tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42754248272493151802024-02-19T12:30:54.070+01:00From the planet GongHave a cup of tea - have another one - have a cup of tea!pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-32116677523730163102009-04-24T10:05:00.003+02:002009-04-24T10:08:58.306+02:00Deadman @ my birthday bash<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K2p0BdKXBDI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K2p0BdKXBDI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L23D_OMueD0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L23D_OMueD0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />After <em>The Plant She Killed</em> it was time for my new band Deadman to take the stage. We played a short 4-song set before giving way to my friend Javi's new band, <em>Our First Date</em>. It was nice to have a captive audience and I think the songs we played went down pretty well.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-85913762550044604322009-04-22T16:57:00.002+02:002009-04-22T16:59:13.597+02:00The Plant She Killed @ my birthday bash<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1F5kOr3w5vs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1F5kOr3w5vs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EXVUC8ld048&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EXVUC8ld048&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_AZK9Gty-o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_AZK9Gty-o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />A semi reunion of my old band, The Plant She Killed, specially for my birthday party at Triskel Tavern on 17 April, 2009. Thanks to everyone for putting up with us :-)pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-16198617021973218932009-04-12T12:58:00.002+02:002009-04-12T13:01:27.086+02:00Coldplay vs. Joe Satriani<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UvB9Pj9Znsw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UvB9Pj9Znsw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Coldplay are being sued by Joe Satriani for plagiarism and I think after seeing this video it's clear they've ripped him off. I'm surprised that Coldplay even listen to Joe Satriani though, given the disparity in styles between the two. <br /><br />Coldplay's defence is that Satriani's song isn't very original. But what does that say about them? They're so unoriginal they rip off something that itself is unoriginal. So much for them being the pinacle of britpop, the twats.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-6588396286916166582009-04-05T12:15:00.006+02:002009-04-06T16:03:25.017+02:00Fuck yeah!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrBE8dHTWj92u2g_wK_y7I9YVv-0Mq46l6gge1DoYDrYjYvwTjLE1meZEepszwUCToSkfB_DoNUElO5mALRp_0edvrn-Kb61n86EoUgT8u_3Do0AmFkAH6a6dN_TnAc5bUaEcKcdmcbM/s1600-h/swearing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrBE8dHTWj92u2g_wK_y7I9YVv-0Mq46l6gge1DoYDrYjYvwTjLE1meZEepszwUCToSkfB_DoNUElO5mALRp_0edvrn-Kb61n86EoUgT8u_3Do0AmFkAH6a6dN_TnAc5bUaEcKcdmcbM/s400/swearing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321578713221615762" /></a><br /><br />It's refreshing to see that Britain's most liberal broadsheet is using API technology in the right way. I'm curious about why 'cock' was big in 2000 - and glad to see that the paper's editorial policy prohibits the use of fucking asterisks!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/apr/03/research-digital-media">More in The Guardian</a>.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-17853782098218715642009-04-02T09:07:00.005+02:002009-04-03T10:17:01.925+02:00Holiday in Cambodia Redux<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cUJrt6E6ki0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cUJrt6E6ki0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><em>Foo Fighters </em>with <em>System of a Down</em>'s Serj Tankian playing the <em>Dead Kennedys </em>seminal classic at some MTV thing in 2007. Awesome, though I'm not sure if Jello would approve of changing "nigger" to "brother" in the first verse. Just not punk, is it? Another sign of the PC times we live in....pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-59782903769373718152009-03-12T10:55:00.003+01:002009-03-12T11:00:05.301+01:00Orgasm Addicts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvzZYmk7UCKkDcvtX2tuIxC1fB84l-agOWpWe4tdO429xKA4pmSZDD2cena79VzkGWnKDgcc1iaCZDIetpB0TESRMOk0LLw0_k_0-pfVZsqueyl_D-CU0PLqVnvPcig8djphWJdpfI60/s1600-h/buzzcocks.