The Countdown to Bowiemass begins around midsummer and has a designated David Bowie album to be played each Sunday in its entirety. The countdown ends with Blackstar being designated to the nearest Sunday to his birthday, concluding the Sunday after with Lazarus and the posthumous No Plan. Bowiemass itself is a little festival that starts … Read More
Although there must be a fair number of individuals who are preparing to play through the new Last of Us Part One game, I can also imagine that only a handful would actually give a hoot about playing through the entire set of games in strict chronological order. If you are one of those, then … Read More
A while back, I went into great detail about the Matrix Trilogy and with the new film looming, it seems a good time to ride that wave. The original post set out what I thought should be the logical continuation of the story after the second film. Go there for the background. Matrix Evolutions The … Read More
There has been an almost apocryphal memory that has stewed at the back of mind for the last 19 years. A long time ago. It was three years before the Millennium and pretty much nothing seemed wrong with the world, not like today. It seems an age away and as I look back the distance … Read More
Presently, I play a great deal of David Bowie. It is always there when I listen on the way to work, whilst I work, when I eat. Music is like that for me, my high quality music player being one of my prized possessions, and I find that to have a soundtrack to life makes … Read More
Str: 10 Dex: 15 Con: 11 Int: 16 Wis: 13 Cha: 12 The nights are cold and long, the sky is flat with the grey of winter, the moon is at the dark side of my sight and Sagitaria appears below the horizon. This means another year has passed and I have travelled around the … Read More
I have a recurring day dream argument where someone in conversation misappropriates an Emerson quote and I go mental. The source material is full of great quotes and a lot of them remind me of me. “Meantime nature is not slow to equip us in the prison-uniform of the party to which we adhere. We … Read More
I have an idea that is gnawing at me. I return to it and chew it over like it’s an odd new food that I can’t figure out the taste of. I am unsure as to whether I like it or not. Is it a rotting mistake or a super-food? I am not even sure … Read More
When we were kids there was a momentous occasion in publishing I now look back on and feel privileged to have been present for. It has resonance similar to seeing Star Wars: A New Hope at the cinema the first time around, back when no one really understood why it was episode four. This was … Read More
