long day

I did plan to watch Armrug (who’s myspcae you should check out) but after a long day at work and a total lack of food i decided to retire back to my pad and just enjoy the evening chilling (no homies just me)

The Producers

Saturday came around and so did my Valentine’s day present of going to the theater, and to see what you say! Well to see ‘The Producers’ now showing at the Palace Theater in Manchester.

Ok first let’s have a look at a short synopsis (if you didn’t already know)

Mel Brooks' hilarious new musical THE PRODUCERS comes to Manchester with Britain's funniest comedian PETER KAY as Roger DeBris. Joining Peter, directly from the West End production are CORY ENGLISH as Max Bialystock and JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR as Leo Bloom.

When down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and his hapless accountant Leo Bloom hatch the ultimate theatrical scam - to raise more money than they need to produce a sure-fire Broadway disaster - who do they turn to? The world's worst director, of course; Roger DeBris. Their guaranteed-to-fail fiasco? Springtime for Hitler - the musical!

With direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, THE PRODUCERS is a guaranteed evening of "SHEER, UTTER, UNADULTERATED JOY!"

So the plan was to get something nice to eat, maybe have a few drinks and then get on to the theater, Now trying to get something to eat in the time scale we had in Manchester on a Saturday night isn’t as easy as one may think, everywhere and I mean everywhere was extremely busy so a nice meal turned in to subway, now I don’t mind a good subway but it would have been nice to move on from everyday food and got something a little nicer. Now drinks would have been on the cards if I still wasn’t carrying round the hangover from the drinking antics which had accrued the night before (good night none the less) so the thought have having another drink for at least the next few days made my hangover worse so no drinks.

Right the Theater, now I like my nice building and being in cinemas for many years I like old cinema buildings and this transfers well to theater building as all your missing is a cinema screen, I remember this old cinema in Rochdale with big wooden hand rails and red carpets and how grand it looked when my dad would take me there and another cinema I used to work at had the same feel which can lack In the modern day cinemas we see popping up everywhere, now the palace is a nice building but the outside doesn’t do it justice to what you see when you go in, sat there I took a few minutes out to have a look around and take in the surrounding and having some very good seats thanks to the beautifully stunning girl friend it gave me a wonderful view of everything and my god its nice and well worth a look.

So as for the play I had a good idea what it was all about but to be honest I hadn’t seen anything about this on the cinema or otherwise, Now it was good, no awesome would be the word. Cory English and John Gordon Sinclair were fantastic and I really mean they were outstanding and made the play what it was in my eyes. They had a few slips but it didn’t for one minute spoil anything and even made it slightly better, as many people may know Peter Kay is also in the production and he did do well but when up on stage with 2 people who shined he was I dare to say a little in the shadows and didn’t look as comfortable up there but saying that he still made the part his own and did well, maybe not as well is you would have expected. The songs were wonderful and so was the costumes, well everything about it was wonderful or though a little extra leg room would have been welcome but that’s what you get for being over 6 foot.

enjoying the week

Walking through the northern quarter and noticed this bus stop poster!

Yes people Heros has finally made it to the shores of the UK, now I have been keeping up with the show from the US of A and don’t have that many to go before it end for this season but I think you are in for a treat as it’s a fantastic show and well worth a watch.

I pottered down to the Academy last week to watch a girl called Regina Spektor who I have been listening to over the summer months, now she has an amazing voice but this was from only hearing the cd so I had a little bit of doubt to whether she could put it off live but I’m glad to say she did, not just her singing but her personality on stage was good and made for a wonderful night. I think she is back in Manchester in the next month or two so check out her myspace and get a ticket.

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ok i have just noticed after spending some time editing this template that mine and cinemec's blog do look alike, sorry

changes

you may notice some changes, its a working progress

Got my pc up and running after some time so campers here it is

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+

Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler

Asus 22" TFT

A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 Nvidia NF4 ATX

Antec P180 Black SPCR Advanced Super Mid Tower

Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU SLI/CrossFire Certified

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

WinTV-NOVA-T PCI

2 x 1 GB Corsair paired ram

2 x 320GB sata
1 x 160GB IDE

And now with most of my software issues sorted out it runs like a dream, got a few demanding games loaded and it runs so nice, got the thing to show tv and record tv and it looks so nice on that Asus tft. The case is awesome, you can took all your cable away round the back and its got enough fans to cause a small pressure drop in my room, its also compartmentalized to keep things cooler, all the HD’s sit on rubber grommets to stop vibration and the door swings right round so I can rip this one off.