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvzZYmk7UCKkDcvtX2tuIxC1fB84l-agOWpWe4tdO429xKA4pmSZDD2cena79VzkGWnKDgcc1iaCZDIetpB0TESRMOk0LLw0_k_0-pfVZsqueyl_D-CU0PLqVnvPcig8djphWJdpfI60/s400/buzzcocks.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312238053671747170" /></a><br /><em>Buzzcocks </em>playing in <em>El Sol </em>in Madrid on 4 March. Their current tour is to promote the re-release of their first three studio albums so they were playing all their old stuff in this gig. <br /><br />Amazing energy from both Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-2035983505637445892009-03-10T12:07:00.005+01:002009-03-10T12:16:26.932+01:00Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In)<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ygRH2ruNIpU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ygRH2ruNIpU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />Last weekend we went to see this fantastic film in one of Madrid's big old cinemas. I hadn't been to <em>Cine Palafox </em>since seeing <em>Pulp Fiction </em>there and I was surprised by how big it is. Most cinemas are small roomed multicines these days so it was refreshing to see a film literally on the big screen.<br /><br />The film itself was part of a festival organised by the Sci-fi TV channel and also contained the premiere of <em>Watchmen</em> as well as recent horror classics like <em>Eden Lake </em>and <em>The Midnight Meat Train</em>.<br /><br />I haven't seen such a tender vampire movie as this before. It was a cool story that told of the friendship between a bullied young kid and a vampire girl. It focused on the predator's difficult fight for survival in the modern world and the boy's alienation in society. <br /><br /><em>Låt den rätte komma in </em>was a true breath of fresh air in the horror genre - and it contains the best cats-attack-vampire scene in cinematic history!pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-18809147583238721902009-02-23T10:03:00.004+01:002009-02-23T10:38:36.785+01:00Deadman in the studio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIdT1GIVDBQjW1cBk-NRfVZIg-6Ho_jc8Hh_EZOcGS9Hx6SQhjXi689khHJzSi_D5bXwcCWuLj8pX6lnBqzj1-Ohaen-IR8fN2l5YdDBXNvZdB0nz01yqlynLtPtRt4MboUl6hT5-X_g/s1600-h/steve.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIdT1GIVDBQjW1cBk-NRfVZIg-6Ho_jc8Hh_EZOcGS9Hx6SQhjXi689khHJzSi_D5bXwcCWuLj8pX6lnBqzj1-Ohaen-IR8fN2l5YdDBXNvZdB0nz01yqlynLtPtRt4MboUl6hT5-X_g/s400/steve.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305924201030560850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hpiqK-2ugpl3sm79oBdD8GAhjiYIRon7D8cSlh57mIsLSWcxaF4d4fKwOyVFmfuu34UdMXvgg2-6TwQhNY_bbvxJrm9_EzCUfIPcBwYzKrMSgidw2U0ddWXEc6bAcTNLYIUO64q160Y/s1600-h/Bobby2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hpiqK-2ugpl3sm79oBdD8GAhjiYIRon7D8cSlh57mIsLSWcxaF4d4fKwOyVFmfuu34UdMXvgg2-6TwQhNY_bbvxJrm9_EzCUfIPcBwYzKrMSgidw2U0ddWXEc6bAcTNLYIUO64q160Y/s400/Bobby2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305924194048168226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE98PeeYezAelVOM2P0uLiG1uapOWRYatvPQVt8Yx4jhGDuyi0PO-b1OzR6N-OkQqcLKDtDmwg8C_sippn_HDuOZsQ4HCHrePQTbiyI6vTtngu0yk6v3tH8r3B1lu_eCAFFdx-yO7kIOU/s1600-h/dave.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE98PeeYezAelVOM2P0uLiG1uapOWRYatvPQVt8Yx4jhGDuyi0PO-b1OzR6N-OkQqcLKDtDmwg8C_sippn_HDuOZsQ4HCHrePQTbiyI6vTtngu0yk6v3tH8r3B1lu_eCAFFdx-yO7kIOU/s400/dave.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305924195076220146" /></a><br />Last weekend my band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadmanmadrid/">Deadman</a> went into Estudios Corleone with Jaime Zamora to start recording our debut album.