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Books, Writing / 17 July 2011 / John / 0
My latest book, Careless Talk, has just been published. It’s currently available via Amazon’s Kindle Store and in multiple formats from Smashwords.com. “You saw the winged men – we did what we could. But mortals are fragile and the Opposition are not. I am not justifying what we have done, only explaining why we need
Noms / 30 June 2011 / John / 0
Okay, so, my little Scotch Bonnet plant, Stingy, has babies. So I thought I’d cook a couple of them. I chose two small chillies – a red and an orange. Given that the chillies are at their hottest when they’re green, I thought it would be a fairly safe experiment. It was – what dropped
Rants / 14 June 2011 / John / 0
Just had an email from Scottish Power, bless ’em. They say “Wholesale energy prices have been rising dramatically too, and although we’ve been doing what we can to absorb these costs for as long as possible, we now have to increase our prices.” Looking a little deeper, I found that their profits have fallen from
From Within, Writing / 11 April 2011 / John / 0
My first novel, From Within, is now available on Kindle in the Amazon Store. From Within is a pulp potboiler of the kind popular in the 1980s and 1990s and, sadly, long absent from the book shop shelves. It’s short, fast, and gory – perfect for a sunny afternoon. “They stopped, looking around,
Ramblings / 8 April 2011 / John / 0
I don’t know where this one is going yet, but I like it 🙂 Sea Shanty
Synth, Synthesis / 25 March 2011 / John / 0
Something ambient now – after all that growling and bellowing the last time 🙂 Everything Burns
Synth, Synthesis / 23 March 2011 / John / 0
Something a little different this time. Made a lovely snarly synth guitar sound by forming a sawtooth and squarewave powerchord. This is a song about the evangelical cults of the American mid-west and the way they line their own pockets by preying on the vulnerable. It’s loud and angry 🙂 Judgement
Synth / 18 March 2011 / John / 1
Finished Now 🙂 Thanks to all who provided feedback – it’s much appreciated. Now being added to the Synthesis Page. Shining Girl
Rants / 14 March 2011 / John / 0
Just been disgusted by the ‘reporting’ of the Japan disaster on the BBC’s news at 5 on radio 4, particularly the obvious relish with which the ‘reporter’ attempted to invent more tragedy by asking leading questions of the survivors with regards to the Japanese government’s response to the crisis. “How long will it be before