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You have to watch this video

Head over to Planet Gong to check out the album


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It's Autumn...

'Last time' Graffiti*

It's Autumn, I'll have to get my scarf out!


*Sadly no longer available as the new cafe owners painted over it - heathens! I'm glad I photographed it before it went.


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Dark Horse on MySpace

Dark Horse Header from MySpace

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Autumn

The Autumn Trail

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You Dark Horse You!

Dark Horse played The Bristol Harbour Festival yesterday. Caught them sound-checking just prior to going on at 13:30. Brilliant set once again including a Queen cover in honour of the musical that will be playing at The Hippodrome. The reticent crowd were loving it by the end, finding favour with a young audience and the guy with corkscrew hair was mad for it (I guess I'm not exactly the demographic they're aiming for!). They gave away T-shirts which is always a crowd-pleaser and ended with their signature back flip

What a band!






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Bird inspects iceberg

iceberg

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Birds in the Snow

Birds in the Snow

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Snow in the Chinese new Year

Lanterns in the Snow

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New Blogs Please!

Two new blogs...

The Armchair Crease - There in spirit, if not at every match or on the pitch. The Armchair Crease sets out to provide a humorous look at County and International cricket from a Yorkshireman marooned in Wiltshire's perspective. It follows the fortunes of England and Yorkshire in 2009 from the comfort of the armchair.

A Glastonbury Tale 2009 - Will the road to Glastonbury 2009 be paved with 'mud' intentions or will the sun shine once again on this green and pleasant land?


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I was on television!

I was on television - last night! I fortuitously walked into the living room, turned the TV channel over randomly and there was I, at work, on television!

There was a program on the BBC about a man with a suspected heart attack and required primary angioplasty. I was the nurse who took the patient down to the Cath Labs and I appeared in the footage shown. The film was made last week and I had completely forgotten about it. The patient made a full recovery (few!). The bad news is that on the website there is edited footage but it is precisely that, I have been edited out of the footage! I assure you, I was there. My wife saw me and she wouldn't lie.

Anyway, signed photos are available from my agent darlings. See you in Rep.


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Dr Who - what's in a name?

Dr Who has been pre-occupying my time at the beginning of this year

• I watched several episodes of David Tennant's Doctor at Christmas at a Christmas get together (Oh, it saved me from the 'games' which were nigh on compulsory!)
• Horror of Fang Rock - Tom Baker
• Black Orchid - Peter Davidson
• Mark of the Rani - Colin Baker

Now I am a big fan and my association goes back to the original runs of classic Dr Who (yes, behind the settee) but I'm not so sure about the term Whovian! (Whovian is the currently accepted name for Dr Who fans). It makes me sound like some kind of American investigative organisation fan so I got to thinking, what are the alternatives?

• A Whover - no, too domestic-sounding
• A Whoman - I like this one, play on words, Whoman = human, geddit? It turns out a bit restrictive, excludes females (although the spelling looks a bit like woman)
• A Whofan - no, reminds me of hooves, animals...
• A Whotee - Who + devotee, sounds like a owl
• A Whooter - naah, a nose or a horn, or goodness knows whatever
• A Whooligan? Promising...

Well, maybe Whovian is right after all.

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Twas The Night Before

Wreath

There's a point when it looks like Christmas is going to falter. The sky is darkening into night, people are making their way home and the shutters are starting to fall on the evening.

Barred Star

All the half-planning, the buying and the rushing look like they will end in nothing and Christmas will not materialize. You are alone in the dark.

Ice Lights

Then a small point of light throws it all into focus


Christmas will arrive


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Hot off the press

The Gazette & Harold

The newspaper created for the 'News' icon in the web interface.


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The Gazette & Harold

I've been working on the next part of the web interface for The Haunting... Here is The Newspaper for the 'News' icon

Newspaper masthead

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The Last Vestiges of Autumn

Autumn tree

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It begins...

Calling Card

It's Autumn in THE GREEN ORCHARD and the last few leaves are falling. Sunny days, crisp and cold mix with wet grey days and the colours of the season change at a whim. It is a time of change and a time of anticipation. A new all-consuming project has taken hold; The Haunting at Hemlock House. The Haunting... will be a Stop Motion film for the web and the interface is taking shape. Today I was printing out photographs for the album

Photo's for the album

It is the start of a long journey and there are a lot of models to make, cliches to be researched, infinitives to be split, film shots to be alluded to and heroes to which heads are to be nodded in the general direction of. It is a descent into insanity in the nicest, most light-hearted way and I'll probably lose all my hair (wait! I've already lost most of it!) and it is all thanks to HP Lovecraft 1890 - 1937 RIP.


Now, the soundtrack to the days ahead

• Iron maiden - Fear of the Dark
• Cradle of Filth - Nemesis
• Blind Guardian - Tommy knockers
• AC<>DC - Night Prowler
• Judas Priest - Hell Patrol
• Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
• Opeth - The Leper Affinity
• Blind Guardian - Welcome to Dying
• Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned
• The Cramps - Fever
• Rainbow - Tarot Woman

It Begins...


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WHOOOOSH!

3 fireworks

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Outside Edge

Light Edge

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Anticipation!

Chinese Democracy


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