<br /><br />We laid down the drums and bass for the 9 tracks that will make up the album. Next weekend, guitars and vocals... and hopefully a few more photos.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-25747761500948509802009-02-03T17:57:00.006+01:002009-02-03T18:17:20.114+01:00Football and politics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8Kp6vRFyCp_vYckt_7kWNJv_qlnPyll38r7zugyCRb1Nnf2x2RHuAXx7dmoIXQEQ3FxpkoYTctYibOfqFS2t3spJWVArX_HaV7Y9uM4mgF9lPtRh-cJhf2gSvAVpqG26vONPsZlxo6s/s1600-h/arshavin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8Kp6vRFyCp_vYckt_7kWNJv_qlnPyll38r7zugyCRb1Nnf2x2RHuAXx7dmoIXQEQ3FxpkoYTctYibOfqFS2t3spJWVArX_HaV7Y9uM4mgF9lPtRh-cJhf2gSvAVpqG26vONPsZlxo6s/s200/arshavin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298618562178947538" /></a>Andrei Arshavin, Russia international and Zenit St. Petersburg playmaker, is on the verge of a £15m move to Arsenal but some Russian polititians are not best pleased about it.<br /><br />Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the "Liberal Democratic Party" of Russia, thinks <em>Andy</em> is wrong to sell himself to an English club. But why?<br /><br />"England brings our country only harm. They have incited revolutionary feelings all over the world."<br /><br />Nothing to do with sporting issues then. Of course, some may put forward a pot-kettle-black argument at this point, and they'd be right. I'd also be the first to admit my country's mistakes in the past though, however irrelevant they might be to this argument. But Vladimir's not finished with England yet:<br /><br />"Our thieves run there and our fugitive oligarchs who took Russia's money hide themselves there. "<br /><br />Abramovich anyone? Romanov? Gaydamak? <br /><br />And of course Dmitry Piterman in Spain.<br /><br />Vlad's got a final plea though:<br /><br />"If you've had enough of playing for Zenit, there are a lot of other clubs like Spartak, CSKA, Dinamo, Lokomotiv. Think again Andryusha!"<br /><br />Myself I'm also against the transfer. Why? A guy called Arshavin joining the Arse - it just sounds too silly.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-79237516816807981702009-02-03T11:43:00.002+01:002009-02-03T11:46:20.885+01:00Legends of (indie) rock<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jrI46BlxvDksk_64mSjiE76AO0DtlBKbQ0l-EaThaBwwQkC5sQ0iGCMNDoKsN35Fzhwj2zkHlnfu6ee9luG_0iaKFLCxFUxcU0uOjc_ekZcrd51fDs3ZkB7T3APOcvhVFpDuq42rOeM/s1600-h/Deadman.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jrI46BlxvDksk_64mSjiE76AO0DtlBKbQ0l-EaThaBwwQkC5sQ0iGCMNDoKsN35Fzhwj2zkHlnfu6ee9luG_0iaKFLCxFUxcU0uOjc_ekZcrd51fDs3ZkB7T3APOcvhVFpDuq42rOeM/s400/Deadman.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298520041408525890" /></a><br />Here's my band <em>Deadman</em> playing at La Leyenda Rock Bar in Madrid on Saturday 24 January, 2009. I'm also showcasing the second t-shirt I bought in Dario Argento's shop, <em>Profondo Rosso</em>, in Rome late last year.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-88298819418467923092009-01-28T09:58:00.003+01:002009-01-28T10:04:50.817+01:00Guitar nipple vs. cello scrotum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMadN-Csctib3x9Rr5VTuNmxLl-H6KEtl-Wo5UwkT6iHuUW8kTPmpENcq1_Gw0E9U-YiLrH0wl-Gb99CxBTLEuV7j7akbiKM-nWJrU0akTBQU0-YqooW5JRvr_oVH1GJj7UO5AoElla8c/s1600-h/cello.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMadN-Csctib3x9Rr5VTuNmxLl-H6KEtl-Wo5UwkT6iHuUW8kTPmpENcq1_Gw0E9U-YiLrH0wl-Gb99CxBTLEuV7j7akbiKM-nWJrU0akTBQU0-YqooW5JRvr_oVH1GJj7UO5AoElla8c/s200/cello.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296267843392641090" /></a>As opposed to <em>tennis elbow</em> I guess. <br /><br />After reading about some <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7853564.stm">medical hoaxes</a> this morning on the BBC I was struck with what is probably a pointless-but-at-the-same-time-curious question:<br /><br />What would be more painful - guitar nipple or cello scrotum?