Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Feb 3, 2012, 6:19 pm
Lionheart (Photo credit: Iain Purdie) Time for a comeback with the eloquently-named “In Your Fucking Face” tour, Biohazard once again returned to these shores with no fewer than three bands in tow. Due to being buried in work and just being tired, I missed openers Dripback (who I gather feature...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 31, 2012, 6:11 pm
Image by Iain Purdie via Flickr I missed openers Orange, which is a shame, as I also missed them when they opened for Bowling For Soup recently. Main support The JB Conspiracy didn’t get a great reception, though. I saw most of their set and they were OK but nothing brilliant. No faulting the eff...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 29, 2012, 1:00 pm
... digging through and ripping some of the older ones. Amongst them are ... what I want! First entry is the first release from a Hollywood band called Love/Hate entitled Blackout In The Red Room. To ... of a competition prize, probably at the Gateshead Garden Festival way back ... 500 (proba...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 24, 2012, 5:41 pm
We Can Be Heroes by Catherine Bruton My rating: 3 of 5 stars A slow burner to start with, which seems aimed at younger kids but in the last quarter it changes into something a little more mature. Told from the perspective of Ben, a young boy who doesn’t remember his father who perished in the 11...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 22, 2012, 7:21 am
Yay for mothers-in-law. A babysat evening allowed us to cram two films in at the local Cineworld. Unfortunately, one of them wasn’t The Darkest Hour which Cineworld Parkhead had decided to shove on for a single 2D performance a day. At lunchtime. And they can get bent if they think I’ll waste m...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 17, 2012, 6:29 pm
At midnight tonight, a WordPress plugin will kick in which “blacks out” this blog (and my travel blog). I know I only get a few hits a day (around 50-100, usually), but it’s my small way to take part in the STOP SOPA Wednesday. For those who don’t know, SOPA (and also PIPA) are motions to b...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 14, 2012, 6:46 pm
The following post comes verbatim from Hyperham and Andy’s “Family v2.1” blog. I’m posting it as part of the point of it is to spread the names of certain hate-filled individuals who have taken it upon themselves to harass a young girl for daring to report her school for displaying a religio...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 11, 2012, 12:51 pm
Raspberry Pi - almost actual size. Image via Wikipedia For those not aware, Raspberry Pi is an initiative to supply incredibly low-cost, tiny little computers for school children to use. They retail at $25 for a standalone model and $35 for one with a network port soldered on. They’re also being...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 11, 2012, 12:06 pm
Soon to be accompanied by border guards and customs if Salmond has his way I originally wrote the following as a comment on this BBC News article regarding the current tiff between Holyrood and Westminster over a referendum for Scottish Independence. Unfortunately, the BBC don’t make it clear th...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 10, 2012, 1:09 pm
Judgement and Wrath by Matt Hilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars A great second novel from a a writer who deserves far more recognition than he’s already got. On the basis of the two I’ve read I’d put him up there with Stephen Leather and Lee Child – though Child *just* nudges it as the Reacher ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jan 8, 2012, 5:24 pm
Once more I attempt to make this blog a little more than the review-fest it’s become! Again, apologies as I don’t find a lot of time to blog about anything else and – I hate myself for admitting this – I put far too much of my other stuff on facebook these days. I know. I’m evil. Still, ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Dec 31, 2011, 4:15 pm
For the last couple of years I’ve been struggling to get through many books as I used to. Partly down to watching more TV (damn you, torrents), partly due to work and study. When I was travelling I did a fair bit of reading, mainly on buses and flights – but still nowhere near as much as I did w...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Dec 31, 2011, 3:29 pm
It’s been an age since we took the kids to the cinema, and this being the holiday season we really didn’t have an excuse what with all the films being aimed at sprogs that come out. The other advantage is that movies aimed at children almost always have a 2D version as well as the irritatingly o...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Dec 27, 2011, 3:25 pm
Wow. Just one film for a change. With luck we’ll catch a couple more with the kids at the weekend. Gillian can’t stand Tom Cruise (something to do with him being a) a jumped-up little shit and b) a scientologist, apparently) so I went by myself for this one. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protoc...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Dec 22, 2011, 1:40 pm
After far too many weeks with no cinema visits, I escaped from the house to catch three films back to back. And then had to settle for two as the first performance of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was sold out, which screwed up my entire schedule. Pah. My only real complaint with the Cineworld ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Oct 25, 2011, 6:52 pm
Image by Iain Purdie via Flickr Bowling For Soup are always bound to guarantee a giggle and also to bring good support with them. This year we got Orange (who we missed, sorry) and Suburban Legends who were incredibly good fun. As well as having nice bouncy songs, they were well-choreographed and ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Oct 24, 2011, 7:03 pm
Image by Iain Purdie via Flickr This will have to be a very quick review as I’m absolutely knackered, have work in the morning and Bowling For Soup to see tomorrow night. Quick back story. I’d really never heard of Volbeat until their gig was advertised on Rock Radio (sadly rebranded this wee...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Oct 23, 2011, 7:16 am
