Another wet week in Blighty has come to an end, I know they say April Showers but this is more April downpours, come on sunshine. Let's just hope it isn't foreshadowing a wet June and another boggy Upton Jazz Festival a la 2012, at least the sports ground isn't right on the river as Fish … Continue reading Times-A-Wastin’
Still no real word from Sian, not sure if this is because she is still recovering from major surgery or if she has washed her hands of me thanks to my albeit brief relationship with Rachael. I have two opposing views on this, Katherine thinks it was pretty c**tish of me whereas Zizzy thinks quite … Continue reading The Power of the Sandman
Following on from my post in which I was Larkin about different types of Jazz and it's critics I went and purchased All What Jazz by Philip Larkin, which is a collection of Jazz criticism from 1961-1971 mostly written for The Daily Torygraph- sorry Telegraph. I have also started Wychwood by George Mann, writer of … Continue reading The Halftime Show
Remember them? Those classic B-Movies with dramatically alluring titles like "The Fly", "Attack of the Crab Monsters" or "It Came From Beneath the Sea" and usually involved some variety of enlarged insects or small animal, and while looking through the eyes of a modern day perspective look somewhat lame and corny, at the time- still … Continue reading Creature Feature
I finished Ghosts of Empire and I enjoyed but I felt the ending was a bit rushed and confusing with a lot of stuff crammed into a few short chapters. So after enjoyable pulp fiction I decided to go at a classic: Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. Well I am three chapters in and I … Continue reading As Time Goes By
Well after far more procrastination on the subject matter then I should have done, I have finally seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi , I think the thought of sitting in the cinema for the best part of 3 hours is what probably put me off for so long. It was good and I am … Continue reading The Last Sandman
My feet are still a bit iffy but not terrible any more, unfortunately I do seem to be breaking out in a rash on my side and on my chest. I am wondering if there is something different I am using which is causing this. Sunday I treated myself to a visit to a visit … Continue reading Godot’s Revenge
I am currently on a week's holiday as it is a slow time of year. I did contemplate going up to Holmfirth again, especially at the end of December when the thought of a get away with Rachael was a possibility, but forecast of snow has put me off as there are a lot of … Continue reading Pick Myself Up and Start All Over Again
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OozmigeBDkg One of the underrated and overlooked films in the filmography of Director Alfred Hitchcock is the 1953 film "I Confess", it stars Montgomery Swift as a priest who hears the confession of a murderer and finds himself the chief suspect in the murder investigation and has to prove his innocence without breaking his vows … Continue reading The Secret of the Confessional
Well I will start of with Happy Christmas to my fellow Livejournal users, I hope you have a good one. I have been very good this year managed to get all my Christmas Shopping done mid-December, which even amazed me! We are going out for Christmas Day dinner for the second year running, this time … Continue reading Now’s the Time
