Well done Blackburn......

for possibly THE most scary gig I've been to. I did take photo's but to be honest, they aren't worth showing.

Blackburns free festival probably sounds like a great idea on paper, but when you open the beer tent at 10.30 am you can pretty much guarentee most of the audience will be lying in pools of their own piss and vomit when the headline acts appear.

And it was just that, I quick stroll around the field at 6pm and if it wasn't for the myriad of lurid coloured shirts, flip-flops and fat birds with their beer guts hanging out it would of looked like a battlefield. Add to that the overflowing "Lost Children" tent awash with abandoned "mistakes" and I think you get the picture.

The Cops decided to make "camp" within the artists area backstage which gave the crews a fantastic insight into the inner workings of how to disable a drunken fuckwit with nothing more than four O'levels and a blunt object.

Anyhow, here's a picture of my cat.

Fat Hairy Knackers.

You know.... some people are just plain rude.

It's like an episode of "Changing Rooms".... from the viewers point of view, it all looks remarkably splendid, expensive and regal. But when you look a little closer you find sticky-backed-plastic, yards of MDF and gallons of dogs hockle holding everything together.

To say the shine is beginning to dim is an understatement.

This man is a twat

Careful what you wish for....

20 years ago I made a wish. I wished for a chance to play on stage with The Wonder Stuff.... and its kinda come true. I always thought of myself and Goober would somehow end up playing with TWS. Admittedly, I thought we'd have instruments and would be joining in and making the music, instead we find ourselves tech'ing together for Miles, Malc, Andres, Mark and Erica on this years 2006 Suspended by Stars Summer tour.

So, here's to my brother-from-another-mother..... dont dump on the bus and bring lots of gaffa tape and lashings of Ginger Beer.

The Wonder Stuff.....

Well, I'm Tech'ing again.....

Tomorrow is the first of nine TWS gigs I'll be drum tech'ing for. So, if you'vbe got a ticket for the Rock Cafe in Stourbridge or Guilfest (in Guildford) then I might see ya there.

Love, Light and Laughter.....

Only time can heal....

"Only Time Can Heal...."

Looking back, its the only thing I've found to be true. Especially when a major tragedy hits. Sure, sedatives will dull the senses, alcohol will temporally remove you from the situation and friends/relatives will rally round to give "support", but at some point, you're gonna have to face and embrace the inevitable pain and suffering a loss will bring.

Time ticks on and the world still spins, you don’t understand why no-one else around is hurting, surly, with this much pain there has to be overspill, passers by should be doubled up in agony when they are near, birds should be dropping from the sky, milk should curdle and fruit rot....

But it doesn’t, and you resent it. You resent the whole f*&king world.

Some people have been through this.. and some.. today.. have just started this hateful journey.

It has a start and sometimes a finish, but only time can heal.







My thoughts are with you and your family.

JOGLE '06

We did it!!

John O’Groats to Lands End sponsored motorcycle ride within 24 hours. What a hoot, what an adventure, what a sore arse I’ve got!

Yes, we completed the journey in 17hrs, setting off from John O’Groats at 3.30am and arriving at Lands End at 8.30pm. That’s a total of 874.2 miles according to my GPS.

Not only did we hit our target of £3000 for Breast Cancer Support groups, but we doubled it!!!!! How bloody marvellous is that?!?!

As an added bonus no-one fell off or crashed, ran out of petrol, got lost or otherwise.

I spent some quality time with a bunch of Lords for a cause that needs supporting.

So……

John Webster, Karen Webster, Michael Darby, Nick Corney, Martin Dartmouth, Howard Dixon, Tim Goodman, and not forgetting the organiser and run leader Rex Hawkes (aka The Marathon Man)

I salute you!