A random ICQ conversation with Sair the other night yielded this absolute gem of an exchange: Me: I went to see the Blues Brothers Band the other night. Sair: Did it have Jake & Elrond ? All I could think of following that was Cab Calloway in a pair of pointy ears singing… Well folks,…

Every now and again a gig comes up that makes my pulse quicken and my hands shake at the prospect of having discovered before the tickets all sell out, and Monday September 4th was just such a gig. After optimistically organising to meet in a pub at 6pm and then doing the usual London Underground…

One of the best things about my life these days is the number of times I'll look at my surroundings and thing “How in the bloody hell did I get myself involved in THIS ?”. And the August bank holiday weekend was certainly no exception. It was a distinct improvement on last year's bank holiday…

Sometime in a blog's life there comes a time when you wind up posting an email conversation you've had rather than cooking up new content. However given the highly emotional topic matter, I feel it warranted. Here follows an email I received from Mike the other day, and after it, my reply to that. Apols…

Where the hell are all the bloody forks ? Our workplace typically has loads of the damn things in the Communal Kitchen Drawer. Bizarrely though, every now and again – am I'm not sure what causes it – they all completely disappear ! Vanished from sink, dishwasher, drawer, colleagues' desks… Knives and spoons are plentiful,…

Community Service Announcement: Don't read Rik Mayall's book “Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ“. It's a piece of puerile, boring, badly written shite. Yes, I will substantiate this. Anyone who's seen Rik perform more than once will be aware that pretty much ever character he's ever brought to life is more or less identical in…

Anybody who happened to be looking at Wikipedia on Monday would have seen this, but otherwise I thought it was worth mentioning: guess what Adelaidean peculiarity was listed as the Front Page Article for the 14th of August ? Not Farmers Union Iced Coffee. Not Coopers. Not even the thoroughly detestable pie floater. Nope, the…

So, the other week Richie, Hilary & I head up to Kentish Town Forum to go see Bauhaus – that'd be one of my least favourite venues (a cavernous dive is probably the best description) to see an 80's goth band I'd never heard of. Based on the fact that the ONLY description I'd heard…

One of the key lessons that the Dance (Basic) group learned at the PASSPORT Scouting Arts Conference in 1993 – by way of demonstration of Mr Greg Mant – is that it doesn't really matter what you do on a stage, so long as you look like you're having the time of your life doing…

Contrary to the hundreds of enquiries and emails of encouragement I received at the time, I did NOT participate in this. Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions, however as it was I already had to be at Shepherds Bush Empire to once again see The Cat Empire. As per usual, we (Zac…