Today's post continues the rather random nature of this summers postings, you can tell its the hockey off season!
Anyway a particular forum I frequent saw a thread started about reverse Graffiti, this is where people go around finding dirty/mucky walls and cleaning them to make various patterns! Having been to Japan Graffiti can be done beautifully, and revers Graffiti can be added to that list!
So if you have a moment or two, click on this link and have a mooch for yourself!
Reverse Graffiti!
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
A Walk on the Wild Side
So over the weekend while at the gf's I saw a fantastic advert for an up-coming comedy series on the BBC. Basically a group of well known comedians have re-done voice overs for various wildlife documentary pieces.
Think of the usual stuff David Attenborough and all his nature documentaries, then think of the likes of Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert and Jason Richardson doing the voice overs. Please take 47 seconds of your day to view the following clip its fantastic:
In other news, Tony Hand has said that the Phoenix have a contract out with an import defencemen. So in the next week or so an announcement will be forthcoming!
Think of the usual stuff David Attenborough and all his nature documentaries, then think of the likes of Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert and Jason Richardson doing the voice overs. Please take 47 seconds of your day to view the following clip its fantastic:
In other news, Tony Hand has said that the Phoenix have a contract out with an import defencemen. So in the next week or so an announcement will be forthcoming!
Monday, 10 August 2009
Concorde has landed - Ed Courtney signs for the Phoenix!
Ok yes so spend the next couple of moments thinking up all the 'big nose' comments you can think of! Its fun!
I must admit to being a little shocked by this signing, but what a capture. Other than Mr Hand, Ed Courtney is probably the next best player to have fraced the UK game. In the same vein as Tony, Ed has the hands and hockey mind to match the best in the game. Any guy who was good enough to ice with an NHL side, the Sharks in Ed's case, is good enough for me!
Ill admit during his time in opposition, I took great pleasure in handing out my own comments to Mr Courtney, but I can assure you readers that is only down to jealousy! Lets face it, you would rather have Ed on your side than against it! My shock reaction mainly boils down to already having a player of 'advanced age' on the side. But trade that against what he can do, plus Mr Hand is no slouch, to have both on the same team is exciting for us Phoenix fans!
Just imagine, opposition players getting sick and tired of seeing Tony on the first line tearing them apart, only to have Ed Courtney jump over the boards to carry on the assault! The more and more I think about it the more excited I get!
Plus, it adds a whole wealth of hockey knowledge to the club. This will help the young British contingent immensely. Not only that but the junior clubs are sure to benefit from having Tony and Ed in the same club!
This season is going to be exciting!
I must admit to being a little shocked by this signing, but what a capture. Other than Mr Hand, Ed Courtney is probably the next best player to have fraced the UK game. In the same vein as Tony, Ed has the hands and hockey mind to match the best in the game. Any guy who was good enough to ice with an NHL side, the Sharks in Ed's case, is good enough for me!
Ill admit during his time in opposition, I took great pleasure in handing out my own comments to Mr Courtney, but I can assure you readers that is only down to jealousy! Lets face it, you would rather have Ed on your side than against it! My shock reaction mainly boils down to already having a player of 'advanced age' on the side. But trade that against what he can do, plus Mr Hand is no slouch, to have both on the same team is exciting for us Phoenix fans!
Just imagine, opposition players getting sick and tired of seeing Tony on the first line tearing them apart, only to have Ed Courtney jump over the boards to carry on the assault! The more and more I think about it the more excited I get!
Plus, it adds a whole wealth of hockey knowledge to the club. This will help the young British contingent immensely. Not only that but the junior clubs are sure to benefit from having Tony and Ed in the same club!
This season is going to be exciting!
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
The Florida Gators
Those of you who know me will also know, along with hockey im an American Football fan, my team of choice - The Florida Gators. Based in Gainesville rock city the Gators play out off
the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium or 'The Swamp'.
I know American Football is really just a soft version of rugby but I do enjoy watching it, plus I find it amazing that the Gators, who are a university team, play in front of regular 90,000+ fans a game!
So beginning the 5th September, ill start doing as good a game review as I can for each of the Gators 12 regular season games. This is, of course, in addition to my regular game reviews for the Phoenix' upcoming debut EPL season!
The Gators 2009 season is as follows:
September 5th, vs Charleston Southern @The Swap, Gainesville.
September 12th, vs Troy @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
September 19th, vs Tennessee @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
September 26th, vs Kentuky in Lexington.
October 10th, vs LSU in Baton Rouge
October 17th, vs Arkansas @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
October 24th, vs Mississippi State in Starkville.
October 31st, vs Georgia in Jacksonville.
November 7th, vs Vanderbuilt @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
November 14th, vs South Carolina in Columbia.
November 21st, vs Florida International @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
November 28th, vs Florida State @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere come the Gators!
the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium or 'The Swamp'.
I know American Football is really just a soft version of rugby but I do enjoy watching it, plus I find it amazing that the Gators, who are a university team, play in front of regular 90,000+ fans a game!
