Where Worlds CollideRPGs. Trains, and bands that write 12 minute songs about HobbitsIf you maintain this lifestyle, you wont reach 30- June 30, 2008 I didn&8217;t see Amy Winehouse&8217;s Glastonbury set on BBC2, and I&8217;m not sure I really want to. I&8217;m not particularly a fan, and by all accounts it was a car-crash; a shambling performance from an anorexic drug addict too drunk to perform properly. Of course, it was predictable that some third-rate NME hack would proclaim ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/30/if-you-maintain-this-lifestyle-you-wont-reach-30/ SFX Book Meme, Part 2 (100-67)- June 28, 2008 Continuing the Book Meme, the bottom third of the list. 100. James Herbert Oh dear. Juvenile hack horror I read back when I was young and stupid. I suppose he&8217;s not quite as bad as the awful Guy N Smith. 97. Charles Stross Definitely a current favourite. I first came into contact with Stross&8217;s work through ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/28/sf-book-meme-part-2-67-100/ SFX Book Meme Part 1 - The Unread- June 28, 2008 The Ministry of Information has picked up the lastest meme doing the rounds, which is to copy SFX Magazine&8217;s list of top science fiction and fantasy authors, list the ones you&8217;ve read, and say a few words on each. I&8217;ll do this one in several parts, starting with a list of those authors I&8217;ve not actually ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/28/sfx-book-meme-part-1-the-unread/ Seven (more) Songs meme- June 22, 2008 Psycho Chicken has let loose the Seven Songs meme again. Mostly Autumn - Tearing at the Faerytale Mostly Autumn - Unoriginal Sin Blue yster Cult - Astronomy Fairport Convention - Tam Lin Breathing Space - The Gap Is Too Wide Opeth - Burden Uriah Heep - What Kind of God Four out of the seven are songs I&8217;ve seen live recently, in some ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/22/seven-more-songs-meme/ Alternative Groupings- June 21, 2008 On RMWeb, there&8217;s a thread on 1923 Grouping. While the initial post was about the reasons behind the grouping (it was an alternative to nationalisation, which was seen as too radical a step in 1923), it&8217;s spawned a side-discussion on alternatives. For example, what if, rather than the government imposing the big four, they&8217;d instead changed ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/21/alternative-groupings/ Live Review - Blue yster Cult, Manchester Academy 2, 15th June 2008- June 18, 2008 Blue yster Cult are my favourite American band. In recent years they&8217;ve come over to the UK every couple of years. Last time they came over was 2006, so I figured they must be due over again this year. And lo! a tour was annouced! Last time I said to myself I&8217;d ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/18/live-review-blue-yster-cult-manchester-academy-2-15... End of another tour- June 18, 2008 Another Mostly Autumn tour has come to an end. This time I managed to get to six dates, two of which I&8217;ve previously reviewed in full on this blog. The band had gone through a lot of personnel changes from last years spring tour - gone were Gavin Griffiths and Chris Johnson, busy touring with ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/18/end-of-another-tour/ CD Review: Opeth - Watershed- June 15, 2008 Swedish death prog metallers Opeth have done it again! I wondered if their ninth album &8220;Watershed&8221; could possibly top 2005&8217;s superb &8220;Ghost Reveries&8221;. But with this new one, they&8217;ve taken their mix of Scandinavian cookie-monster death metal and 70s pastoral English prog to yet another level. There&8217;s a bit less of the old cookie monster ...http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/2008/06/15/cd-review-opeth-watershed/ |