The clutter doesn’t half collect around here. This year I’ve made an effort to throw stuff out, a little at a time. Today, instead, I went and bought a couple of new sideboards in a sale, which will be delivered on Monday. One will go in the living room, to hold the overflow of my son’s toys. The other will go in the guest room. This frees up a bookshelf…
Asteroid strike
A small asteroid, some 3 metres in diameter, came screaming in at 12 km /s (27,000 mph) and exploded over northern Sudan at 2:45 am on Tuesday October 7th. They don’t think any of the bits would have been big enough to hit the ground. This is the first time an asteroid has been spotted and tracked before impact. And the reason it’s on this blog is that the William…
Ruido Fiesta 7
Casiano Melian Friday night was the fiesta for issue 7 of Fanzine Ruido, held in bar Jon y Jor, inthe same building as the Millenium cinema in Los Llanos It was a great night out. €3 paid for entrance to the gig, a copy of the magazine, and a free beer. (I was driving, so it was the only alcohol I had all night.) The bands were Casiano Melian and…
Boogie on Down
Friday night was the fiesta for issue 7 of Fanzine Ruido. I wanted to go, so did my husband, and it was too late for our son. We got lucky at someone else’s expense. Our friends Helen and Theresa wanted to go too, but their clutch has an intermittent problem, and they didn’t trust it all the way to Los Llanos. On the other hand, they had to come to…
Live Music on Friday Night
Ruido fanzine will hold a concert to launch issue seven at Jor and Jor in Los Llanos (beside the millenium cinema) at 10 pm. A measly €3 will get you in to a concert by “Casiano Melian” and “Eremiot y la tripulación”, with a drink and copy of the fanzine thrown in. And the Bar de Anne in El Paso,hosts a concert starting at 9 pm, with “Capitan Cogollo”, “Carlos…
The Sock Drawer
Just belatedly realised that my story’s up at Reflection’s Edge. I thought I’d missed the deadline and was going in next month. It’s a free e-zine, so head on over and enjoy.