“We’ve got a blind date with destiny, and it looks like she’s ordered the lobster!” I’ve wanted to see this again for quite a while, so I finally dug out my box of DVDs and found it. These days we are awash with superhero films. Marvel and DC battle it out (not that it’s much of a […]
Read more "Tonight’s Viewing – Mystery Men"Hi there, I went a bit quiet for a while on this front. I was licking my wounds after the feedback I received from my editor. Firstly, some advice. If you’re waiting for this kind of stuff to come in, and you happen to check your email at 3am when you wake up to feed […]
Read more "***Ardenna Crossing Update***"It has been a while since I did a Monday Music post. This week, I decided to go with a top 3. Besides Michael Giacchino’s fantastic work on the soundtrack for Lost, there are, as with many other TV shows, bits of popular music that are used throughout that resonated with me from the past or […]
Read more "Monday Music 19 – 2018"I’ve been thinking of doing something for Bobby Briggs for a while. I was lucky enough to meet Dana Ashbrook in 2014 and he was such a genuine, gracious chap that I grew in appreciation of his character even more. I struggled for inspiration, however, until I remembered the scene in season 3 when he […]
Read more "Just a Photograph – a haiku sequence"My brother was kind enough to loan me his Blu-ray copy of this film which we used to watch quite often when we were children. It’s one of those films that we had on VHS growing up that would somehow always end up in the machine. I haven’t seen it for about twenty years or […]
Read more "Tonight’s viewing – The Medusa Touch"Just a quick one. I’m in Sardinia with Mrs A and the bairns and we happened upon a fairground in Villasimius. It features this fantastic ride which I’ve never seen before. I’ve probably never seen it before because I live in Health and Safety obsessed Britain. It looks like your standard ride, right? Get in […]
Read more "Best Fairground Ride Ever"Editing begins Hi everyone, Just a quick post to let you know that I’ve finally found an editor to look at the book. I have enlisted the services of Therin Knite, of Knite and Day Publishing, who comes to me highly recommended. She is starting work on a developmental edit tomorrow, which I expect to […]
Read more "**Ardenna Crossing Update**"Hi everyone, I’ve always been fascinated with Mike’s story; how he traded his arm for redemption and a chance to hunt down his former partner. I wanted to do a special haiku to mark getting to the 200th video I’ve done. Number 200 happens to coincide with my 6th wedding anniversary and I have much bigger […]
Read more "Mike’s Story – a haiku sequence"I was watching Fletch last week and I thought I would make it the subject of this week’s Monday Music. For starters, I looked for one of the songs from the film and came across probably the most bizarre music video I’ve ever seen. This really has to be seen to be believed. Dan Hartman, […]
Read more "Monday Music 18 – 2018"It has been a while since I did a list. I’ve done quite a few Top 10 episodes lists of my favourite TV programmes but never touched my favourite of all. This ties in nicely with it being the Twin Peaks Festival in Washington this weekend (although in truth that’s just a fluke – I’ve […]
Read more "My Top 25 Twin Peaks scenes"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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