After an hour’s play we we are asked to decorate our pod… oh dear, we made a bit of a mess, maybe one too many donkey tails? The eyeballs on springs really pull the room together though.

Oh fancy, we’re making a little film. When I say “we” I mean us, our mate Richard Johnson, a director called Chris Klockner, a couple of actors called Roy Carroll and Frank Fitzpatrick, and a crew of about 15 people willing to give up their free time to make it with us. And when I [...]

Bought a new frying pan, tested it by toasting some panettone with a tiny bit of butter (our little secret). Seemed to work.
I know, it’s ALL rock and roll now-a-days.

Heed the warning.

Smart list on the back of Creative Review this month from the walls of Tate Media director Will Gompertz’s office. Of course item 7 need not apply to The Flippers.

The canopy is up, rehearsals are going well, many may still die.
6 days till Fangoria.
Have your costumes and explosives ready.

Sometimes, when asked to perform certain tasks, the Boob needs this special helmet that keeps his reward in view at all times.

Now we can’t all design rockets or robot cats, somebody has to put some thought into the humble shit seat. This one (found in the Big Blue Hotel, Blackpool) has enjoyed some real TLC during the design phase. Points to note:

Low seat for good ‘exiting’.
Wide seat for comfort.
heavyily tapered seat, also for good ‘exiting’ as [...]

So we finally got round to watching Children of Men last night as we taped it off the telly on our sky box thingy months ago, and oh my is it good. OK so the plot is a bit predictable, and some of the dialogue and acting could be better but the direction is sweet. [...]