Last night was Gay Bum's first proper gig since May 2011. Here is the evidence! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="3572,3573,3574,3575,3576,3577,3578,3579" orderby="rand"] All these photos were taken by Rebecca Brazil....
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I have returned from the Download Festival, exhausted. Not for the first time in my life (or even this week), I grossly overestimated my endurance. It turns out that climbing Mount Doom, catching a 9-hour bus, drinking all night, sleeping on a sofa, catching a 24-flight and (12-hours later) embar...
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I love it in New Zealand. This place has everything; the people are delightful, there are mountains and lakes absolutely everywhere and the general attitude is positive, pro-active and inspiring. What it doesn't have, however, is very much good music...and hardly any festivals. Specifically, i...
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Today was meant to be my first day in Nelson and, to be fair, it was. It was, however, also my last day in Nelson. I have already left... But let me start at the beginning of this silly tale. After failing to climb the Franz Josef glacier due to financial restraints (I am bankrupt), I caught a l...
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24 years ago this very day, the Great Smith in the Sky forged my own Brother in Thunder, Emperor Matthias Bunn of Murderbeers. With him, I have feasted, reveled and lifted for time immemorial. Together with my Brother in Blood, William Billiam, we carved our path through the cities of Europe and...
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Reading back, I realise I have been documenting my actions far more than my thoughts and feelings recently. Primarily, this is because I have been confused as of late; uncertain as to who I am and my position in life, let alone my ambitions and the progress I may or may not being making towards ful...
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Today, I have been told that the Cairns Trinity Beach Bulldogs have put me on their team for tonight's match against Cairns City Lions. I suspect they are simply one man short of a full team. (If that sounds like a euphemism for being crazy, I stick by it entirely). Still, the Guild knows no fear...
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Need to stop for cakes, but realise you're on top of a mountain or in the middle of the rain forest? No problem! NEW FROM THE GUILD OF ADVENTURERS: The Just-In-Cake Emergency Cake Pouch! Now you can take your cake with you, wherever you may roam! Each Just-in-Cake is made of durable waterp...
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The time has come. As this post goes live, I will be taking to the skies (in a plane - I've left my cape at home) to fly 10,000 miles in search of adventure. To be honest, it's scary. It's a long way to go and I'm going alone. It is, however, necessary. Sometimes, you realise you have stopp...
Continue reading ...Months ago, the mighty DAz* of the Happy Ghetto introduced me to this video - of Steve Sunk, aka The Axe Man. (The name alone should give you an indication of how cool this is about to be...) [vimeo height="281" width="500"] http://www.vimeo.com/50351080[/vimeo] In short, this guy rocks. Sen...
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When it comes to keeping up motivation and overcoming adversity, people often express the need to overcome nay-sayers; to prove wrong those people who say you can't achieve whatever you're attempting. There are so many people out there who will tell you "you can't". What you've got to do is turn ar...
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Alas, there is always a downside to fleeing the lands in search of adventure. Last night, at EWA Pro Challenge Wrestling, I lost my British Championship title to Crazy Jonny Jones, after I landed head first on his knees...twice in a row. The first time was from the top rope, when I mistimed a Doo...
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According to the Native American calendar, the 22nd of March will see the end of the Wolf Month and the start of the Month of the Falcon. Oh, it will also be two year to the day since I started this blog... In honour of this tradition of naming months after kickass animals (as well as some disappo...
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You know that feeling when you invest every penny you have in a classic 1978 Datsun 260z, pay thousands reconstructing it over 18 months and then, just as you've got it working properly, some coward drives into it whilst it is parked and flees the scene, apparently not realising they’ve hit it so ...
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Further to my last, light-hearted post about having to abandon my car, I do hope whoever managed to smash into it, pushing it off the road and into this sign has the decency to report it or get in touch. I'm quite pleased though, because I had just had it fixed and was wondering what to spend my tho...
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WOE IS ME. Here is my story for the local newspaper, the Daily Grind: Snow Reason to Panic Bloody disgrace, Lisa. A little bit of snow and the whooooole country grinds to a halt! All over Britain,copywriters like this idiot are taking their 35 year old sports cars down frozen country paths and...
Continue reading ...Today, I turn 26 years of age. Thus is ends; I'm officially too old to buy a Young Person's anything. The best years of my life are now over. In fact, I'm going to head down the road to Wycombe Wanders' football stadium, slip on some spilled beans and claim massive compensation...you know...sue-a-s...
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All in all, 2012 was a pretty good year for me. I tried to do at least one kickass thing for every month of the year. Here is what I managed: [gallery type="rectangular" ids="574,1181,932,894,850,1683,2235,1068,2238,1540,1333,981,1131"] Info: this year, I completed Tough Guy Winter 2012, won...
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Continue reading ...I wrote a song about Christmas. Well...I say "wrote"...and I say "song"...and I say "Christmas"... ...
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