Gibbo

Damn. What took you so long? I can only apologise ...

World's End (at bloody last!)

Raise Hell: Not Dead Yet

Just finished 'Alamein - War Without Hate', all about the North African campaign during WWII ... of particular interest to me, as my maternal grandfather served with the 8th Army (the 'Desert Rats') during this period

You trippin', man? 'Realized Fantasies' is there. I love TNT, but I hate 'Knights.' It is an awful CD and not representative of their sound and style at all. I do actually like 'Break the ice,' but dislike the rest of the disc proper. Funnily enough, 'Knights ...' is the only TNT disc I own ... trust me to go flying in the face of popular opinion (again!) No worries, Geoff was dropped on his head many times as a child Knights was when they were more metal to me and I love all of it. Every song is awesome and the cd cranks with great production. I love the album ... I bought it on good ol' vinyl after reading a review in 'Kerrang!' magazine ... yes, kids, I'm THAT old ...

You trippin', man? 'Realized Fantasies' is there. I love TNT, but I hate 'Knights.' It is an awful CD and not representative of their sound and style at all. I do actually like 'Break the ice,' but dislike the rest of the disc proper. Funnily enough, 'Knights ...' is the only TNT disc I own ... trust me to go flying in the face of popular opinion (again!)

Senseless Things: Postcard CV ... I'm particularly pleased with this one, as it includes all 7 tracks from their debut 'Up & Coming' EP (previously, only 6 have been available on CD, and then only as part of the 'Postcard CV/Empire Of The Senseless' double disc)

Speaking of Edward Woodward ... The Wicker Man is a GREAT film - far better than most of the 'horror' films being put out today ...

I can't help but think of Edward Woodward whenever I see a reference to this film ...

Pestilence

Zero DAY - Nevada Beach

Die With Your Boots On - Iron Maiden

The kids stayed over again this weekend ... Hot Fuzz, Wanted and Black Hawk Down (with the boy) Epic and Wreck It Ralph (with the girls)

I'm still ploughing through the Lee Child/Jack Reacher books ...

I lost track of Stephen King years ago, but I recently found a copy of 'Cell' in a charity shop and decided to pick it up ... I'm glad I did, as it's classic King all the way

Stone Circle: Stone Circle (progressive/death metal - a bit 'Opeth-y' in places)

Picked up a whole load of promo discs, courtesy of everyone's least favourite auction site. They're all from the heavier end of the spectrum this time (although the chap does also list more melodic stuff from time to time): Assailant: Nemesis Within Terra Firma: Terra Firma Brimstone: Carving A Crimson Career Adagio: Dominate Amorphis: Eclipse Lost In Tears: Dialogue With Mirror And God Amaran: Pristine In Bondage December Wolves: Blasterpiece Theatre Last Winter: Under The Silver Of Machines Raise Hell: Not Dead Yet Benighted: Icon Fall Of Serenity: Crossfire Sworn Amongst: Evolution Distorted: Voices From Within Dispatched: Motherwar Darkseed: Diving Into Darkness Agathodaimon: Blacken The Angel Agathodaimon: Chapter III It's my neighbours I feel sorry for ....

Some Christmas viewing ... We Were Soldiers (with my youngest son ... he's mirroring my liking for a good war film ) Horton Hears A Who (with my daughters) Love Actually (with my better half)

Boss: Step On It They were an Aussie band (I think), and this has yet to see the light of day on CD (thank the Lord for the Interwebz), but this is a cracking mid-80s album - crunchy, melodic rock ('Take It Or Leave It' is a particular gem.)

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Brilliant film! One of my all-time favourites

Yeah, I know I'm swimming against the tide when it comes to Tarja/Anette ... I can't help but wonder how Floor will cope with the Nightwish set-up, given that she had quite a hefty input to both After Forever and Re-Vamp ...

Iron Man ... if I ask REALLY nicely, can I have Pepper Potts for Christmas, please?

Threshold - Clone

I'm looking forward to hearing this - Floor Jansen has an amazing voice. I never really liked Nightwish when Tarja was fronting the band - she was far too 'Celine Dion' for my liking (JamesEagle will now hunt me down and kill me), but the stuff they did with Anette Olzon was superb. I just hope that, in a couple of years' time, we're not reading about how yet another singer has left the Nightwish camp!