internet

So I decided to make a few upgrades to my pc, a new graphics card for one and a new case, so having taken everything out and put the gubins back in a new case and putting a new graphics card in a boot up for it all to work fine which is a nice change from the usual first boot I normally end up with. Now windows boots fine but getting the driver loaded is another matter, I think due to some old drivers the new drivers would not install causing me a mountain of problems which all lead to one solution a clean reinstall, trust me If I think it was possible to just get the old install working I would have but it was not going to happen this time round. I did end up getting a nice case with a nice quite cooling system to keep the noise down, when it final got here there was a small piece broken off but it took that long to finally get here think I will just stick it back on instead of sending it back. So now with the 4600 due core and x91950 pro and 2GB of matched ram with a big power supply it should swim along quite happily and I hope so trying to get the graphics out of my 22” TFT and the broadband got installed to I come to you from my flat, with internet and everything!

The only thing left to do apart from putting all the software and updates back on the thing is to get it activated again seeing as this would be the 3^rd time with hardware changes windows through a little wobbly about it but that’s just a phone call and sorted.

So I spent some time hunting for someone who didn’t cap the internet connection coming in to my flat and trust me there is no one out there so I ended up going for someone who didn’t cap it as much and went with Eclipse, now there are a little unknown and I was unsure until today when they just won the best customer broadband supplier

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So now im all moved in, got all my stuff sat in a room and im slow making my way through it trying to make some sense of the madness. 1^st thing 1^st computer is set up and now with a 22” Ausu widescreen TFT and a now big fast cpu on its way, got media canter installed with a tv tuner in there so its all go on the computer front, on thing im missing at the moment would be a internet connection, you may have noticed this as I have many blogs all in one go due to the fact when im sat here typing I have no internet!

It’s a little strange being somewhere different and at the moment my girl friends feels more like home that my home but im sure this will change the more I get used to living there. The car park is cool, is under the flat building and to get in you wave this fob around and the door opens, is ace and I could and have spent all day driving in and out with a big smile on my face.

Over xmas I did a load of videos for a work party and I got a good response from people who had seen them, the other day I got call of one of the guys from the office saying they had got an email about it, now this is where I thought shit, if you have seen them there are a lot….hang on ….. Loads of film clips in there and I thought I was I deep shit but one of our cinemas in Liverpool really liked them and would like a copy for their own party! How cool! Well for me anyway. You never know the dvd may even get finished this year (cough cough Cinemc).

Anyone spotted there digging up the triangle again? What’s that all about, no sooner have they make it nice and put a big wheel there they take it down and dig the place up again, I know Manchester is well developed but can we enjoy the developed bits before they change it all around again? Or though I would like to thank Manche

ster city council for putting up the barriers that come out of the ground, I think there ace. All the law abiding drivers in Manchester don’t go down the bus lanes so don’t have anything to worry about but the stupid plonkers who don’t think the rules apply to them do and there the people who keep driving in to the things, one minute they not there and the next crunch………car stops…….head his window………car stops……..expensive short cut. Now I know you should pity the fool (hay Mr T) but there are Signs that say ‘DANGER BARRIERS’. Im sure you can get footage of the people driving in to the things but hay I have no internet connection so I can’t try and find the link for you all.

I need to pay off a small loan I have with NatWest and I have been trying to pay the thing off now for the last 4 weeks, every time I get on the phone they tell me how sorry they are and how everything will be sorted in a few days and not to worry, in the past 4 weeks I have spoke to the load department 22 time or so and not a 5 mins conversation a good 40 mins each time as I explain to them what is going on, now I come to check my balance again today and guess what, yes I have to much money in their which can mean only one thing NatWest have not removed th

eir heads from the asses and still can’t sort out the simplest task of taking money out of my account, I really really can’t believe how incompetent they can be and no matter how hard I try I can’t get them to take the money so tomorrow I take this up to a new level all together and I won’t speak to anyone apart from the highest person there and I will rain down a fiery hell like no loan manager has ever seen before and scream in to the debt free world of freedom with the roar of his soul, ok a little of base there and now back to the bed room and laptop staring back at me. But by no means to I think NatWest are bad and if you would like to open an account please email fuckmeover@natwest.com and im sure they will make you happy.

Right the girl friend is nearly finished her UNI work, that would be Sian to me and you, so I have to go. I hope to get this blog posted and have some tales to tell about the NatWest saga.

Have a good night campers.

