Kramer Spoof

Thanks to Sadfish on the RLFans Messageboards for finding this National Lampoon spoof of Michael Richards' recent ... ahem ... difficulties.

Big Nosed Bard of Barking

I'm off to see Billy Bragg again on Sunday in Burnley - part of his continuing Hope Not Hate tour raising awareness of the threat of racism and the rise of the BNP in the UK. This will be especially appropriate in Burnley - see Searchlight for more.

According to his website, "Billy will be performing solo on the tour, with each show split into two sets. The first will concentrate on songs from his just-released ‘Billy Bragg Volume 2’ box set while the second half will include a preview of songs Billy is recording for his new album next year." Sounds good to me - he's always excellent value.

All tour dates.

For some free, and legal, recordings of some of Mr B's gigs go here.

Scout Camp

I took the younger son to Scout Camp the other week for a 'Lads and Dads' weekend. For something I wasn't particularly looking forward to it turned out to be quite a good laugh - mainly due to staying up late on the Friday night drinking with the other Dads until 3am.
{l to r: Paul, Clem, Dave, Alan (Scout Leader), Andrew, Paul (obscured)}



It was good to get to talk to the others as I don't really know them that well - they were a good bunch of lads.
I've got a lot of admiration for Alan, the leader, and Helen, his wife. They put in a lot of time voluntarily and put up with cheeky young kids who probably don't really appreciate what they do.










Above: Clem finds something funny



Left: Christy (younger son) tries his skills with an air rifle.





We had to leave midway through Saturday afternoon as Christy was going to see Muse in Manchester. I thought that was a good option before the weekend, especially as it was cold, wet and windy, but I would actually like to have stayed all the time. Not sure I could have taken another 3am boozy session though! The lads tried shooting and archery as well as a bit of walking and plenty of running round screaming their heads off. I'm sure I'll be back. It was at Great Tower in the Lakes, near Newby Bridge.