I've decided to stop updating this blog...



But I'll leave it here so the archives are still online. Have
a look through the past 10 months, there might be something that
tickles your fancy. Thanks for all who emailed & gave feedback.
Happy New year & best wishes to all. Peace.

I'll probably be back next week...

Nightmare Before Christmas...



Nightmare Before Christmas original poem

'Twas the nightmare before Christmas, and all though the house,
Not a creature was peaceful, not even a mouse.
The stockings all hung by the chimney with care,
When opened that morning would cause quite a scare!
The children, all nestled so snug in their beds,
Would have nightmares of monsters and skeleton heads.
The moon that hung over the new-fallen snow
Cast an eerie pall over the city below,
And Santa Claus's laughter now sounded like groans,
And the jingling bells like chattering bones.
And what to their wondering eyes should appear,
But a coffin sleigh with skeleton deer.
And a skeletal driver so ugly and sick
They knew in a moment, this can't be St. Nick!
From house to house, with a true sense of joy,
Jack happily issued each present and toy.
From rooftop to rooftop he jumped and he skipped,
Leaving presents that seemed to be straight from a crypt!
Unaware that the world was in panic and fear,
Jack merrily spread his own brand of cheer.

Now that's better - ain't it...

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Fite Dem Back...



Linton Kwesi Johnson

we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain't got nofink in 'em
we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain't got nofink in 'em

some a dem say dem a niggah haytah
an' some a dem say dem a black beatah
some a dem say dem a black stabbah
an' some a dem say dem a paki bashah

fashist an di attack
noh baddah worry 'bout dat
fashist an di attack
wi wi' fite dem back
fashist an di attack
den wi countah-attack
fashist an di attack
den wi drive dem back

we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain't got nofink in 'em
we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain't got nofink in 'em

Forces of Victory (1979)...

Joe Strummer died two years ago today...



with him died a secret that only he could answer - maybe;
what the fuck does he say at the end of Complete Control?

$%&@@@**$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!! - and that means you - *&^%$#?...

If your going to paint something on a wall...



Could stencils be the artful answer to graffiti?

Stencil Graffiti

do it in style...

8mm was on TV tonight...



8mm

I caught it at the movies when it came out in 1999
and had forgotten how good it is. Excellent working
of an unusual subject. Nicholas Cage is brilliant as
the P.I. Tom Welles. Definitely worth watching again.

a snapshot from our sick society...

Grimly fiendish nursery rhymes...



Edward Gorey Bibliography

and fractured Fairy tales...

Paul Weller's Website...



Paul Weller

He just keeps on keepin' on...

Sanity in the UK...



Pogue's Fairytale voted best Christmas song ever

See you in the drunk tank...

YOU'RE ONLY FREE TO DODGE THE COPS, AN' BUNK THE TRAIN TO STARDOM...



The Prisoner (Strummer/Jones)

THE PRISONER MEETS THE MUPPET HI-FI
NORTH OF WATFORD JUNCTION
WE GET IN BUT WE DON'T HAVE FUN
AN' WE LEAVE BEFORE THE TRUNCHEONS
SO IT'S BACK TO WATCH THE DAY TO DAY
SAGA OF WORKING PEOPLE
HANGING OUT THE WASHING AND CLIPPING COUPONS
AND GENERALLY BEING DECENT

JOHNNY TOO BAD MEETS JOHNNY BE GOOD
IN THE CHARING CROSS ROAD
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED TODAY
SAYS THE WEST END JUNGLE CODE
AND ALL THE GERMANS AND ALL THE FRENCH
JAM THEMSELVES DOWN THE TUBE
AND RE-ENACT THE SECOND WORLD WAR
WHILE THE RUDE BOYS GET RUDE

AND I LOOK TO MY LEFT
AND I LOOK TO MY RIGHT
AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN
I'M LOOKING FOR A SIGN
I DON'T WANNA BE THE PRISONER
I DON'T WANNA BE THE PRISONER

THE PRISONER LIVES IN CAMDEN TOWN
SELLING REVOLUTION
THE PRISONER LOADS HIS TRACKING ARM UP
WITH SELF-DISILLUSION
YOUR MOTHER DOES THE WASHING UP
YOUR OLD MAN DIGS THE GARDEN
YOU'RE ONLY FREE TO DODGE THE COPS
AN' BUNK THE TRAIN TO STARDOM

In memory of Graham McPhee 1963 - 1980...