if you have ever wanted to see Captain Picard standing on the roof of a vintage Jaguar, surrounded by cops whilst reciting Hamlet after soliciting a transgender hooker, watch Blunt Talk.
This past week I've been doing a lot of reading and research into the first world war, which has got me thinking. A) I am incredibly glad I have never had to see warfare in my life, and B) how on earth were the Command & Control not court martialed over the ridiculous tactics they employed, resulting in what was essentially the murder of hundreds...
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This is something that I have always had simmering away at the back of my mind. At the end of last year (or was it January? who knows!) I finally satisfied a longtime dream of buying a Les Paul (a black standard, goddamn it is perfect) and aside from a decent acoustic, other instruments don't really appeal to me. I'm not in a band, and...
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I cannot fucking wait til the second half of October. Seeing Earthless and Elder and the following week, Anathema in Sydney and Melbourne.
Never seen Elder before, should be AWESOME
Curses and damnation!
I had a rather sudden urge to (literally) dust off my camera and wander the neighbourhood shooting random neighbourhood things (most likely cats sitting under streetlights and shady meth heads doing their thing) but I cannot for the life of me find any SD cards.
Creative ruts are the worst. It is nuts to think that I would shoot sometimes thousands of...
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so I saw the new Fantastic Four yesterday, and guess what? It didn't suck. It didn't come close to sucking. There were a few moments that were ham fisted and some of the plot elements were contrived (the middle, military bit just slowed everything down) but overall it was a great take on Ultimate Fantastic Four.
I am starting to think the detractors are on...
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So for the first time in a few months I sat down and picked up a guitar and just noodled.
I'd forgotten how much I love my Les Paul.
<3
How fucking adorably sexy is Cindy Wilson?
She was one of my first rock crushes.
When you realise you've consumed a ridiculously silly amount of alcohol.
Hot fucking hole
Somehow this account got reactivated.
Not quite the thing you wanna get roused from "almost asleep" by (thanks email, eat a collection of dicks), but eh, free social networking site.
Haven't *really* been active on here since 2009/2010.
What'd I miss?
Serve with an expensive Shiraz.
Braised Duck with Red Molé
Recipe by Chef Michael Voumard
Serves: 6
Ingredients
1 tbsp annato seed
1 tbsp black peppercorn
½ tbsp cloves
1½ tbsp cumin seed
1 tbsp dried oregano
½ tsp dried thyme
2 cloves garlic
50ml cider vinegar
50ml vegetable oil
1 x 2kg ducks
Molé