No cinema for about two weeks then three in a day. Well, I caught three. Because Cineworld buggered up a change in direct debit details, Gillian had to go home and ring them to re-enable her card which meant that she missed the first of our trilogy. Thanks a bunch, Cineworld. Johnny English Reborn ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Oct 2, 2011, 4:13 pm
Two grisly action-ish films this weekend, both quite different from each other. Drive “There are no good sharks?” Plot-in-a-nutshell: quiet guy gets involved in a crime to help out a friend and it all goes pear shaped See it if you like: shocking, grisly violence with a dash of pathos If yo...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Sep 26, 2011, 3:42 pm
Managed to sneak in a quick film this afternoon as gran popped round. We we ran out of the house, giggling like loons while she had her back turned and left her with the kids. Killer Elite “Blood doesn’t bother me. It’s ink I’m worried about.” Plot-in-a-nutshell: retired hired assassin ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Sep 19, 2011, 6:59 pm
A night of comedy for our first cinema trip in a fortnight. We toyed with catching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as well, but I was pooped and Gillian had work to do. So back-to-back comedies it was! 30 Minutes Or Less “Sometimes fate pulls out its big ol’ cock and slaps you right in face.” Pl...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Sep 13, 2011, 11:33 am
The first game, which we haven't got. Yet. Harking back to a recent post, I mentioned that there is very little in the way of small-child-friendly software for the Xbox as opposed to the Wii or the PC. One of the titles we picked up by chance some time ago is called De Blob 2 (I’m assuming it�...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Sep 4, 2011, 10:07 am
Little Mister's current favourite I still hear a lot of people whinging about how children play too many computer games, and how they’re bad for them. I have a lot of experience of video entertainment (this doesn’t mean I’m any good – I’ve just played them a lot), and some limited experi...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Sep 4, 2011, 7:36 am
Well, we took a trip to the cinema last night to see Kill List, but the projector failed. We sat through almost ten minutes of sound with no picture before giving up and walking out. Shame, as it’s now unlikely we’ll get a chance to see it at all as we’re otherwise engaged next Friday night. ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Aug 27, 2011, 5:05 am
Smashy Smashy It’s been a while (again) since I had a non-review post on this blog, mainly as I post everything on Google+ and Facebook these days. In a bid to redress that balance, here’s a quick post about something that happened last night. I’d popped out for the evening to see an old uni...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Aug 25, 2011, 6:38 pm
A little bit of a David v Goliath competition this evening with a dinky Irish film competing for my attention against a meaty Hollywood blockbuster. Which will win out? Conan the Barbarian “By Crom!” Plot-in-a-nutshell: barbarian loses family and swears vengeance on the baddie who killed them...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Aug 18, 2011, 7:13 pm
Ah, Thursdays. Child-free and cinema-bound… The Inbetweeners Movie “Ow, gentle on the sunburned cock please.” Plot-in-a-nutshell: Four boys just out of school head off on holiday for sun, sea, sand, sex, booze, sex, drinking, sex… See it if you like: low-brow British humour about poo, vo...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Aug 11, 2011, 6:53 pm
Two films on our now-regular Thursday night. Wonderfully, no need to work around limited 2D showings as both films are being shown in NormalVision. We weren’t sure what to expect from either film – which is usually a good thing. Super 8 “Production values!” Plot-in-a-nutshell: kids stumbl...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Aug 6, 2011, 4:34 pm
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I almost didn’t see this. The wonderful Gillian was going to get me tickets as a surprise after telling me it looked rubbish based on the posters. And then discovered that it was on a week earlier than she expected and had one of my facebook friends not mentione...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Aug 4, 2011, 6:37 pm
With the kids safely ensconced at Grandma’s, we took the opportunity to indulge in junk food and two very enjoyable movies. Horrible Bosses “I’d like to bend her over a barrel and show her the fifty states.” Plot-in-a-nutshell: Three guys with three awful bosses decide to kill them. With ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 31, 2011, 2:57 pm
More kid-friendly cinema. You can tell it’s the school holidays, can’t you? Zookeeper Plot-in-a-nutshell: nice-guy zookeeper chases the girl of his dreams with advice from talking animals See it if you like: rom-coms for kids. Yes, I know. Bit of a stretch, really. Zookeeper has a bit of an ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 29, 2011, 7:17 am
Our second IMAX treat inside of a week after HP7b, only this time we got there early enough to get nice seats right in the middle and far enough back that we weren’t inside the flipping 3D. Transformers: Dark of the Moon “Uh-oh, now this is a clufterf…” Plot-in-a-nutshell: Big robots fig...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 24, 2011, 5:46 pm
Once again I’m glad to say that I avoided the dreaded enforced 3D by going to see a kids’ film. It may have enhanced about 30 seconds of the film, but hardly worth the discomfort of watching the remainder through those stupid bloody sunglasses. Cars 2 “Tow Mater, average intelligence.” Pl...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 21, 2011, 3:23 pm
OK, that’s a long film title. Because Little Miss hadn’t seen any of the Harry Potter films at the cinema before, we decided to make this one a little special and took her to the IMAX to see it. Advice for future – check the performance times and get there early enough so we’re not sat off t...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 20, 2011, 6:43 pm
