Friday Night News Quiz

New season of News Quiz with the brilliant Sandi Toksvig starts...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/fricomedy/

Batman

Holiday in full swing, apart from 2 days of English camps starting tomorrow.

Must tell though of Batman Arkham Asylum. Another incredible game. Fly about at the Batman and take out hoodlums. Brilliant fun as you are up against The Joker.

Also, probably nearing the end of Call Of Juarez Bound In Blood which has been such great fun. Brilliant cowboy shoot out and gun fights. These 2 games are such a hoot to play. Both rely on atmosphere more than pure killing and it really pays off.

Even those you never play vid games surely, I say surely, would enjoy these games.

Spill

Just found this great and hilarious movie review site with cartoon guys giving great reviews.

Check it...

http://www.spill.com/Movie-Reviews/Default.aspx

Bound in Blood

I've had four cans of Guinness but nevermind, Call of Juarez Bound in Blood is great fun.

Shooting cowboys makes a great change from zombies, nazis and robots.

It's FAB.

The Reader and Batman

Just finished watching "The Reader" which was fantastic. Truly sad and beautifully filmed. Winslet and Fiennes were first rate.

Thankfully I have reached the semester break. The last few weeks have been testing at school and I am in need of rest.

Grandma went home yesterday, and Oi and I have been enjoying some time together with Baby Grace. Peace and harmony reign with just the two of us, I mean, three of us. Grace has been crying a bit actually and I assume it is because she is missing Grandma. She will have to get used to just mum and dad for a while now, and not gran's wizard hands.

I have been sorting out my vast collection of CDs and DVDs. Hundreds have been assigned to the bin, only keeping DL movies, games and original music CDs.

Aswell as that, I have been scanning for movies that escaped the radar, and have been busy DL and burning. A bit of a Warren Beatty fest going on. It is good to scan those internet lists of best movies and get some titles.

BBC podcasts still dominate the Ipod. I spent an evening with Karl last Friday and after some music got onto The Forum and Dr. Karl. Highly entertaining listening even though we were confused by the second or third sentence.

Down in the Hat Yai black markets I picked up the new Batman game. Thankfully this copy successfully crack the "glide" disable feature the programmers had installed. This game looks incredible. TOTALLY INCREDIBLE. I am a might pissed with myself as I am still yet to complete Wolfenstein and Call of Juarez. I hate not finishing a game, which happens way too often.

Love the bonus disc of Green On Red's "Here Come The Snakes" but maybe Chuck's new one is sameold, same old which is sad. There is a cool vid on Utube docu on the new album though which is fun. Chuck has produced some jawls since he quit smoking and got old. Still totally cool though.

So, I'm looking at some time off and a chance to recoop. Some quiet time. Baby Grace now sleeps next to Oi in our bed. I remind her not to crush her. And last night was the first night we all slept together. Yes, we had the night light on, and Grace woke up at 2 until the morning light. I wasn't that bothered, but as usual I have to get out in the day to get some sun to my brain.

Tomorrow I will attempt to get my holiday exercise plan moving with an early morning walk in the park.

Here Come The Snakes - Bonus Disc (It's Awesome)

I picked this up thinking it was the original album being sadly missing from my collection.

Oh My Freckly God! It's a bonus disc with country honk versions and new tracks, including the very surreal "Here Come The Snakes" with some wobbly pipes representing the snakes!

Also includes Yellow House, Fuzzy Mama, Zombie For Love and Tenderloin

http://rapidshare.com/files/180205318/Green_On_Red_-_Here_Come_The_Snakes__1989.rar

Get real, get down and hang with Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet for an afternoon.

Amadou and Mariam Video

A little video from Mali in case you need some good feeling;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgafofMfBFM&feature=related