Saw a preview for this last night, and it was really good. It's a funny film, in both senses of the word. It is frequently hilarious, often to the degree that the audience missed large chunks of dialogue due to their own laughter. But it's also a very strange film, and often feels like watching a series of homages to different films rather than a film complete unto itself. The film certainly makes ...

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Spent a very enjoyable and productive two days in the studio this weekend, making-up and recording songs on the fly, as is the Grok way. We ended up recording 31 songs, which Daryl the studio guy said was a record for the studio 'by a fair bit'. Each song about about 8-12 minutes long, so we must have recorded at least four hours of music. However this was just the first and probably easiest ste ...

I do regret writing a blog about the weather, but seriously, the wind outside is nuts. My work is normally situated in a sort of Euston-Road wind-tunnel anyway, even on a very calm day if you walk over to the Pret for some sushi you get an annoying gust of grit into your eyes. But today, when apparently the wind is knocking lorries over on the M6, it's a whole `nother deal. The building I work in ...

Yes! A new show! Just what you've been waiting for, I'm sure. Anyway it's a fun kinda show, a bit long in the making, but what can I say? There's just no good music around. No, wait, yes there is...it's in here! In this show, which you can download! Right now! In fact, it's already downloading into your iTunes! What do you mean you don't use iTunes? What do you use, Windows Media Player? That's sh ...