<br /><br />Ouch!pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-23518439667458406342009-01-16T15:50:00.004+01:002009-01-16T16:54:10.848+01:00Down on the upside<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJFtxaJLxQqIEbhAVnB__gb-T_ehKQCM4xWJgILJQZ1p7POa5nvTHEiXzEQVtdUOB86Kz_co3fToC9asTVimsJALz3AesravlHlYvrHGqzExZT-8Wb2-vDgk-Tihw_qCzpeKABtSJPJg/s1600-h/UKNewspapers_FinancialTimes.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJFtxaJLxQqIEbhAVnB__gb-T_ehKQCM4xWJgILJQZ1p7POa5nvTHEiXzEQVtdUOB86Kz_co3fToC9asTVimsJALz3AesravlHlYvrHGqzExZT-8Wb2-vDgk-Tihw_qCzpeKABtSJPJg/s200/UKNewspapers_FinancialTimes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291920000343095298" /></a>No, not the <em>Soundgarden</em> song.<br /><br />Last week in her FT.com column, management fad and bullshit bingo columnist Lucy Kelleway unveiled her twaddle awards for 2008 - and, as usual, there are some real gems in there.<br /><br />2008 was a great year for economists getting it all entirely wrong and then being spectacularly wise after the event. But here's a World Bank economist hedging his bets so cleverly it's impossible to know what the fuck he thinks. <br /><br />He told those fine upstanding defenders of the English language, the BBC: "In our base case simulation there is an upside case that, er, corresponds on the flipside of the downside case in kind of an adverse direction."<br /><br />She also gave an award for the best new job title. Now this is something I've noticed where I work as well - the higher up some people get the longer their job title becomes. But, of course, more is not always better. <br /><br />Late in 2008 Diageo put out an announcement saying Darren Jones was joining "the Diageo Way of Selling team as Design Director for Customer and Channel Profitability and Trade Investment." Nice.<br /><br />One award I particularly is the <em>Nouns Moonlighting As Verbs </em>category, which was so popular that the judges gave out three gongs. The 2008 Olympics introduced the world to the verb 'to medal'. This entry medals with a bronze. The Silver medal in this category goes to 'to auspice', while gold goes to the verb 'to sunset'. AOL used the verb to great effect last summer in declaring that it was canning some products. "Bluestring, Xdrive and AOL Pictures will be sunset. [They] have not gained sufficient traction in the marketplace or the monetisation levels necessary." In other words they were bollocks.<br /><br />Another category was <em>Improving Existing Jargon</em>, which featured 'to cascade around'. Lest anyone be offended at the idea that a cascade falls from top to bottom, this new preposition makes the idea less hierarchical. There's also the outstanding phrase 'strategy staircase', which represents a step change on the existing strategy tree, and ladders the concept to a whole new level.<br /><br />Don't you just love this stuff?pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-35427062758467432132009-01-15T17:07:00.003+01:002009-01-19T11:02:50.074+01:00Sneak preview<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wN5JER6K2KM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wN5JER6K2KM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />Here's a sneak preview of what's cooking in the Deadman kitchen (or rehearsal room). We'll unveil this new song officially at our <strong>next gig </strong>in <em>La Leyenda</em> on <strong>24 January </strong>with the excellent Hendrix-in-a-stoner-band-esque <em>June Mack</em>.<br /><br />Check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/deadmantheband">Deadman Youtube channel</a> for some more new goodies!pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-42316813038700022422008-12-17T11:01:00.006+01:002009-01-19T11:01:55.177+01:00A dying god coming into human flesh<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T31cG-RJCZU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T31cG-RJCZU&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I think I posted this video in my old blog back on Live Spaces. After seeing the new Metallica video the other day with its living dead and eastern bloc coolness I went back to have another look at the mighty Frost. <br /><br />I was fortunate enough to see them live in Madrid after the release of their comeback album <em>Monotheist</em>. This song is from that album.