Historic Blogs Milton’s Paradise Lost and its influence on one of my much loved albums 22 Jan 202322 Jan 2023 Original written on 5th October 2014 It is truly an understatement to say that the bible has many stories that have been adapted into various types of art. One of…
Historic Blogs… Derek Riggs Artwork for Iron Maiden Brings Back Wonderful Reminiscence 14 Oct 2022 Original written on 24th August 2014 Music is a great gift. It is also incredibly diverse. Some people love pop and others jazz. My main taste has always been hard…
Historic Blogs… Buying a Dalek and How This Planet Earth is a Credit to the BBC 13 Oct 202214 Oct 2022 Original was written on 29th November 2015. Last month I took delivery of a full size NSD Dalek after waiting after they made it at their workshop. The director, Ian…
Interests… Superb Gordon Smith Guitar with Fishman Moderns 29 May 202129 May 2021 If you have read previous blogs you may know that I love playing guitar. As described previously, my love of active pickups has gone through stages. Now they are my…
Compact and Bijou Does the Falcon and Winter Soldier do MCU justice? 9 May 20219 May 2021 Available on Disney Plus Don't panic, no spoilers. All I want to say is that Disney plus has created another series that is entertaining, dramatic and impressive in its scope.…
Compact and Bijou Michelin EV tyre surprise 5 May 20215 May 2021 I don't want this compact blog to be overly critical but sometimes it may seem so. In this instance it certainly deserves the feeling I have regarding what occured. Take…
Compact and Bijou What is compact and bijou? 5 May 2021 To put it simply, these are daily or weekly vignettes. These can be what I see, feel, think or may just be random. It is to make sure I write…
Books… Illustrating Dune and a great fanedit 9 Oct 2020 I am revisiting Dune again. In the book series I am reading Frank Herberts God Emperor of Dune once more. The books are awe-inspiring in there scope. I make no…
Books… David Lynch and Dune. Flawed, yes, but it is a Film of Immense Value 8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 I am revisiting a previous blog post from my other website regarding David Lynch and his cinematic version of Dune. I am doing so as we approach the Denis Villeneuve…
Interests… Guitar Pickup Heaven 13 Jul 202028 Jul 2020 Well I have finally settled on my preferred guitar tone. I don't mean my 'whole' tone but instead the guitars themselves. Putting this post into perspective is important. I have…
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