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Drinks - No.3 The Slapper

Share GBH in a glass - The slapper is a cocktail, formulated by Marky B for one purpose only...boozing on a  budget.

The slapper name was given to the drink for three reasons, it's cheap, it's nasty and and your likely to regret it in the morning!

The story goes that Marky B was going through a little, "ahem" financial difficulty but wanted to maintain meaningful, drunken relations with his mates. Having made it to the pub with a pocket full of shrapnel and a head full of ideas he began to make enquiries about various drink prices. Having found out that a double shot of Sambucca was £2.50 he decided to add Soda water and a wedge of lime which are both free, making the drink cost a grand total of £2.50.

After four slappers he realised he had struck gold and named his concoction and began telling everyone he was knee-deep in slappers, had just chinned a slapper, had multiple slappers and so on...

Anyway, recipe is below and disclaimer which you really should read before drinking my cocktails

Ingredients:

    * Sambucca 50ml
    * Soda
    * Wedge of Lime
    * Ice

Instructions:

Take a tall glass and drop in some ice, add the Sambucca and Soda Water , then throw in the wedge of Lime and enjoy.

Disclaimer:

Please drink respnsibly, I will not be held accountable for any loss or damage to property or health resulting from consumption of this drink.

“Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.” Homer Simpson

Politicians, a bunch Katie Price's

So it's the last week in February, I've just parked my car at the end of a 30 minute journey, that took me an hour and five minutes to complete.

This increase to the time of my journey is due to "Lane Closures" because of "Essential Maintenance" that leads inevitably to "Burst Water Mains," requiring further "Lane Closures" on top of the scheduled "Essential Maintenance" that seems to have all been scheduled at the same time!

The conspiracy theorist inside me says the government is raising petrol prices and grinding us to a standstill to try and make us hate driving so much that we give in and jump on a bicycle or take public transport. This helps reduce our carbon emissions, making them look good to their chums around the world, and of course gets everybody signed up to an Oyster card, that some would say is and efficient way to track our movements, big brother style."

The realist inside me simply says that the local council and TFL (Transport for London) are just plain greedy! As I think back over previous years I wonder, is it any coincidence that February and March are notoriously bad for traffic. Is it also a coincidence that these two months immediately preceed the month of April, also known as "New budget month!"

So the mad dash is on, for local councils to spend what tax payers money they have remaining, so that next year they can ask for more. As a result, we "the council tax payers," we "the road tax payers" and we "the fuel tax payers" have to navigate the labyrinth of "Essential Repairs," "Required Maintenance" and "Lane closures," all so that come April, our council can go cap in hand to the powers that be and say "Please sir, I want some more."

But what can we say or do?

In this day and age, unfortunately, we can do nothing. Despite living in a “democracy,” we have no say on how things are run.

Would it be too hard to schedule maintenance work evenly across the year and then repairs, as necessary, then at the end of the year, if the budget isn't spent, shouldn't we see a reduction or at least a freeze on Council or Road tax, to reflect the left over money?

Of course it is not our democratically elected representatives place to concern themselves with the "little people" and it is not our place to question what those representatives choose to do for the benefit of...well, themselves.

So we protest, we voice our anger, and it either falls on deaf ears, or the government sets up a committee to investigate our complaints. This committee is created and the bill is passed to our local council, the amount will no doubt exceed how much it would have cost to keep our mouths shut, and the end result...a finding that the committee’s good buddies on the council have acted in the best interest of the people.

With a general election looming, I have to say, I have no idea who to vote for, as it seems to me that voting in the general election is similar to voting for someone in "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here." At the end of the day, they are interested in personal gain, their five minutes of fame and do not give a second thought to the voters that put them where they are.

Politicians are merely a bunch Katie Price's clamouring over each other for more, more, more.

Not sure how I got from traffic jams to "Politicians are a bunch of Katie Price's" but it felt good to get my ranting and rambling off my chest and into the public domain.

If you have an opinion on my thoughts, or know better and fancy trying to educate me, feel free to drop a comment below.

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Literal Version)

Another hilarious "literal" video: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

Meatloaf - Anything for Love (Literal Version)

Absolutely hilarious, has me in tears everytime I see it.

They Don't Make Music Like They Used To

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Recently I was debating this point with a family member and I've heard this statement a couple of times since. Each time, the person making the statement has been of an older generation, I respect my elders but this statement bugs me, as it always seems like an insult, as if our generation are incapable of producing good music and good musicians.

I believe that the problem (if it can be considered a "problem") is not one of quality but one of availability and fragmenting genre's.

Consider if you will, peoples availablility to music in the "golden" era's for music. In the U.K, musical opinion was driven by radio and what you saw on Top of the Pops. There was only so much music out there and the labels and producers decided what was good, based on how much money they could make. Then the radio stations and tv programs took that music to the people and told them it was good, because the labels and producers said it was.

But like it has with everything else, the internet changed all that. Artists were now able to approach the public directly, build a loyal following, allow that following to listen to their music online and tell that following about the next venue they would be performing at. Artists could cut out the middleman if they chose to, they no longer needed to rely upon a manager, promoter or label to help get noticed, they could simply approach a venue in a town or city directly, get a gig, then easily and quickly get word out to existing fans.