<br /><br />From the gig I'll never forget bass player Martin Eric Ain's "There is no god!" speech which most of the audience didn't really understand. For example, he asked "Do you believe in God? Do you go to church?" and all the crowd were yelling "Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh". Duh, this is black metal dudes!pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-5854804823455272172008-12-16T12:12:00.004+01:002009-01-19T11:02:36.292+01:00Empty stage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaCS0EmtB7CzL040MbJ5QPB7HcZlBhjXwpsH5v_LoxwkxubdemKw3E0J4BUi6xT-lAtL53EKrKzYlY1x1dJdycvzS71JotkKIH0knZX5t7MpcDIrEYlIW7B8DELGxJxDdNZf-uhe4j10/s1600-h/deadman_cool.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaCS0EmtB7CzL040MbJ5QPB7HcZlBhjXwpsH5v_LoxwkxubdemKw3E0J4BUi6xT-lAtL53EKrKzYlY1x1dJdycvzS71JotkKIH0knZX5t7MpcDIrEYlIW7B8DELGxJxDdNZf-uhe4j10/s400/deadman_cool.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280345049877167202" /></a><br />The observant amongst you may notice that I'm wearing my new <em>giallo</em> t-shirt from <a href="http://fromtheplanetgong.blogspot.com/2008/12/profondo-rosso.html">Dario Argento's shop</a> <em>Profondo Rosso</em> in Rome.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-64806116087333598612008-12-16T11:27:00.004+01:002009-01-19T11:02:23.987+01:00Out of my Head<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjGjzuRngLU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjGjzuRngLU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Another gem from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadmanmadrid/">Deadman's</a> 15 October set at <em>Gruta 77</em>. My wife thinks this one could be a big hit...pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-84484636151414791932008-12-11T12:14:00.006+01:002008-12-18T13:00:43.820+01:00Rock the kasbah II<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoIeFHc8B5_rBHJsMZH589OpWHw5TwvMlyfQBgYcRG432G6-F5gWfbAAynWVW2Ud14P4XgNCeiLOpLELemihTBWosKDD70cKMvEuyviRJDyfjuI9PiAvs9qgjEZEOPT5CJ7TpBoQn2XE/s1600-h/DSC02649.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoIeFHc8B5_rBHJsMZH589OpWHw5TwvMlyfQBgYcRG432G6-F5gWfbAAynWVW2Ud14P4XgNCeiLOpLELemihTBWosKDD70cKMvEuyviRJDyfjuI9PiAvs9qgjEZEOPT5CJ7TpBoQn2XE/s400/DSC02649.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278490051586221234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp77IUOqHMxOI1C2OIEKVDtKg0hQiOyJaru24CEyAKOl6xmfha5UBOAJRBX0wx2pc-MmCqv9R1HyjUs37mtjhXLsZc20DIRtDrqRkfU889j9WS-lXsyQGlTQQEMkLat3yGeWSb6B1ee-c/s1600-h/DSC02632.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp77IUOqHMxOI1C2OIEKVDtKg0hQiOyJaru24CEyAKOl6xmfha5UBOAJRBX0wx2pc-MmCqv9R1HyjUs37mtjhXLsZc20DIRtDrqRkfU889j9WS-lXsyQGlTQQEMkLat3yGeWSb6B1ee-c/s400/DSC02632.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278489884208218082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6td1KdLKrplVDdMjhA6Y0n_gP7hdw67g8L_0Djj3_5eALm2nfm88Dg-y7wdtXLP35hYEwnoPya30u6jAIrP1Oc_HTdOZ3YQlz4AVgU-VGXfXNwH6OledRPfr6pJ6G8dLD0mPCbWAsv_U/s1600-h/DSC02639.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6td1KdLKrplVDdMjhA6Y0n_gP7hdw67g8L_0Djj3_5eALm2nfm88Dg-y7wdtXLP35hYEwnoPya30u6jAIrP1Oc_HTdOZ3YQlz4AVgU-VGXfXNwH6OledRPfr6pJ6G8dLD0mPCbWAsv_U/s400/DSC02639.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278489885160194930" /></a><br />I haven't really published much from this year's trips so here are a few pics from our summer long weekend in Marrakech, re-treading the steps of Plant and Page when they were recording their <em>Un-led-ed</em> album. <br /><br />I'd previously been there in May on a work trip when we'd stayed in tents in the desert and painted a school. <br /><br />I took my wife there a few months later for a long weekend. We stayed in a fantastic <em>riad</em> with a lovely central patio and rooftop solarium. <br /><br />It was hot (50+ degrees) in the city but we had a great time shopping in the <em>souks</em>, eating in the main square (and avoiding the multitudinous snake charmers) and visiting the famous baths.