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"This week, a little tribute to one of my favourite film composers: Bernard Herrman. Bernard Herrman was born in New York in 1911. His father encouraged his musical talent from a young age, taking him to the opera and buying him a violin. He went on to win his first prize at the age of […]
Read more "Monday Music 26 – 2017"My special viewing for tonight is one of my favourite creepy films. It’s that rare film that actually makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. My brother bought it for me as a Christmas present a few years back and it’s become one of my favourites. The film, a television […]
Read more "Halloween Special – ‘The Stone Tape’"Courtesy of my brother, I spent the afternoon enjoying a bit of NFL action, just down the road from my house at Twickenham Stadium. Today’s game was the Minnesota Vikings at Cleveland Browns. After last week’s game where the Arizona Cardinals failed to show up, even before Quarterback Carson Palmer left the field with an […]
Read more "NFL UK – Vikings @ Browns"Before we start, this isn’t a “best of” list or anything like that. It’s more a celebration of good quality examples of female characters who exist as more than window dressing or motivation for a male hero to do some rescuing. Basically, I love writing the characters of Tempe and Ashana in my book and […]
Read more "9 Great Female Characters in Science Fiction"In the mood for a bit of 80’s this week. So what better than a bit of music from 1986’s Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous. Based on Richard Sapir’s Destroyer series and Directed by Bond stalwart, Guy Hamilton, this was a staple from my childhood. Fred Ward stars as Remo Williams, resurrected New York cop trained […]
Read more "Monday Music 25 – 2017"I’ve been talking for 24 letters and 7 months now about myself and the things that are important to me. Before I get to the end, I thought it would be fun to leave my own opinions to one side and focus on what other people say about me. This is open to feedback too, from […]
Read more "Y is for Your Feedback"After a summer consumed almost entirely by my return to Twin Peaks, and after my trip to the UK Fest last weekend, I decided to get back to something I’ve left alone for quite some time: Blake’s 7. Over the past few months, however, I’ve gathered a few more followers. It seems only fitting that […]
Read more "Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2, Episode 5"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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