Remembering Rik Mayall....Cheers for being my stand-up inspiration as a 15 yr old kid (the audiences were kind) and for being unknowingly responsible for getting me a free swanky meal in London back in '91 due to a bizarre case of mistaken identity and misplaced accents.* *I mean c'mon, even Grok is still convinced.  

Well don't say I didn't warn you.    Been busy beavering away on a book version of Spectrum Sinema, the 'wee turn' (which I think is the professional term) I performed during he magnificent Paul Wady's Eccentrics Unite! Fringe show , for the last few months with the hope of getting the whole thing finished by the end of the year (college/hospital/house/usual real-life madness permitting). Anyway being a glutton for punishment I thought I'd share the introduction - and a sneak peek at some of chapter one -  here so folk have an idea of what I'm talking about. I might even share a few chapters along the way if anyone's interested. So without further ado may I present Spectrum Sinema. Enjoy. I hope.    “I know nothing of life except through the cinema.” - Jean-Luc Godard (The Obligatory Introduction Bit.)   Hi all, firstly thank you for buying this book (unless you’re just browsing at it on the shelf so in that case just hurry up and pay f...

"I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before, before."   Happy birthday to THE greatest book ever written....BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S   And for your listening pleasure, here's Truman himself reading an extract. Enjoy.  

As ever, just in time for Halloween....(almost) every single horror/cult/Eurotrash themed mix from the infamous Man With No Suitcase pre-club I used to run in 'sunny' Glasgow...and more.   Just the right thing to get your party going with a bang. Probably.            

It popped up in my (Facebook) memories today that it's been exactly 2 years since the magnificent Paul Wady invited me to do 'a wee turn' (which I think is the professional term) during his Eccentrics Unite! Fringe show with my take on Autism and dating as a cult movie fan. They do say write what you know and let's be fair that's all I do know. Well  that and how to hold a pencil.   The actual gig was edited for timing reasons/my rambling ways so it was fairly short 'n' snappy which was unusual for me but as far as I recall it seemed to go down OK. I mean there were no walk-outs but I did make a man visibly uncomfortable with the sheer Autistic intensity of my love for the films of 1982. This has been a dream of mine for years if I'm honest. Which I always am obviously seeing as Autistics are incapable of lying. Probably.  So (any excuse) here to celebrate this monumental cultural event I present the - slightly - longer version of my Fringe debut. As a...

  I reckon that World Autism Acceptance Week is as good an excuse as any to reshare (again) the transcript of my Spectrum Sinema performance from The Edinburgh Fringe - the actual gig was edited for timing reasons/my rambling ways so it was fairly short 'n' snappy which was unusual for me but it seemed to go down OK. I mean there were no walk-outs but I did make a man visibly uncomfortable with the sheer Autistic intensity of my love for the films of 1982. This has been a dream of mine for years if I'm honest. Which I always am obviously seeing as Autistics are incapable of lying. Probably. Anyway, rather than share the short 'live' presentation I've decided instead to post the current work in progress long version of it. You see I'm currently (still) writing what could either be a book or a show based around the whole idea of Spectrum Sinema so see this as a (saucy) taster. Yes I'm such a tease. Regular readers may recognize some bits from previou...