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Elvis Presley - Also Sprach Zarathustra That's Alright Mama RARE

Graceland isn't always open. But the King is always in the building.

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

Before you ask, I've not heard it. But I do love the album cover which Noel claims is the responsibility of Julian House 'the most expensive graphic designer in London'.

Here is my band's album cover, designed by...emmmm...me, the cheapest graphic designer in London. You can now buy our album on Amazon and download it in the US from Amazon.com

McDonald's Big Breakfast

On my way to work I pass a drive-thru McDonald's. I am not a regular McDonald's visitor but I do very much like their Big Breakfast.

The first time I had a Big Breakfast was in Florida. My Dad and I were on standby for a flight coming back from Miami to Heathrow, I would have been about 12. When there was no room on the flight we would have to stay over in a local motel and go back to the airport the next day and queue up and hope to get on. So we were in a local motel where we would lounge and swim all day until it was airport time and the motel we were in had a free shuttle bus to a local shopping mall with a McDonalds. My Dad and I took the bus and mooched and had a Big Breakfast so I guess the morning McDonald's brings back some nice memories.

The other morning after going to the dentist, I wasn't due at work for another hour, so I went to McDonald's there too. I actually sat in the restaurant. They had flowers on the table. I spent 10 minutes eating hash brown and that weird spicy sausage burger thing. Lovely.

The Mcdonald's on my way to work is about 15 minutes from my office. Assuming there is no traffic. So if there is no traffic I can get a Mcdonald's breakfast and get to work and it will still be warm. Thing is to get to the McDonald's I need to be in the left hand lane at the roundabout, but my lane in the right lane. So at some point I need to decide if there is too much traffic - meaning cold McDo. If traffic is nil then I need to make my way to the left lane. Then I need to decide if I really want a faceful of salt and fat or if I should have All Bran and toast at work. These are the difficult decisions I face.

I need to go and get some breakfast now.

Abandoned Cities

Thanks to Ben, a fan of this kind of thing, for linking me these cool pictures and stories of abandoned towns around the world.

Abandoned! #1

Abandoned! #2

One Million Hot Wheels

Here is a cool little video that my boy and I made of all the cars we could find in the house. Music is Kings of Leon - 'Camaro'.

Check it...

Apologies

I can only apologise to all those folk who continue to visit this blog hoping to read something new and commenting on the stuff. Not only have I been updating less and less frequently I also realised that the stinking blog no longer updates the recent comments or emails me when someone does comment. You people have been busier on here than I...and I didn't even notice!

I salute you all and pledge to update more often and to fix the recent comments thing.

Magic Ship

I have barely touched this site in recent months. Mainly because I have been busy updating the band website at www.magic-ship.com.

We have just released an album which you can buy online.

Please do head over there and show some support.

Lemmy The Movie

Thanks to Axe for bringing this one to my attention. It's TheLemmy Movie. A bit like 'Tigger Movie' but without the Tiggers and I imagine more swearing and guitars. Looking forward to this in 2009.

Chin up! Shoulders back! You got a body like a Marshall stack.

Coldplay - 'Violet Hill' borrows heavily from John Miles - 'Stranger in the City'

I tip my hat to Ben for using his musical detective powers to uncover this one.

I have taking a liking, after one listen, to Coldplay's "Violet Hill". The new single is free for a week so go listen to it there then come back.

Now go listen to this: John Miles - "Stranger in the City".

Admittedly it might take a little jump. But the two tracks aren't 'Miles' apart :-p.

Who's with me?

Magic Ship - Fly!

When I am not updating this blog, dusting my collection of tea pots or trading insults with strangers on the internet, I play guitar in the band Magic Ship. All this time and you didn't know!? Well now you do. As a taster to the full length album (out in June), here is a video of us rocking the song 'Fly!' which will be on the new record. Check it...

The Stone Roses - Waterfall

The Roses make sounding awesome look like a walk in the park. Check this live clip of them playing Waterfall for a few minutes of jelly kneed brilliance. Note how drumming, singing and wearing a hat come easy to Reni. Take it away, lads.

Hooters

Driving dangerously

Opinion an abrahamlove.com. Is this a first?

When did we become a nation of law breaking drivers? There are three things which have struck me recently, these climaxed last night in a fiesta of awful and illegal driving that I witnessed on my way home.

1) Going through red lights. I'm not talking about sneaking through an amber. I'm talking about drving through a red light two or three cars after the lights have changed. I'm talking about being overtaken (at standing) by a car who then drives through a red light.

