank Engine (the old series). My brother reminded […]
Read more "Z is for Zuma"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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