So beginning the 5th September, ill start doing as good a game review as I can for each of the Gators 12 regular season games. This is, of course, in addition to my regular game reviews for the Phoenix' upcoming debut EPL season!
The Gators 2009 season is as follows:
September 5th, vs Charleston Southern @The Swap, Gainesville.
September 12th, vs Troy @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
September 19th, vs Tennessee @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
September 26th, vs Kentuky in Lexington.
October 10th, vs LSU in Baton Rouge
October 17th, vs Arkansas @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
October 24th, vs Mississippi State in Starkville.
October 31st, vs Georgia in Jacksonville.
November 7th, vs Vanderbuilt @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
November 14th, vs South Carolina in Columbia.
November 21st, vs Florida International @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
November 28th, vs Florida State @ The Swamp, Gainesville.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere come the Gators!
Monday, 27 July 2009
Bang Goes theTheory
Not sure how many of you will have seen this, but there's a great show started tonight on the Beeb. Its called Bang Goes the Theory and its all done live! The raather snazzy trailer went along the lines of this cracking advert from Honda.
So keep an eye out for the next show, but here's the first experiment that 'almost' worked 100%, but is still very cool!
So keep an eye out for the next show, but here's the first experiment that 'almost' worked 100%, but is still very cool!
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
The Angry Budgie on Tour - Blur Hyde Park 2nd July 2009
Right sorry for taking so long to post this, the gf booked two tickets to go and see Blur for the first of their two days at Hyde Park. We tagged on a couple of extra days in London to do the sightseeing bit too!
Ill admit that Blur are not my thing, I was more an Oasis fan back in the day. But I know the songs and was looking forward to it anyway! We stayed just of Hyde Park so had a nice stroll through the park to the venue. After Download a couple of weekends before hand, its funny to see all the food stalls and bars that must do the festival circuit! Tuborg must have a monopoly on festival beer too!
So cant really remember the support act but hey ho onto Blur. A darn big stage saw the return of Blur and the crowd go wild! The band looked pretty happy too! Ill admit most songs I wasn't 100% familiar with but I was with the hits. Thanks to good weather and good music it was a top evening. Though ill admit to wanting Blue to play Song 2 on repeat for 2 hours!
But they couldn't so highlights were:
'There's no otherway'
'Park Life'
'Girls and Boys'
'Country House'
'Tender'
'Beetlebum'
'Coffee and TV'
and 'Song 2'
So even though im not a big fan, I enjoyed the gig and our time in London village!
Anyway as mentioned sorry for the lack of updates, its the summer slow season!
But upcoming highlights of the blog will be going on tour to The Offspring, Holland (again!) and DragonForce. Plus things will get exciting in the run up to the new season! So keep peeps!
Ill admit that Blur are not my thing, I was more an Oasis fan back in the day. But I know the songs and was looking forward to it anyway! We stayed just of Hyde Park so had a nice stroll through the park to the venue. After Download a couple of weekends before hand, its funny to see all the food stalls and bars that must do the festival circuit! Tuborg must have a monopoly on festival beer too!
So cant really remember the support act but hey ho onto Blur. A darn big stage saw the return of Blur and the crowd go wild! The band looked pretty happy too! Ill admit most songs I wasn't 100% familiar with but I was with the hits. Thanks to good weather and good music it was a top evening. Though ill admit to wanting Blue to play Song 2 on repeat for 2 hours!
But they couldn't so highlights were:
'There's no otherway'
'Park Life'
'Girls and Boys'
'Country House'
'Tender'
'Beetlebum'
'Coffee and TV'
and 'Song 2'
So even though im not a big fan, I enjoyed the gig and our time in London village!
Anyway as mentioned sorry for the lack of updates, its the summer slow season!
But upcoming highlights of the blog will be going on tour to The Offspring, Holland (again!) and DragonForce. Plus things will get exciting in the run up to the new season! So keep peeps!
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Sorry!
Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, ive not given up on this blog! But im sure as most of you hockey fans will know, summer time sees next to nothing happening on a regular basis!
I do have a write up on a recent 'The Angry Budgie on Tour' posting which saw the blog trek off to Hyde Park in London for a recent Blur gig. Ill write that up and have it online soon! Plus The Angry Budgie will again be off on its summer holidays towards the end of summer. Were taking the car on the ferry and across to Holland again! The usual holiday review and pictures will follow!
Anyhow the Phoenix are building their squad nicely, and once we have a full time ill put together a post on that too!
Anyway take care everyone!
I do have a write up on a recent 'The Angry Budgie on Tour' posting which saw the blog trek off to Hyde Park in London for a recent Blur gig. Ill write that up and have it online soon! Plus The Angry Budgie will again be off on its summer holidays towards the end of summer. Were taking the car on the ferry and across to Holland again! The usual holiday review and pictures will follow!
Anyhow the Phoenix are building their squad nicely, and once we have a full time ill put together a post on that too!
Anyway take care everyone!
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