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Ps got the armrug EP from Fopp the other day and its well worth a listen, only £2 so worth it, go on next time your in town just go and get it, you could tell your friends you got this cd you heard about from a blog, hahahahaha that would be cool, also check out thier myspace

Today Hot Fuzz hits Manchester with the regional premier of the new film Hot Fuzz, if you follow my films you would know I had chance to see this film a few weeks ago and what a film. Now with the prem aspect to this it has started to turn this day in to a hard one, not only do they take away tha last reel of the film and bring it back the following day but you have so many checks to do on the projector and cleaning to make sure everything is working as it should, then we have the conference aspect to set up with all the wired and wireless mics to set up and lights with digitl projectors makes the day in to a busy one all while running 6 projectors and dealing with the day to day aspect.

So the big night starts with me out side having a cig just the see Simon Peg and Nick Frost walk by on their way to the event I was running, what would I do at this point? Finish my cig that’s what, after everyone had been seated (including my girl friend sneaking in at the back) they did a short intro then in to the film. Everyone seemed to really lik it and it got many many laughs. After the show there was about 50mins of Q&A and can I say how good it is to see people like Simon and Nick staying on for things like that, most of the time they are there for a short time and then off again but not thease two. I did feel sorry for them with the odd person who was a little two odd and the questions always started with ‘I make films and I wondered’ or ‘I do acting and wondered’ and even the people who would act out spaced scenes.

Did get to meet (properly) the Technical manager of Universal, you know the people who distribute the films and a man from Dolby who didn’t like our sony sound processor one little bit but he was a sound bloke. I should have been out for drinks tonight round at Odd bar in the northern quarter but im just shattered and don’t think I could have handled anything to drink and I have to get up early ish to get the keys form my flat and get stuff moved.

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So I hope you all had a good weekend as did I, ok had to work sat but did get to have a relaxed day sun. Booked some tickets to watch Regina spector at the Academy on Thursday 15^th, she had sold out but they moved it to Academy 1 to get more people in, if your unsure of her work have a look at the video below.

Put the deposit and 1^st months rent on my new flat today, not cheap but glad I got it done so should have the keys in the next few days. Will be so nice only living 3 mins walk from Piccadilly gardens or should I say 8 mins staggering distance back to my flat just in time for me to be sick on my door step. Speaking of being sick yep I was, only ment to be a sneaky pint but one was two, tow was three and so on.

And I forgot to tell you I had a fantastic birthday meal at ‘Room’ in Manchester, very very good.

I spent all day sat in the pub drinking coffee just so I could use the internet, its is free!!!!!!!!! (got to download the latest Heroes)

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This will be m first blog entry now in the year of 27 in age, yes I had my birthday yesterday and 27 is now that age that I am, ok now 27 doesn’t appear to be one of those ages where loads happens or you would expect anything exciting to happen but to all you young people out there where 27 it just a distant figure in the distance its not a dull as you would expect. I spent the first part of the day flat hunting and boy o boy did I find some nice flats, in all had a look around about 13 and I have 2 more today, its strange how there will only be a small thing that I didn’t like and that flat would be out the running but with one in mind and 2 more which may be better the flat hunting sage is slowly coming to a close and very very soon I will be in this Manchester flat with my feet up enjoying city living.

I have been enjoying a week off from work and during this time I did expect to be moving in to my new flat but as I have gathered nothing goes to plan when its moving home so instead I have been keeping busy, got my self a mp3 player last week and something I can keep everything on and not just the music im listening to at the time so 30gb should keep me happy from some time. Apart from that I haven’t really spent anything . Got to watch some films and when I get chance I will update my film viewing section as some were really good and well worth a watch.

And as for my birthday I did get some presents that did stand out, not only did I get the best birthday card I have ever got from anyone but a gift to boot, I got to micro lighting, that would be where you get in a shoe box with a wing attached to the thing and a motor on the back! Ok death may be a aspect of this present that I will ignore but I really really really can’t wait to get up there.

Also got to watch some band last week and Armrug (check out there myspace) were really good, had a good night and managed to keep it together on the bus even though I started to feel a little rough, Dam Bus’s!

I also started to the rent sorted on my new flat! And its nice, got a car park with a automatic door which is so cool and got some good sized room 4 mins from the center of town, cant wait to get moved, although its nice staying with the girl friend and I hope the amount of time we spent together wont change just the surroundings.

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And I forgot to tell you I had a fantastic birthday meal at ‘Room’ in Manchester, very very good.

I spent all day sat in the pub drinking coffee just so I could use the internet, its is free!!!!!!!!! (got to download the latest Heroes)

27 baby

This will be m first blog entry now in the year of 27 in age, yes I had my birthday yesterday and 27 is now that age that I am, ok now 27 doesn’t appear to be one of those ages where loads happens or you would expect anything exciting to happen but to all you young people out there where 27 it just a distant figure in the distance its not a dull as you would expect. I spent the first part of the day flat hunting and boy o boy did I find some nice flats, in all had a look around about 13 and I have 2 more today, its strange how there will only be a small thing that I didn’t like and that flat would be out the running but with one in mind and 2 more which may be better the flat hunting sage is slowly coming to a close and very very soon I will be in this Manchester flat with my feet up enjoying city living.

