Just some things...

...to entertain fellow bloggers this month.

First and foremost, I saw this in the local ASDA this morning -

Has anyone seen this?  Is it "the best british horror comedy since

shaun of the dead"?!?!?!?!?!

I am not taking the piss - it could be a cult classic - I am deadly

serious - has anyone seen it?!?!?!?!?

With a cast that includes Keith Chegwin, Tony Blackburn,

Russell Grant AND Joe Pasquale - it has classic written all over

it!!!

On the subject of films, I finally got round to seeing 'Melancholia' which stars Kirsten Dunst, John Hurt and Kiefer Sutherland and is about the planet Melancholia which is on a collision course with the Earth.  Now, I enjoy challenging arty films - 'Antichrist' and 'The Tree Of Life' are stunning examples - but, I just didn't get 'Melancholia'.  It bored me, it pissed me off, it actually disappointed me more than any other film in recent memory. 

Onto music, I saw the mighty Rammstein in concert and they were as mental and brilliant as always.  With a

stage show full of flame and fire and a walkway which was lowered to bridge the gap between main stage and a very small stage next to the mixing desks - this had everything.  Amazing song selection, strong performances and an amazing visual spectacle.

This month I will be witnessing Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) playing the entire 'Thick As A Brick' in its entirety live - can't wait!!

I also discovered a new band called Ghost who blend a doomy, melodic type of metal with satanic lyrics and extremely tight playing.  To say that they have very quickly become my new favourite "new" band is an understatement.  I mean, just look at the album cover - cool or what?!?!?!?!?!

Onto writing - I have completed my first book and will be finally self publishing within the next few weeks.  I have also completed my second book (a collection of poems based on the subjects of Life and Death) and am in the process of searching for artists to contribute directly to my words.  A sample poem is included below.  And so, see you all soon!!

The Death of Death

Stars blazed and screamed,

black holes crushed; consumed,

the universe was ripping apart,

and an end was coming.

Death drifted amongst the violent silence,

a helpless witness sombre and alone.

As blind fires raged and blistered the dark,

inferno’s of pain ripped apart worlds and suns.

Tornado's of rock exploded,

the coldness of space boiled,

at once all empty spaces converged

imploding to a minus nothingness.

And for a moment, death was everything and everyone,

just as everything and everyone was death…

…this wasn’t just the end,

this was the death of death.