Watching telly
LG42PQ3000 - Nice I had a bit of a surprise yesterday. Jayne came home with a new TV. Only the other day I realised that I was possibly the only person I knew who was persisting with a CRT...
View ArticleThe Crazies
As I had to go into town anyway this afternoon to pay in a cheque, I decided to have a browse in HMV. I came out with a nifty DVD of The Crazies, which has the 1973 original on a second disc. Watched...
View ArticleDead Snow
Nazis. Zombies. Zombie Nazis! This evening I grew impatient waiting for the snow that keeps getting predicted here and turned to the DVD for some guaranteed white stuff, in the form of the film Dead...
View ArticleMore Mala Vida
I include this video of the Astro Zombies doing a version of Mala Vida not because of the quality of the sound or picture but for two very good reasons. They have ‘zombie’ in their name The drummer If...
View ArticleMy current favourite unread author
Is it even possible to to have a favourite unread author? I hope so, because I have a current favourite amongst all the authors whose books I have never read. In fact I will probably read a couple of...
View ArticleMore zombieness
If the film Dead Snow didn’t whet your appetite for Scandinavian zombie-related artistic endeavours, how about this: the debut album from Swedish thrash metal band Zombiekrig, called...
View ArticleCowboys and Zombies
Zombie films seem to be like zombies themselves. No matter how many you deal with there are always more poping up all over the place. Today I watched Cowboys and Zombies, which has been knocking around...
View ArticleThe Return Man
Front Cover The other day I finished a proof copy of a book called The Return Man by V.M.Zigo. It is due to be published in March and I can wholeheartedly recommend it. It is a book set in a future...
View ArticleLook before you leap
People who know me well will know that I am a sucker for advance proof copies of books, and I am fortunate to be able to get one most months. Last month I got two. One was a 100-page novella which took...
View ArticleAlice in Zombieland
Another book I finished this month: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter. It is due to be published in October. I leapt in and started reading this just on the strength of the title, being a bit of a...
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