Browsing archives for November, 2009

That time of year: My top ten albums of 2009.

Uncategorized 30 November 2009 | 9 Comments

And so we come to that part of the year when the blogosphere goes bat shit crazy for lists, like a cumulative High Fidelity support group, and I am no exception.  I know that there is still a month left of the year, but since this morning I was ordered by Ellen to do no [...]

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Cross Blogination 9: Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs

Cross Blogination,Music 25 November 2009 | 5 Comments

Cross Blogination is a project I’m doing with twitterthon hero Diary Of A Ledger, the idea being every week one of us will recommend to the other one of our all time favourite albums, which we will then both write a review for. Then every third week we review a suggestion from you lovely people. This weeks installment [...]

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Rites of Passage

General 25 November 2009 | 5 Comments

A manic week this week, so things have been a bit erratic around here. Monday’s post got shunted because I normally write these when I am on my lunch break, but about two hours before lunch I got asked to take my first driving lesson, as Ellen couldn’t make it.  And so with no mental preparation [...]

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Trainee Level Gamer

Gaming 24 November 2009 | 2 Comments

I love Gaming. Everything about it appeals. The immersive nature, the potential for huge epic storytelling. The culture surrounding it, it all appeals to me. Everything except playing the bloody things.  Unfortunately the ability to play computer games is something that ‘purists’ consider to be quite an integral part of the culture. It’s always been [...]

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Demon Pigeon

Music,Net joy,Writing 20 November 2009 | 0 Comments

After some deliberation the decision has been made that now is the time to unleash onto the world our new project, so get down on your knees, and make Demon Pigeon your new God. That is not to say that we’ve gone live with it just yet, but more that we’re getting quite bored of [...]

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A whole lot of nothing

General,TV,Writing 19 November 2009 | 1 Comment

So again I have to say that my brain is currently totally tapped out, due to having to think about too many things, all the time.  My normally docile brain has been suddenly expected to leap into action on a number of different fronts, and so as I sit down to write this blog I can think [...]

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Blood Update 2

General,Net hate,Writing 17 November 2009 | 8 Comments

Not gonna be much in the way of blogging today, as I am busy writing the first few issues of Blood On The Motorway.  I think once it is up and running I want to post new entries at least twice a week, so I am aiming to get a good 12 or so in the [...]

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The Shield

TV 16 November 2009 | 0 Comments

This weekend I finally finished the seven season odyssey that is The Shield, with its emotionally destroying finale meaning that once again I am talking TV.  I started watching the Shield when I first moved to York and found the first season on special offer in HMV.  Often unfairly this show has been compared to the genius of The [...]

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Misfits

TV 13 November 2009 | 2 Comments

Apologies if this is becoming TV central these days, but this is in large part due to being the parent of a small child who can’t get out very often, and of course being a big geek,as was pointed out to me on Twitter yesterday when I started talking randomly and enthusiastically about Babylon 5 [...]

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I blame Summer

TV 12 November 2009 | 2 Comments

So it appears that Joss Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse’ has been cancelled. Colour me utterly unsurprised.  I was shocked when Fox gave it a second series, and since then the ratings have been as tepid as month old bathwater.  It’s a shame as what has been aired of the second series so far, coupled with the season [...]

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