Every time I post an entry, I look back at what I was contemplating last time out and then realise how much has changed, even though the pace of lockdown feels slower than a Pensioner in front of you in the fast lane, my head is swimming like Ian Thorpe; anyone else getting this weird phenomenon ( Read more... )

Hello hello! Happy 2019 all of you, how's it treating you? No, I mean it, how is it going for you ( Read more... )

It’s always good to squeeze a bit of culture into these foreign sojourns and after playing amongst the mounds of snow outside in its’ extensive grounds, it was time to actually look at the Egyptian exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum in New York ( Read more... )

There is a reason for this potential video-fest..!

This is my first attempt at embedding videos, so if it doesn't work, it's meant to be (in order): The Menzingers - Where Your Heartache Exists, Billy Talent - Try Honesty, Steel Panther - Death To All But Metal and Jamie T - Don't You Find!

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The reason why, is because within the next week, I ( Read more... )

We went up to near Toni's work at Salford MediaCity to see two of the episodes of this Christmas' Celebrity Mastermind be filmed, it was great and me and Thelma_viaduct exclaimed our surprise that we'd never seen any TV be recorded live before on our walk home. This despite it being free and local to us ( Read more... )

Not quite sure why my head decided it's so awake all of a sudden, at least Toni can sleep for her insanely late day tomorrow night ( Read more... )

It's quite unbelievable to think that less than five years ago, I saw Frank Turner play a pub called Joshua Brookes in Manchester and today, he released tickets to the public for an arena show ( Read more... )

Shattered, as the bleeding cats kept me up all night jumping on things from ridiculous heights and I couldn't chuck the buggers out as Toni was already asleep ( Read more... )

So, Happy New Year to everyone, thanks for still reading, as this particular Livejournal enters its' 9th year of existence!

My New Year's Eve took a weird turn entering 2013; as I may have mentioned, me thelma_viaduct , Jim and Chris L were all off to see Frank Turner play an intimate little gig at a new Manchester music venue we had yet to experience, all very ( Read more... )

Unbelievably, in the matter of ten minutes or so, it will technically be my month anniversary of being married to thelma_viaduct, it's not scary in the slightest, apart from how quickly time goes these days ( Read more... )