Shine a Light

Scorsese’s concert movie of the rolling stones. Nicely done and a rocking show. Sky HD Colour ****

The Subways are supporting AC/DC – Coolio.

I’m off to Wembley today to see AC/DC and have just found out that the subways are supporting as Thin Lizzy have had to pull out due to an injury. There’s also the answer but I like the subways so looking forward to that – then angus. nice.

World Record Holder!

851 uke players smashed the world record on Saturday – was good to be one of them!

New CD – I Scream Cone

Hey people. I’ve finally got around to finishing off the ukulele EP called ‘I Scream Cone!”. It’s a five track collection of Uke songs, including one called Abracadiva that I wrote in a transit van on the way to the International Brotherhood of Magicians Convention with Andycam. It’s all recorded with various Ukes – mostly […]

Marmite Jesus

It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but one family are convinced they can see the face of Jesus on the lid of a jar of Marmite. Claire Allen, 36, said she was the first to notice the image on the underside of the lid as she was putting the yeast spread on her […]

Playing at the Three Cranes Hotel

This Saturday night (25th) Ray, Tony, Myself and maybe others will be playing at the Three Cranes Hotel in Sheffield. You’d be very welcome! This place used to be the headquarters of the Sheffield Circle of Magicians and I did my audition in the upstairs room way back in 1998! – Be nice to visit […]

Crank 2 – High Voltage

Yikes. I liked the first one of these. It’s a cool mental comic book of a movie. Not sure what happened here then. It was a wandering waste of a movie I’m afraid… I can even buy the ‘Chev has his heart stolen and needs to keep the battery one charged till he can find […]

The Damned United

Well crafted biopic that follows Brian Clough in his short stay as Leeds United manager. It also covers the backstory and was a good film to watch. I’m no football fan but really enjoyed the characters and especially the recreated look of the 70’s. Top notch. Cinema Colour ****