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-13637748408267699562008-12-04T15:33:00.005+01:002008-12-04T15:37:51.234+01:00Sunshine Lies<object width="480" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.amoeba.com/video-player/Matthew Sweet_FP_700/embed" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.amoeba.com/video-player/Matthew Sweet_FP_700/embed" width="480" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />This looks like the same (or very similar) lineup that I saw in Madrid a few years ago. This guy truly rocks. I love the wall of sound the guitars produce and the lead guitar almost constantly soloing is a real hallmark of Matthew Sweet.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-50179473019909522642008-12-01T19:08:00.004+01:002008-12-01T19:23:02.118+01:00Profondo Rosso<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbTen64fBZEChpkLRSViCP0fiCAmdyM9hbPXaDjl_dVMeOLyvowJdK3MsNP54fDxw2AZAGrgibKq-_23FO-LxMKD5gGaOqmAuDD0QhloZey3qfuit9K1GYMTOYduFIdTgdv2bjqhenP4/s1600-h/profondo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbTen64fBZEChpkLRSViCP0fiCAmdyM9hbPXaDjl_dVMeOLyvowJdK3MsNP54fDxw2AZAGrgibKq-_23FO-LxMKD5gGaOqmAuDD0QhloZey3qfuit9K1GYMTOYduFIdTgdv2bjqhenP4/s400/profondo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274885660869474018" /></a><br />Here I am outside Dario Argento's shop <em>Profondo Rosso</em> in Via Gracchi in Rome last weekend. <br /><br />Thanks to an amazing slice of luck the shop was actually in the same street as the hotel my wife and I stayed in on our romantic anniversary weekend in the city.<br /><br />I'd first heard about this place on an extra feature on the DVD of <em>Phenomena</em> where Dario was seen in his own shop showing Tim Burton around.<br /><br />The shop itself is pretty small with surprisingly little memorabilia (though I did buy a couple of cool Argento t-shirts). Downstairs, though, is a kind a brick cellar which has been turned into an Argento museum. It costs 2 euros to go down there and they play a commentary (in heavily-accented English for us, which kind of added to the feel) where they've got piles of framed posters and loads of props and FX from Argento films - both directed and produced as Lamberto Bava's <em>Demons</em> and Michele Soavi's <em>The Church</em> are heavily featured.<br /><br />I really enjoyed the mirror/picture piece from <em>Profondo Rosso</em> itself where the killer's face is pictured as part of a hideous painting which David Hemmings sees in a mirror as he enters the scene of the first murder in the movie. Wonderful.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-90556498451464507182008-11-19T10:30:00.005+01:002008-11-19T10:37:12.197+01:00Seropram Summer<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vvkKHBzjfYc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vvkKHBzjfYc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Another uplifting track from our gig at <em>Gruta '77</em> on 15 October, 2008. Does anyone think it sounds a bit like <em>Ash</em>?pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-84631321385127249892008-11-14T14:57:00.004+01:002008-11-14T15:08:54.030+01:00Time off for good behaviour<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dOyH_tVRptu8c1ijOUfYcEx3Q2-g4DfFgUognPhKV9U1u6-eshyphenhyphengfigLVDPQXE7vrNx6TbnqhYofUbsJUJw6utJXLnaoHt-1sha_1wVNitlz-f87aHis8R0aQTNpSrCfSw16cK4wKEI/s1600-h/prison.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dOyH_tVRptu8c1ijOUfYcEx3Q2-g4DfFgUognPhKV9U1u6-eshyphenhyphengfigLVDPQXE7vrNx6TbnqhYofUbsJUJw6utJXLnaoHt-1sha_1wVNitlz-f87aHis8R0aQTNpSrCfSw16cK4wKEI/s200/prison.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268514647171471938" /></a>Time off for good behaviour. You know, be good in jail and they'll let you out earlier. That's what prisoners normally get.<br /><br />But not Michel Lapointe, aka Big Mike. This drug gang member was released from jail this week because, at 250kg, he was just too large for his cell. <br /><br />Put him in a bigger cell, I hear you say. And I agree. Why not? Montreal state and a couple of other prisons in Canada clearly disagreed, so they let him go free.