This change lead to the fragmenting of genre's. Artists began with a choice, am I happy to entertain true fans in my niché or shall I try to go for gold making sure my music appeals to everyone. After this, the music does the talking, falling into one of many defined categories of music or maybe crossing categories, combining styles or creating some sort of hybrid style, combining multiple categories at once, needless to say this has lead to a massive increase in the number of styles and recognised genre's of music.

Faced with this overwhelming choice, if you don't know where to find your favoured style it's easy to get lost, and when you get lost, you return to what you know, you stick with the familiar, which is why i theorise that the older generation simply don't know where to find modern music that suites their tastes.

I argue adamantly that modern music is just as good, as the music from bygone era's, you just need to be willing to find some and give it a good listen to with an open mind.

Is there an argument that older or newer music is any better than the other, what do you think?

Comeback Tour Delayed

I am currently working on another project related to an online marketing service and web promotion advice.

I will therefore be tied up with that for the immediate future so there will be a delay to my comeback tour. 

Please check back often for new udates I will be back soon.

Check This: 2009 Champions League

Quarter Finals Draw

Villarreal v Arsenal
Manchester United v FC Porto
Liverpool v Chelsea
Barcelona v Bayern Munich

Well Man Utd & Arsenal must be wetting themselves but the pick of the bunch, Liverpool V Chelsea...AGAIN!!  I believe there maybe a big conspiracy to prevent these two teams from facing each other in the final.  I personally reckon Barcelona v Munich will be the one to watch though, both strong sides, each with their own stars such as Klose, Podolski, Van Bommel, Messi, Henri & Eto'o.

My wish is for a Man Utd v Bayern Munich Final, But no doubt We'll get a boring 1-1 between United & Chelsea with Utd coming out on top thanks to John Terry & Nicolas Anelka missing, oh wait that was last year!! Hee Hee!!

Gotta say though, A Liverpool V Barcelona final would also be a tantalizing fixture if they could both be on top form on the night as both are known for there Yo-Yo form. If these two met at 100% it would be an awesome match!

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See Imran "Hammer Hands" chin arch nemesis Edwards "Glass-Jaw" and Klaus Shares some musical delights. Cinematic Gold!

Drinks - No.2 The Jelly Baby

First devised on the European leg of an "Impotent Ants" tour, during
what is now a famous interview, lead singer Mark and lead guitarist Chris started mixing some drinks.

This had hilarious results as slowly the interview descended into drunken chaos.  The secret recipe was eventually released by the band and named "The Jelly Baby" due to its taste.

Ingredients:

• Vodka 50ml
• WKD Blue 275ml bottle
• Sainsbury's Bucks Fizz
• Red Bull 1 Splash
• Ice

Instructions:

Take a tall glass and drop in some ice, add the Vodka and WKD Blue , then top up with the Bucks Fizz and finish off with a splash of Red Bull.  Throw in an orange slice if you can be bothered, it will count towards your five a day.

Low and behold we have Jelly Baby!

Please drink respnsibly, I will not be held accountable for any loss or damage to property or health resulting from consumption of this drink.

Life's a waste of time, time's a waste of life so let's all get wasted and have the time of our life.  ~Author Unknown

Special Mention - Firefly & Serenity

It's time for me to spend a little blog-space letting you all know about my love for the TV series Firefly and the movie Serenity that followed.  I was a "johnny-come-lately" to this brilliant series, which originally aired in the states back in 2002.  In 2008 my good friend Dommy recommended that I try it as he felt that I would enjoy it, well suffice it to say "enjoy" was an understatement. 

I absolutely loved this series, it has everything a sci-fi fan could want. The characters are interesting and engaging, the individual storylines and overall story arc are addictive, and the interactions between the various characters can at times, bre hilarious.

Now for a little background courtesy of scifi.com...

Five hundred years in the future, Mal Reynolds ends up on the losing side of a war.

He escapes with little more than his own skin, one trusted friend, and his ship, the Firefly-class freighter Serenity.

Every day since then, his mission has been a simple one: Hire a crew; find a job; and just keep on flyin'. Then, one day, he takes on a couple of mysterious passengers — and his life gets a whole lot more complicated….

The series was cancelled by the short sighted executives at the FOX network after only 11 of the 14 planned episodes had been aired.  In a two fingered salute to the idiots at FOX, when the series was released on DVD it sold well and was backed by a number of supportive fan groups.

These sales paved the way for Universal studios & Joss Whedon to produce a film based on the series which won multiple awards and enjoyed positive reviews.  The latest news is that the story will continue as an online multiplayer game which is currently in development.  Rumours are also circulating that there is interest in producing a second series but thus far nothing more than unconfirmed rumours.

I would recommend Firefly & Serenity to any Sci-Fi fan, a brilliant series and movie and drastically underated by the people who apparently matter.

I will provide more info on the series in the near future.

I Aim to Misbehave. - Malcolm Reynolds