Music - gigs

Killing Joke. Wulfrun, Wolverhampton.
Dark, industrial rock. Still with the anti establishment message. Took a while to get going but then really got into it. Loads of crazies there - punks, goths, metalheads - like going back 30 years.
Still relevant? The same week as at least 14 emo kids stoned to death in Baghdad and two of the Riot Pussy girls arrested in Moscow, facing up to seven years.

The Road.

Collected a bike from a pal who lives near Barmouth. Lee was one time singer with the mighty One Way System. True British punk, they toured extensively and some great videos made. Check out One way system, believe yourself, Japan.

We took a walk over Barmouth railway bridge that crosses the estuary.It was designed originally for a section to swivel and let the tall boats through. A single track railway, with pedestrian walkway and allows bikes across for £2.00 - Mad.

Films

Watched a couple of good films and one not so great recently.

Nosferatu - part of Bishop's Castle arts festival. The original silent Dracula film made in 1922. Screened in an old chapel, candles up in the stained glass windows - Whitby we can do Goth as well.
The much copied and hugely influential film was directed by FW Murnau. His next film a couple of years later won the very first oscar, not to be repeated for a silent film till now with the great " The Artist".
 All original copies were ordered by the Bram Stoker estate to be destroyed for copywrite reasons. Thankfully a copy remained in the USA.
Local musicians provided an improvised soundtrack together with wine and Three Tuns beer made a great start to the evening.

Senna - the movie. Flicks in the Sticks, Chapel Lawn village hall.
A very well made film / documentary about a racing genius and remarkable man. Recently winning a bafta it's not just for petrolheads. It gives a small part of Grand Prix history when racing was arguably at its most interesting.

Superbiker - Shrewsbury. The story of the dramatic British Superbike series last year. Apart from the final race the film was a poor imitation of TT 3D. But the Ulster man Michael Laverty who was riding for swan Yamaha was sitting a couple of rows in front ! Oh and the film score was by Dave Vanian, so it could have been worse.