<br /><br />Apparently Big Mike couldn't fit on the chair in his Montreal prison cell and when he went to bed, his body protruded six inches on either side. Wasn't there something about prison being a place to pay back society for the ills you've caused it? Isn't it <em>supposed</em> to be uncomfortable?<br /><br />So that's it then? For anyone else who wants to get out early the solution's obvious: Eat like a motherfucker!<br /><br />So what did Big Mike have to say on his release: "I'm going to have a proper bed and finally have a chair I can sit in." <br /><br />That's nice then. Anything else you want? A full body massage? A tumbler of malt whisky? A new Armani wardrobe? I'm sure the taxpayers would go the extra mile just for you.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-32686884149912979662008-11-14T10:30:00.003+01:002008-11-14T10:35:15.994+01:00In search of the marxist child<object width="460" height="284"><param name="movie" value="http://www.t5m.com/v/01z141rl"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.t5m.com/v/01z141rl" width="460" height="284" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />Part of an interview with popular scientist and clear thinker Richard Dawkins, author of - amongst others - <em>The God Delusion</em>. <br /><br />Some say that his views are just another brand of 'faith' - that atheism is a belief system like christianity. Judge for yourself...pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-2882868493557404212008-11-06T17:11:00.004+01:002008-11-10T11:15:52.720+01:00A Tim Burton soundtrack<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherqz-BiZEUfhRKVAB1KyXxDFsERcIUYoTBSBxlNx1o0odAwqm8plFO6AZWKGJs08s2NjPgiHF781xZJLOrd1R_Ju4fRtr1N9LniQJ-m8TNqtN5pAclwKGN2WvDjT_eM0qEJntyMVRE4w/s1600-h/DSC02939.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherqz-BiZEUfhRKVAB1KyXxDFsERcIUYoTBSBxlNx1o0odAwqm8plFO6AZWKGJs08s2NjPgiHF781xZJLOrd1R_Ju4fRtr1N9LniQJ-m8TNqtN5pAclwKGN2WvDjT_eM0qEJntyMVRE4w/s400/DSC02939.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265578138722060850" /></a><br />"...un recital soñador, donde la siniestralidad nos envuelve en un humo denso..."<br /><br />"...potencia controlada..."<br /><br />Full review of the gig at <a href="http://www.musiqueando.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=722&Itemid=1">Musiqueando</a>.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-70525229630111477042008-11-06T16:41:00.007+01:002008-11-06T16:55:51.784+01:00Sarah Palin: Is Africa a country?<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPsV6ZhL15c&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XPsV6ZhL15c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Sarah Palin is the Republican "hail mary" that went wrong! <br /><br />I'm not surprised, though. Americans are generally completely clueless when it comes to the rest of the world. Add to that the fact that she believes the world in less than 10,000 years old and what do you expect?<br /><br />The stories of her abuse of power to try and fire her sister's estranged stage trooper husband seem like child's play compared to all this.pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275424827249315180.post-66874978820838571852008-11-03T11:25:00.001+01:002008-11-03T11:27:23.821+01:00It's Halloween and I feel like dancing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghH9oIx1JbLaWqudeEK7ew0GBrnQTZbzm1aCDi09EapLqWjA8Kl7Q1BOaqgpD7nNNxbzRCYUroBNW8gednNvjo1wH3S_m-BWtZas6Ln7w2ulW45xDAVpnZ-iYajyed09gSTCZQ_u_6NFw/s1600-h/halloween2008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghH9oIx1JbLaWqudeEK7ew0GBrnQTZbzm1aCDi09EapLqWjA8Kl7Q1BOaqgpD7nNNxbzRCYUroBNW8gednNvjo1wH3S_m-BWtZas6Ln7w2ulW45xDAVpnZ-iYajyed09gSTCZQ_u_6NFw/s400/halloween2008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264375633277516034" /></a>pot head pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04043225264662244387noreply@blogger.com0