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…

Not that one wishes to cast aspersions on the validity of the Houses of Parliament as an enjoyable place to go, but when the other options include a building with 500 different beers inside, the contest is over as far as I'm concerned. What's this wonderful, magical place you ask ? Once again, it was…

Something which I now thoroughly recommend if you're in London during summer and have the opportunity is doing a tour of the Houses of Parliament. It's totally tourist of course – in our tour group of about 20 there were only 2 British folk – but it provides a fascinating snapshot and insight into British…

How do ya like that ? I was so busy talking about George Clinton that I nearly forgot to mention that I went to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers the following night… duuuuuuuuuuuuh… It's a weird experience – going to a gig for a band you've been a fan of for 15 years, and…