Away from Home Virtual and real
Two years ago I got off Gatwick Express in Victoria Train station. I had a rucksack on my back with my clothes and I had a number of for where I would spend the night. Ronan a friend of mine who lived in London met me at the Train Station. We said hello and he [...]
Read moreTop 6 Friday: Simpsons Bond References
So no quickly cobbled together Halloween trivia or the like for todays list, we come close to the end of ‘James Bond’ week and offer up 6 references to Bond from Simpsons episodes. There are countless choices that could be included, from entire episodes to coy one liners. Bond at its best demands a willing [...]
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Life
No one can stop himself dying or put off the day of his death. Snap shots of lives the moment before their death. each story linked to the next character. made for the 2days later film festival 2008 In Margate. nominated 5 times including best film. won best special effects. A friend of mine is [...]
James Bond Week: The Unofficial Bond Movie
A long lasting bitter feud emerged during Sean Connery’s term as 007, so that he continues to be on bad terms with the series producers. The most obvious statement of this was the 1983 movie ‘Never Say Never Again’, a movie often considered part of the Bond canon, which is however an unofficial entry, with [...]
Read moreWhy the greens have to accept the budget.
Back before the election.Much of the criticism of the green party was that they they would jump ship the first sign of trouble. ( I think some Fianna Failers actually laid this taunt at the feet of the Greens before the election but can’t find the quote.) Well the first sign of trouble was back [...]
Read moreJames Bond Week: The Music
First up, we have 3 Bond movie themes as selected by us Dossing Times boys, then John Barrys classic James Bond theme, followed by Mobys remix, released with ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’
Simon’s choice, ‘All the Time in the World’, from ‘On Her Majestys Secret Service’
I think the OHMSS opening titles deserve a look, watch them here
Tuathals’ [...]
James Bond Week: What We Posted
We’ve committed a lot of blog space and discussions of post ideas on Bond. I still remember losing/using a whole afteroon putting together a selection of alternative Bond themes – we discovered one and were going to include it among a list of Bond trivia to mark Ian Flemings birth, then we discovered 5 more [...]
Read moreJames Bond Week: Bond and Me
I remember standing in Madame Tussaud’s in London shortly after ‘Goldeneye’ was released and of course was in my element in the movie/actor section – on one side was Pierce Brosnan surrounded by the ‘Opening Sequence’ roving gun barrel, with Tina Turner belting out ‘Goldeneye’ (the last good Bond theme in this writers opinion) – [...]
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