I have been enjoying a week off from work and during this time I did expect to be moving in to my new flat but as I have gathered nothing goes to plan when its moving home so instead I have been keeping busy, got my self a mp3 player last week and something I can keep everything on and not just the music im listening to at the time so 30gb should keep me happy from some time. Apart from that I haven’t really spent anything . Got to watch some films and when I get chance I will update my film viewing section as some were really good and well worth a watch.

And as for my birthday I did get some presents that did stand out, not only did I get the best birthday card I have ever got from anyone but a gift to boot, I got to micro lighting, that would be where you get in a shoe box with a wing attached to the thing and a motor on the back! Ok death may be a aspect of this present that I will ignore but I really really really can’t wait to get up there.

Also got to watch some band last week and Armrug (check out there myspace) were really good, had a good night and managed to keep it together on the bus even though I started to feel a little rough, Dam Bus’s!

I also started to the rent sorted on my new flat! And its nice, got a car park with a automatic door which is so cool and got some good sized room 4 mins from the center of town, cant wait to get moved, although its nice staying with the girl friend and I hope the amount of time we spent together wont change just the surroundings.

Im i a home owner? NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good afternoon to one and all, Well people stop what you are doing and take a moment to sit in joy and happiness with me as I sit here in my house for the last time, thought it would be a point to write my last blog from this house.

All my bags are packed and im ready to go (ok ok stolen from a song) but I am, there is very little still In my house and im not taking that stuff, just made all the phone calls you have to make when moving and in a second im off to town the cancel all the direct debits and that’s that. Ok maybe not all as I have nowhere to live for the time being but hey I can live with that for now.

Moving yester day was fun, a lot of hard work but fun.

I wouldn’t mind being a van man, after spending some of the day behind the wheel of what I would consider a BIG van I started to like it, it’s like driving sat in your sofa. Don’t get me wrong there was one or two moments when the wind picked up I thought the thing was going to overturn but to my delight it didn’t.

But my van man expedition was not just for the fun but to get everything moved and I can say I did, I managed to get everything I now own in to the smallest room at my mum’s house! Quite a feat if you know me. One brilliant thing was it had a rear loader, that this is so much fun, down then up again then down again, I could have spent all day on that thing.

Ok that’s it, no more home owner!

late night laptop manic

I come to you live from my bedroom, started to pack everything, not the internet that will be the last thing to go.

I like how one moment in time can have such a impact on now and the future, sometime I think they can pass you by but every now and then there is one that stands out, it feel like a few day before Christmas when I was a kid, them final few days where you have wanted the Christmas present for as long as you can remember and your so close its just excitement, well that’s exactly where I am, and no matter how much there is to do that I haven’t even thought about I will get there.

One thing I would like to pass on this evening is the ‘man in the moon’ he is on the mighty boosh and I think he’s fantastic.

2 days left

tick tock .........

So I come to you today with plans in hand, if everything goes how it should by Monday the 15^th I will no longer own my house and I will be free, that’s right readers the day that I thought would never come is now here, so got me a van and got me some moving to do, at the moment I have nowhere to go so storing some things at my mum’s for the time being as it should only be a few week before I have a place in Manchester. So got Sunday Monday to get everything out that I want, got a home clearance coming round to get rid of the stuff I don’t want as that would be some extra cash in my tight pockets.

But I don’t care I have nowhere to go, I can live like that for weeks and weeks if that what it takes, so hopefully my next post will come after Monday and I will have done! DONE!

As for everything else got enough work from work to keep my bust until I die, trying to tech other people the finer points of the complex world of projection can be a difficult task but one I have been given! I could spend days trying to explain and train someone in the fine art of projection but I don’t have that sort of time.

I have started working on a new video project, the first time I'm shooting all the footage and using a mini dv cam as well which means a change in quality, a change for the good. Its coming on well but I only can shoot footage when I'm in there and if I get a little spare time, it’s not my ambition to star in my short films but I will have to do. Think I’ll keep the project under wraps for the time being until its done.

Started to look at a car upgrade, mine has done me well but after 5 years and thousands of miles it’s starting to show it age, I could do without a car as I'm looking at moving in to the middle of Manchester but I love the thing and still like the idea of keeping hold of it, so a new one is on the books but we will see what comes up.