Back on January 13th, Lionsgate released the classic slasher film and recent remake fodder My Bloody Valentine on a special edition disc that included “lost” footage that had never been seen before.  Having been away from the film for years and never really having loved it, I decided th...

Yes, I’m Still Watching…Damages February 25th, 2009 Oh, Damages. When the show debuted in 2007, there was something very fresh about its structure, something that I couldn’t really put my finger on at the time. It was a show that brought to the table some great acting talent, in pa...

Hopping into the way back machine and heading to last years Ghost House Underground releases comes The Last House in the Woods, a low budget Italian flick that borrows and steals from the old 70s era of exploitation films.  It has been awhile since this was released on DVD, but in the interest of c...

I could lie to you and say I’m a very busy guy, but sometimes no matter what the reason, we movie watchers fall behind. There are nearly a dozen films that I missed out on providing theatrical reviews for and missed a few DVD releases on top of that. Which is why I’m going to play catch ...

NAMM so far has been a whole lot of fun - have met up with loads of great friends, checked out some fab music gear, chatted a lot, drank coffee, playing some music on the looperlative booth (and discovered a couple of amazing new Looperlative features - video coming on those ASAP!) Of course, I̵...

OK, before I start, this post is going to get VERY sad indeed. So if you’re just reading this for a light-hearted update of what’s going on in my life, during your lunch hour at work. Probably best to leave it til later. Bookmark it and come back . So anyway, we’re 2 shows into our...

Here’s the story - about 2 months ago, I did some freelance PR work for Balance PR, working on a music promotion thing. The job was at incredibly late notice, but they needed something doing that I was in a very good position to help them with, we agreed a fee and I got on with it. For various...

This will (I think) be the first in a series of posts about this, mainly because it's an ongoing struggle and area of conceptual development. So, I'll start by saying where my problem lies - a lot of the stuff online about being overwhelmed by email starts by talking about spam. Apart from when I've...

Back at Darbucka for the first time this year, last night was my solo bass night gig with Yolanda Charles and Todd Johnson. It was a pretty special evening on a few different levels. Firstly, it was Yolanda's first EVER completely solo gig - this is a bassist who has played to live audiences in thei...

I just watched the following video on Myspace - a hilarious clip of Fred Armisen going for an audition that he clearly has no place being at - And it reminded me of when I did a very similar thing, albeit slightly more unwittingly. Back in about 1996/97, I had just moved back to London from Lincoln,...