Memoirs # 3

Oxford Road, Manchester, 2007

When signalling for a taxi a double decker bus hit my hand.

Two Gripes (no relation)

1. Can the media refrain from the use of terms like 'The big freeze' or 'big chill' etc. until the next ice age comes along.

2. I feel misrepresented by my top artists/tracks on Spotify. They're always a week behind and often completely wrong.

Castle Irwell

In the spirit of nostalgia here is a link to a blast from the past:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4699216841671463993#

I lived there. Looking back it was actually a hell of a lot worse than this caricature. But then this was produced by a couple of Lightside softies. 

Watching it now (I've watched it 20+ times) the comedy is all but lost and the thing that strikes me the most is the acoustics change from the corridor to the room. That's exactly what it sounded like. It's odd as it's something you'd never have as a memory of the place but as soon as you hear it, you're sent back in time.  

Memoirs # 2

At school I was in a jazz band. We convened for our first rehearsal only to realise we didn't know how to play jazz. Some loose jamming ensued and a second rehearsal was never organised.

Memoirs # 1

Having reached this grand old age and having lived such a colourful life, I am consumed by the lure of chronicling my existence for the ages. I know this will be a challenge - like taming a raging beast into edible chunks. But even the most furiously insane of cattle must be herded into the abattoir. 

And so here it will begin...In no chronological order, in small context-free snippets...

Memoirs #1

As I youth I set The Jabberwocky to music.

JIMMY MCNULTY IN HONORARY DEGREE SHOCK

Tearaway hellraiser and 'natural fucking poh-leece' Detective James "Jimmy" McNulty was today awarded an honorary bachelor of arts degree in Debauchery and Shamelessness Studies, or (BA)DASS for short.
"What the fuck did I do?" Mr.McNulty declared on receiving his scroll, apparently unaware of his own notoriety.

Re-Up: 14 whiskys later and McNulty grabs onto the nearest woman at the post-grad bash 

When asked how he would celebrate the honour, Mr. McNulty said he was going for 'a taste' with a portly policeman friend, and that we should not expect him back for several days.

Some Maths

Wikipedia + Curiousity = Plot spoiler fail

I accidently read about the fate of a key character in The Sopranos.
Now I've just done it again with The Wire.
It's just too easy done.
SHhhhheeeeeeeeiiiiiIIIIITTTT.

Some days I feel like this...

but it passes.

a collection of cartoons of varying quality

from rushed to worser

This blog should be renamed 'bad art close up = slighty better art'