Oh my dear gods, you guys would not believe the weekend I've had. I already had this gig lined up, and then I got roped into attending/vaguely helping with the setup for/reviewing the Bram Stoker International Film Festival, and THEN Black Library hit me up the preceding Wednesday with a plea of "Can you copy-edit this novel for us? ASAP?" Why yes ( Read more... )

Bugger, how did I miss doing this? I really have had too much on my mind. The last Iron Lord Promotions gig was a few weeks back now, and I just realised I didn't write up a review! Apologies for that. Here we go.

( The Show Must Go On. )

Anyone in the Whitby area this Friday? Get down to this! Classic hard rock/heavy metal from Morpheus Rising and Crimson Dream - oh, and the Rifle Club's cheap beer! ;)


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Iron Lord Promotions' second Whitby show! I didn't write this gig up earlier because I went to Wacken in the middle... but here we are, belatedly. This gig was definitely a bit of a two-edged experience for me, because it was absolutely perfect in every regard but one...

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Wow, busy few days coming up. I just managed to sneak under the wire and get the flyers for the next Iron Lord Promotions show (Northern Oak and Aonia at the Whitby Friendship Rowing Club on July 27th, if anyone is interested!) from the printers this morning, before the chaos begins... so I need to go round Whitby this afternoon sticking those in ( Read more... )

I've always wanted to try my hand at the Urban Explorer thing. I love lonely, lost, derelict and secret places, and climbing around them with a camera sounds like awesome fun. Unfortunately, due partly to having been raised with a healthy fear of the law and therefore being a bit nervous about the whole potential-trespassing aspect, and partly to ( Read more... )

Today, I spent all day expecting a phone call from the printers to tell me that they'd done my flyers that I need to promote the upcoming Ravenage/Old Corpse Road gig around Whitby Goth Weekend, and also the other flyers I'm also handing out which are for the new record store in Whitby Shambles (run by an awesome bloke name of Paul, his website is ( Read more... )

I have to admit, one thing I didn't expect to find in my immediate neighbourhood here was a local wrestling promotion! However, EPW seem to be it, around here, if you want to watch men in spandex. So, having seen their posters around town offering "American Wrestling" live, I figured I'd go along and see how the homegrown talent does it. Especially ( Read more... )

I have to say, one thing about moving here that I did have doubts about was the likely lack of a local rock scene. However, there do appear to be a couple of places! Mostly it's just covers bands and discos, but, well. As long as I can dance...!

( Fireball, 09/10/09, Rosie O'Grady's, Whitby. )

So I just got in, anyways... I've been up to the East Cliff every night now, almost, since I got here. And it's never been the same twice. From breathlessly still, to seven-eighths of a gale. From bright starlight to all-consuming cloud. High tide and low, ebb and flow. The light changes shapes and moves things around - some nights the Abbey's gone ( Read more... )