May 7th, 2008
Chicago airport, Monday, May 5, 2008. Spotted Scott Sigler’s INFECTED novel in the bookstore adjacent to the eating/seating area. What’s delightful in this shot is how INFECTED gets priority placement over Stephen King’s Duma Key. I’d rate that as a result, Scott!
April 22nd, 2008
I am officially old. Too loud, too long standing around. Too many irritating (and smelly, and tall) people about. Too much interference from the venue. Right, that’s off my chest so let’s set that to one side for now and talk about the actual gig.
I have been a fan of Bj??rk, discovering her music not [...]
April 21st, 2008
Vacation is looming in a few days and I am experiencing all the usual internal turbulence in the lead-up.
It’s ridiculous, but I find the week or so leading to a vacation terrible stressful - to the point of not wanting to go. Once I am fully engaged in the journey, however, it all starts to [...]
April 13th, 2008
It’s a Sunday morning and I am planning recording the next episode of TableRappers when joy of joys, the next door neighbour begins his DIY tapping, filing, and drilling. “Oh great,” I exclaim, “I hope he doesn’t keep that up for long.”
A minute later and a very unusual sound wafts through the flat. This is [...]
March 30th, 2008
Finally, after great deliberation, dead ends, and false starts, I’ve created a place for my illustrations, drawings and other art to live:
aUniqueSpace.co.uk
The site has no preview thumbnails, it’s a ‘journey’ through various artworks - mostly those within my main Moleskine sketchbook. I have also added some text beneath each one. These texts may give you [...]
March 17th, 2008
Yesterday was without a doubt the hardest I have worked to get the required number of words out for Table Rappers Persistent Spirit. Sunday morning arrived with still over 1600 words to complete, plus a number of urgent work-related tasks (on a Sunday? Yes - it goes with the territory).
Having the weekly deadline of getting [...]
March 7th, 2008
Ten - yes ten! - Comfortastic (that’s the full word) Asses for ¬£1.49. Don’t be telling me that stationery stores don’t sell great value products.
March 5th, 2008
What do you think are the top 20 most common dreams of college students - between the ages of 17 and 21?
According to the fascinating reference book, The Writer’s Guide to Character Traits:
Falling
Being attacked or pursued
Trying repeatedly to do something
School, teachers, and studying
Sexual experiences
Arriving too late
Eating
Being frozen with fright
A loved person is dead
Being locked up
Finding [...]
February 24th, 2008
If you listened right to the end of MT#34 you may have heard me mention that the show is now officially signed to the PodShow network (I must remember to discuss this in MT#36!). One of the reasons for doing this was to get some audience-building network-wide promotion for TableRappers, but also the time was [...]
February 23rd, 2008
We all have the problem, that dreaded phone call to let you know that your dad/mum/uncle/relative-who-heard-you-know-computer-stuff with the plea for help thanks to their broadband disappearing.
Then comes the inevitable game of “do this - what happens” tennis where you hand out a verbal instruction and they press a completely different button then - and sometimes [...]