Year of the Bear

Fellow Knutians ! The wee man is one year old this very day so I thought that I'd change the furniture around a wee bit to celebrate.

I say "wee" man but that isn't quite accurate anymore, he's absolutely bloomin' enormous. In fact, I'm pretty sure that it's him starring in that new movie that folk are talking about at the minute...


Actually, any reference to compasses, golden or otherwise, has for years made me think of the (hopefully apocryphal) urban legend about the overexcited onanist at the back of the class in a school biology lesson getting too excited at the sight of the naked female form in the film being shown and taking direct action with said drawing implement to prevent his, erm, imminent artexing of the underside of his desk (ewww, dear Lord, why ?????). Straight down the eye, apparently. Yup, a lovely image to leave you with.

Anyhoo, back on topic, happy birthday cutey Knuti !!!

Made with the help of -

The Guillemots "Little Bear" - Well, what else could you expect ???

The Mob (Still) Rules

Grud on a greenie, what a night at the big red shed last night. Heaven and Hell Black F***ing Sabbath with wee Ron singing for them (and how), playing an hour and a half of stone cold classics, all four horsemen of the doom apocalypse clad head to toe in black (natch), standing stock still in front of that wonderful Gothic, cross laden graveyard backdrop, grinding out those huge riffs at a real volume (finally!) appropriate to their monolithic magnificence. At last, (at last!!!) looking and sounding just like I imagined them to back in '82 on Live Evil as I listened to it for the 4,000th time. I'm not going to rattle on about it at any more length here, might just write a review for the web site if the enthusiasm still takes me, suffice to say I liked it. Boy, did I like it.

Oh, and they played "Sign of the Southern Cross" and "Falling Off the Edge of the World". Brilliantly. Jeez, I still cannot quite get my head around just how good they were.

Happy Happy Halloween Halloween Halloween...

Remember, children, be sure to wear your Silver Shamrock Halloween masks and watch the Magic Pumpkin...



(Note: the author takes no responsibility for any heads being melted and turned into a "churning, formless mass of unleashed chaos"¹ during this commercial. Or for that tune being stuck in your head for the next twenty f***ing years)

*¹Yes, I've even read the bloody book as well...

The Birthday Girl

Well, whaddya know, it's birthday time again for my beloved SuperNoni !!! And, despite being another year older, she is still a sure fire certainty to be playing yet another angst-ridden teenager in at least one random indie movie over the next twelve months (supposing her stunt doubles Natalie and Keira haven't nipped in there first).


Anyways, to celebrate, I've decided to let her out of the basement to say hello...

Mex : So, what do you have to say to our readers, sweetie ?
Noni : "MMMMMPPPPHHHH!!!!" (I think that's "Hi, everybody!")

Another of our chaps shot down

Bad enough Ronnie Hazlehurst going the other week, I got a bugger of a shock reading the obituaries in the paper yesterday morning to find that Alan Coren had bought it - no, I don't watch the telly and I hadn't listened to The News Quiz for a wee while (jeez, maybe not since just after Linda Smith slipped this mortal coil, another total solar plexus kick). Hell, I just assumed he'd always be on it, certainly whenever I next decided to tune back in again. Damn and blast. Never Ass-u-me, as Benny Hill used to always say...

Not much YooToob action for the great man as yet, just a great HIGNFY election special here, here and here. Missing you already, old bean :-(

Deaf Sentence

Had another brammer of a time last week, went down south to catch a few concerts and generally doss about. What did I learn on my travels ?

1. There's a street in Lambeth with two (yes, two!!!) Greggs the bakers on it! I was so unnerved that I bought myself two sausage rolls and one chocolate doughnut, a potentially fatal inversion of the sacred order. If you're still able to read this, I'd guess the universe hasn't collapsed in on itself quite yet.
   
   
2. The Imperial War Museum is a truly wonderful thing... but sadly confirmed to me the continuing development of a worrying fascination with, erm, old buses... hmm...
   
   
3. Saw Control at the flicks and was definitively reminded that the lovely Alexandra Maria Lara is very much in the running for being my third favourite (adopted) German...
   
   
4. Neil Peart is the only drummer in the world who punters come back from the bar to watch perform his solo spot... (oh, and Rush are still a magnificent live band).
   
   

Anyways, what I really went down there to see was this :



Don't quite know if it was the loudest thing I've ever heard - the Moggies and Sunn 0))) are damn good competition - but it was pretty intense nonetheless. Still didn't get around to visiting that giant squid, tho'... for shame!

Stay on target... Stay on target !

I can't wait to see that thing flying. Don't fancy it's chances, though...

Porkins: "I've got a problem here."
Biggs: "Eject."
Porkins: "I can hold it."
Biggs: "Pull up!"
Porkins: "NO, I'm all ri--aarrggh!"


Made with the help of -

Rush "Snakes and Arrows" - Yes, I am a software developer, I am a Star Wars fan and I do listen to Rush, so that's 10,000 nerd spotting points to you and a fuck you very much.

UPDATE (08/10) : "Here goes nothing..." oh dear :-(

UPDATE II (17/10) : A-ha, the real story at last...