Funerals & Snakes

I’m fooling around with the site theme at the moment so the look and feel of the thing might change drastically between visits.

Just so you know, it’s me and not something else.

I understand from talking to mates that this blog has at least one regular reader despite almost all the material posted here being available in a freely distributed local newspaper. And having at least one reader means I should start taking this thing a bit more seriously and post a bit more often.

I’ve got one more week before I have to go back to Downstage and work for a living again but I want to re-boot the blog a little before then. I read the other day that there are 20 million abandoned blogs about the place and I don’t want this one to join them.

On the to-do list for this week is to upgrade the header, write an “about” page, tidy up the blogroll, add some funky stuff from Last.fm and find out why I can’t embed YouTube video without breaking the layout.

I’m also working on a posting schedule that will include more than just cinema: music, magazines, books, food, etc. Deadlines = discipline. I’ve re-discovered that thanks to Aaron and the Capital Times team.

Radio being my first love, during the year I want to experiment with podcasting to see if I can actually make decent radio happen from my office. It would make me very happy if I can pull it off.

Also, this week I have to catch up on the films released since my last column (yesterday was disfunctional royal families day with The Queen and Marie Antoinette as a double-feature at the Penthouse. Tonight I visit the Empire for big-budget Hollywood night: Night at the Museum and Déjà Vu.

Anyway, to my regular reader (if Bryn hasn’t given up by now…) and any passers-by: Happy New Year. I’m totally up for it for the first time in decades.