Well, I suppose as I get older I can’t expect every birthday to be a real hum-dinger, but I must say I rather enjoyed myself last Friday. Aside from domestic squabbles, a hearty congratulations to Jules, Paul and Griff for joining in with the karaoke and to everybody else who came along. The Windsor Castle at Clapham Junction has to be the straightest pub in South London and last Friday they were treated to myself and others camping it up something cronic. Griff proved that he obviously keeps his throat in good shape with a hearty rendition of Gold; Jules did her standards, Crazy and Dream a Little Dream. But the biggest surprise of the evening proved to be little Paul, who couldn’t quite shed his years as a performer and brought the house down with an uncanny turn as Bjork singing It’s Oh So Quiet! Couldn’t resist getting a snippet. He also did a duet with Jules of Love Shack, which I thought was great! Was lovely to see Chris, David, Robin and Terry too. Thanks to all who came.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Passive Aggressive
Confrontation has never been my strong suit. I have very firm views on certain subjects that I can argue about ad nauseum and if truth be told I probably do. But I am not what you would call confrontational, even on a domestic level and have even been labelled passive-aggressive by one or two people. I am not sure how fair that is but I suppose elements of it appear in my psyche. What happens when two passive aggressive people get together, I am not sure. I guess, somewhere in the future, a huge silent argument will rage violently.
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Getting On
Next weekend I shall be 43 years old. I would like to say I have lots of things planned but I don’t. Nothing. Nada. I haven’t got a clue what I want to do. Do you know what? I think I have finally reached the time in my life where I would kind of like someone to surprise me. But as a pointer here are some of the things I don’t want to do.
1. Discover fun in the darkroom at XXL
2. Take drugs
You know what. I may just go out of town for a couple of day and see if anybody actually notices!
1. Discover fun in the darkroom at XXL
2. Take drugs
You know what. I may just go out of town for a couple of day and see if anybody actually notices!
Friday, 15 August 2008
Friday, 8 August 2008
An Iconic Image

This image by Tristram Kenton made the centre pages of the paper this week as David Tennant opens in Stratford in Hamlet. I found the image highly evocative and can't wait until the Donmar try to get their own back with an equivilent image of Jude Law in his Hamlet. Don't even think about asking if I can get tickets for it when it hits the West End. It sold out practically immediately and I believe tickets are already being sold on e-bay for £500
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