2) Driving against the traffic on the wrong side of the road. I'm not talking about emergency driving in a gridlock situation. This is just a day to day traffic jam. Someone either wants to turn right or sit in the turn right lane then push into the straight ahead lane so they jump into the wrong lane of the road and drive to the front. Not just a few yards but a couple of hundred yards. Drving at cars coming towards them - then wondering why they are being bibbed.

3) An extension of the above. Last night not 1. Not 2, 3, 4 but 5. Five cars jumped the queue of traffic into the oncoming traffic lane driving the *wrong side* of an island in the middle of the road.

These things are not happening in the middle of the night when there is no traffic or less cars or no pedestrians. I'm not in the middle of the countryside. This is in built up areas where mums and children and old ladies are crossing and people are minding their business driving home from work. These aren't one off incidents but regular sights on the way home. Not just maniac drivers, but more and more average Joes who seem to think it's OK to do this sort of thing. There will always be idiots who think the rules don't apply, but what concerns me is the spread of idiot disease to normal folk.

Make it stop.

Aardvark!

I tried to draw an aardvark. Unfortunately I drew a cross between an anteater and an armadillo, forgetting that the Aardvark has big old ears.

So I looked for a picture and found this...

In the words of Ben...'bloody hell!'.

Local Star Wars costume designer fights Lucas in multi-million dollar battle

Go Twickenham! Shepperton Design Studios based in Twickenham have, for the last four years, been selling replica Star Wars outfits created from the original moulds. Back in 1976 this small design studio created the Storm Troopers designs and some of the fighter pilot costumes too. George Lucas has decided this needs to stop and has taken the Twickenham designer to court. But SDS are not going down easy and have counter sued. Let battle commence!

Star Wars Episode VII - The Designer Fights Back

Here is what Lucasfilms have to say. Notice how they have already won the case in the US...

Lucasfilm will shut you down and seek restitution.

Andrew Ainsworth of SDS will need balls of steel to win this one. Good luck to him!

Scorcese directs the Rolling Stones in 'Shine a Light'

You know I think Martin Scorcese could make a shopping trip to Tesco look awesome. Camera *swoop* as I manhandle the white loaves. Steadicam as I prowl the Pot Noodles.

Check out the trailer for this film he made of the Stones concert from 2006. It all looks fantastic.

Canon MP210 - All in one Printer, Scanner and Copier

I bought one of these in an emergency yesterday. �47 from Tesco. That's a great price for this kind of thing which looks good, is very easy to install, is relatively quiet, is relatively fast. Thing is at the moment, Canon are giving you �20 cashback when you send them your proof of purchase. That means it cost �27!

If you aren't in a hurry then you would do even better to buy it from Amazon where this thing would cost you just �34 with free delivery. Then take off the �20 cashback and you are left with a printer/scanner/copier for �14.

�14!

Admittedly inks will cost you �10 a cartridge at the moment since compatible ones haven't really come down in price, but regardless, this is an inredible deal.

Captain Bogg and Salty - Pieces of 8ight

How cool is this? I was just telling someone about someone and that that someone plays in a cool band who play Pirate songs. In fact they are a Pirate band who play Pirate songs. I guess that makes them Pirates. I know a Pirate in a Pirate band who plays Pirate songs and makes Pirate videos. Videos about Pirates. Videos about Pirate songs sung by Pirates.

Anyway. Check out Mr Pirate on the bass. Lucas, if you're listening, this is rocking.

Then check out their website... www.boggandsalty.com

Tooth Tunes

The Wife bought me a cool toothbrush at Christmas. They say it's for kids, but I have huge fun using it. Somehow it plays a song and the vibrations of said song are transferred through your skull and your head and mouth become a speaker - amplifying the vibrations.

The song selection is limited, but fortunately for those who like to ROCK, two of the included songs are Queen's 'We Will Rock You' and Kiss' 'Rock and Roll All Night'. When my Queen one runs out of batteries, I will be buying the Kiss one.

Tooth tunes Website

Meat Treat

It's been explained to me before just how much the Spanish prize their Hams. So much so - as the story goes - that a vegetarian went into a restaurant and was served a plate of delicious Jamon. 'I can't eat this meat!', they squealed. 'Is not meat. Is Ham!', said the waiter.

So I was less surprised when Ex-Pat and would be Spaniard Stu forwarded me a mail he received, explaining how he could get a free Iberian Ham worth �450 if he would just buy a fancy new server.

Read about the ham deal here!

Ai! Ai! Ai! El Jamon de mi madre es si bueno que el servidor del Primergy!!!!!!