...since I posted much of interest regarding my life. So what have I been up to lately? Well...I'm not in the mood for much of a mega-wordy post (and I can hear the sighs of relief as I type) but here's a few things that have been done lately ( Read more... )

On Thursday I went with Shane (gayferret), Tom and Dan to see My Chemical Romance at the NIA. It was the first time I had met Shane and what better way to meet someone than going with them to see their very favourite band in the whole world ever. Support was ably and aptly, if a little bizarrely, offered by Thursday, whose semi-melodic screamo seemed to go ( Read more... )

I've had a YouTube account for quite a while now. I suspect a lot of people have accounts and never do anything with them other than watch other people's videos. But. On February 24th I uploaded some videos. Yes, I'm now officially a movie director. OK, so they're never going to win any prizes at Cannes but they're all my own work - jerky cameras ( Read more... )

In the world of music, bands come along and reinvent the wheel all the time. Some create a direct rehash of something that has gone before, some take an old style and make it their own and some take two or three styles and fuse them into something quite uniqe. The Twang fall firmly into the latter category ( Read more... )

I'm well aware that my prolonged absence from general LJ matters and my sporadic contributions to the blogosphere are causing great consternation amongst my loyal disciples readers and I promise you I will be trying my hardest in the coming days and weeks to rectify this gross misdemeanour. In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying looking at my ( Read more... )

On Thursday night I went with Matt to see Morrissey at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The last time I saw him was on his 'Your Arsenal' tour in 1992 at the NEC Atrium. In those days he was still in his Smiths-denial period and so, whilst we were treated to the best distillation of his first four albums, there were no treats in store from ( Read more... )

It's not often enough that you get to witness pure genius at work. Apparently, rather like buses, you can wait a while and then two come along almost at once. The first goes by the name of Matt Bellamy whose three-piece band, Muse, have recently released their fourth studio album. You may have heard of them. You may even like them. If you don't, ( Read more... )

Well I'm alive, for those of you who may have been wondering. No one? Oh well ( Read more... )