Image by Iain Purdie via Flickr If there’s one thing you have to be careful of in the music world, it’s not having a support band that put on a better show than you. I’ve seen it happen – Pantera opening for Megadeth, Machine Head opening for Slayer… Airbourne came very close to doing it ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 19, 2011, 6:30 pm
Image by Iain Purdie via Flickr The first of two big nights at the SECC with Iron Maiden tomorrow. It’s almost like a mini-festival with comfier beds. Tonight, though, Judas Priest with Queensryche and Rival Sons in support. We missed Rival Sons entirely and only made it in time to see maybe thr...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 16, 2011, 10:34 pm
Spiny anemone Not a lot to write about for the final day. We checked out around midday and had a bit of an explore in the afternoon. The beach near the hotel is fantastic and the stuff in the rock pools very interesting. Hermit crabs, brightly-coloured fish, black starfish, spiny anemones… Reall...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 15, 2011, 5:18 pm
Sunset in the hills We had some simple aims in the morning – go souvenir shopping and have food in the nearby(ish) KFC and McDonald’s. The latter was my fault. I try to get a meal in each of them in a new country if they have them. Egypt has both and as luck would have it there was a branch of ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 14, 2011, 5:49 pm
Gillian's first boat dive Wow. I just spotted this as I was editing my drafts before posting and this is the thousandth post on this blog, after starting way back in January 2006! Thanks to everyone for reading what I’ve put up and – even more appreciated – the comments and responses I’ve h...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 13, 2011, 3:07 pm
Luxor International Airport Really early start (5am pickup) for the Luxor trip. We booked this before we left via a company called Sharm Club and I’d be happy to recommend them based on the day we had. Their prices were very competitive also, and definitely cheaper than booking with pretty much a...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 12, 2011, 4:37 pm
Dad and me Today was Little Miss’s turn to come down with sunburn and she didn’t react as well to it as her brother, likely as she’s old enough to contextualise it and panic about it. We had quad biking booked for the afternoon which she was really looking forward to – probably more than an...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 11, 2011, 3:26 pm
Diving in Egypt I had an early start as today I had booked two dives in the Red Sea with Emperor Divers, who’d bent over backwards to arrange everything for us before we came out. I have dived in the Red Sea before (a handful of shore dives from Eilat), but these would be my first boat dives in t...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 10, 2011, 2:16 pm
Hauza Beach We kicked back and got stuff organised for the rest of the week today. We booked quad biking, camel trek/stargazing and finalised our diving trips. We jad already booked a trip to Luxor from home. Prices are definitely more expensive on resort than booking in advance. The Luxor trip was...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 10, 2011, 7:31 am
Dave Gorman Vs the Rest of the World by Dave Gorman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Much as I like Dave Gorman, this is his weakest book to date. Not that it isn’t well-written, just that it’s a bit disjointed and not as “madcap” as his earlier works. There just doesn’t seem to have the drive ...
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Iain P. posted an article on Goodbye UK, Hello World! - Jul 9, 2011, 5:05 pm
Nearing Egypt Even at Glasgow Airport, I was making last-minute arrangements for our holiday in Sharm el-Sheikh. Finally the email came through from Emperor Divers to say that they had our details and I could pay for the courses and dives we had organised. Yay for mobile broadband and a smart phone...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jul 7, 2011, 6:17 pm
Image by Iain Purdie via Flickr I’ve got a whole slew of gigs coming up, but this one looked good due to a strong bill. Three decent bands for a moderately low door price, and at a venue with decent sound and security staff. We got there in time to catch most of Revoker’s set, and they were wor...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jun 29, 2011, 1:07 pm
And a week after I saw it I finally do a blog post. Sorry about that. Things have been hectic with the end of term, extra-curricular activities, buying a car, moving house and so on. So without any further ado, the only film I had a chance to catch last week: Bridesmaids “I’ve seen better tenn...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jun 25, 2011, 5:49 pm
Due to illness, lack of sleep and a hectic weekend we only managed to catch the one movie on Saturday. So sadly (or perhaps not) we forewent Bridesmaids and opted for the following instead. There’s nothing else new out this week at all that I could spot. Pretty unusual these days. Bad Teacher �...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jun 17, 2011, 6:17 pm
Despite my feeling somewhat under the weather, we managed to squeeze in two films this evening before I collapsed into a snot-soaked lump, coughing and feeling pitiful. Yes, it’s man-flu’… I sincerely hope I didn’t annoy the people near us too much. I did try to reserve my coughing and sneez...
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Iain P. posted an article on Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled Blog - Jun 15, 2011, 3:11 pm
Road Trip to Hell: Tabloid Tales of Saddam, Iraq and a Bloody War: Tabloid Tales of Saddam, Iraq and a Crazy War by Chris Hughes My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t recommend this book highly enough. A personal view of the Iraq conflict from before the US moved in up until the first elections over t...
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