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Come in! Wipe your feet. Not there. Well, you've made a right mess of the carpet now....
Anyway, this is the home of all my prattlings and musings on the subjects of life, fatherhood, and rock.
Life
Mysterious little thing, isn't it?
In an effort to make some kind of sense of it, I tend to pootle about1 on Ask H2G2, randomly talking to the people I meet there. So don't be surprised if I suddenly pop up on your page: I'm not stalking you.2
Which brings me nicely to the subject that I'm in a rock band.3 See a bit lower down for stuff on that. I've also recently rediscovered a website full of basically insane stuff that I made with a couple of friends from school about 6 years ago- check out www.morethanjam.co.uk.
Fatherhood
I'm a single dad, which means that I fall nicely in the "other" catagory on most forms. I've got a very tiny4 son, who goes by the name of Tyler. What his real name is, I don't know. He won't tell me.5
Through his instruction, I have been introduced to such mind-bending experiences as The Tweenies, The Fimbles and cocaine.6 I've also discovered that chocolate spread and spagetti bolognese together tastes even more horrifying than it sounds. And that's going some.
I long for the day that I am as grown up as him.
Rock
I look nothing like this man7. But he is playing a bass, and that's close enough for me.
As (briefly) mentioned above, I'm in a rock band. We're called Livid (go check us out at www.livid.tk). Or, if you don't want to go off-site, there's a kind-of-regular column in The H2G2 Post about us. It's a bit like a real-life Spinal Tap8.
The best way to describe us really is to imagine if Guns 'n' Roses and Aerosmith got into a fight in a bar, while Metallica were having a drink with Kid Rock, cheering them on.9 But with a more modern edge. That's us. Our current stomping ground is sunny Stoke-On-Trent in the UK, but with any luck that's all about to change.....
Stuff I use
Well, I've got me a 1976 Gibson Firebird bass10 and a Peavey 5-string bass11. All this runs through a big-ass Laney amp which has seen better days and is getting swapped for a bigger-assed Trace Elliot stack when I get some money.
Dodgy "42" bit
Seems that everyone's got one of these...
So my number is 221369
((2-3)+1)+(6X(9-2))=42
Interesting, yes?
So, erm, yeah
So that's me. I'm normally at work when I'm on the old hootoo, so don't be offended if it takes me a while to get back to you- a guy's gotta earn a living....
1 Technical term, this. Literally means "The act of pootlage"
2 Well, I might be.
3 Playing bass. Insert own "What do you call someone who hangs around with 3 musicians?" joke here.
4 About 30 cubic litres tall.
5 It is possible, of course, that his name is "Uuuggbubluggah". At least that's what he says.
6 One of these is a lie.
7 For a start, I'm 3-dimensional. And I don't wear green.
8 But these go to eleven
9 It's not too plausible, I know, but it sounds like the kind of bar I would drink in.
10 Which, with the exception of Carmen Electra, is quite possibly the sexiest thing on the planet
11 Which basically sounds like Evil
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| Welcome to this Researcher's Journal. If you'd like to comment on anything they have written here, just click the relevant 'Discuss this Entry' button. Just spotted something else...
Oct 8, 2003
Nothing funny this time, this is Unashamed Self Indulgence. Just been having a pootle around the Stoke-on-Trent bit of BBCi, and spotted these messages on the messageboard there...
Help!
Does anyone know what the age limit is for Livid and Friends of Ken at Chicago Rock this thursday?
I saw Livid last week at the Sugarmill n they RULED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimbob
Fenton
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Livid
When are they playing again? Anyone?
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Hankey
So nice to feel wanted, isn't it? 
Just spotted this..
Oct 8, 2003
On BBC News, about the China space launch.
A BBC correspondent in Beijing, Louisa Lim, described the reports as the " first chink" in the official secrecy covering the space programme.
Does anyone else think this could have been phrased better? 
Completely random good news!
Oct 1, 2003
So, last night I'm at the studio with my band (CHEAP PLUG-- http://www.livid.tk ), and Psy (singer) says he's got some news. He's been in touch with someone at a certain well-known computer game company, who might want to put one of our songs in one of their games, or even in the movie based on the game! 
Nothing definite yet, but this guy is coming to see us in a fortnight with a contract, and wants to come to Loughborough with us while we're recording our next CD.
I'm half scared, half happy, and about two-thirds sceptical at the mo. Still, it's got to be worth a shot, hasn't it?
Working on a Saturday!
Sep 27, 2003
Aaaaaaargh!
I'm here til 6- and I'm bored. If there's anybody out there, help!
Last night
Sep 23, 2003
Plan was, go out, have fun, get drunk. It was a foolproof plan, and it was going to work, too.
So I get home from work about half past 6. Babysitter has cancelled, and Tyler's got a cold. Well, I say he's got a cold, it's more like a severe case of Captain Trips. I ring up the band, say I'm not coming out, and catch up with TV, in bed by 11 because I'm feeling a bit rough.
Am I living the rock and roll dream or what?
And now I'm here at work, suitably flu'd up. So everyone thinks that I went out last night and am now incredibly hung-over.
 sums it up, I think....
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