Archive for March, 2009

I have a new addition to my living room. Unusually for me it is not a new piece of technology or some cheap Argos furniture – it is a plant!

Meet Wilbur, my new Japanese Peace Lilly (Spathiphyllum). As you can see in the photo above, Wilbur lives by my telephone. He’s very eager to meet all of you so why not give him a call?

I’m assuming Wilbur is a Japanese Peace Lilly. I’d like to think he is as I’d then be in the same class of plant owner as Sgt. Nicholas Angel from Hot Fuzz, but as the word ‘Japanese’ was missing from his label and he was purchased from Homebase in Swindon, I think Wilbur’s Asian credentials are minimal.

I’ve read that a Peace Lilly is a good plant to have in a home as it is an excellent air purifier. If that is the case I hope I can keep Wilbur nice and healthy so that my lounge will eventually cease to smell like the inside of a packet of dry-roasted peanuts.

This is my car:

It’s a 2003 Volkswagen Golf GTI that I bought for much cheapness back in November 2006. I admit, I don’t clean it as often as I should and I still can’t get rid of that horrible smell in the boot from when a carton of milk split open in a shopping bag, but do I try my best to look after it and I always try to keep it running in a tip-top condition.

Despite my efforts, this hasn’t stopped the car from trying to fall to pieces over the past two weeks…

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News has started to filter through that Faith No More will be reforming for a series of European tour dates!

Back in the late eighties/early nineties Faith No More mixed synth and funk-bass with a heavy-rock sound. Their massive single Epic was a rock/rap classic that transformed the band from an arty-joke project into a stadium touring supergroup co-headlining gigs with Metallica and Guns ‘n Roses.

A band with probably the most volatile internal relationship in music history, Faith No More inevitably split eleven years ago with each member moving on to pursue their own projects, one of which includes extreme gardening.

I’m hoping this news of a reunion is genuine. I would love to see Faith no More perform one last time before they once again explode from within.