WOW

Just a litle word, but now the fake Chiggy relationship is over, how long before Ziggy (the control freak) latches onto 'Pauline' or Charley?

And speaking of Charley, please can someone tell me HOW, HOW, HOW that girl escapes nomination?

Stick one into the establishment and if you can find it at a local cinema or arthouse, SEE Taking Liberties. This fantastic documentary looks at the way the Blair government slowly and surely destroyed all our basic civil liberties in the so called War Against Terror:

http://www.noliberties.com/

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I am such a geek, I love comics and I am passionate about film makers keeping to the storyline's and time honoured myths and backstory that have developed over the years, so it annoys me a great deal when people make a comic into a movie and destroy years of back story - can we say X Men III and the wet blanket they made of the Phoenix (and the hash up of the story).

So what does this have to do with the new F4 movie?

Well, to go back in time the first one was rubbish - it lacked something, like credible passionate characters - in fact the pages of the script probably were les wooden.

APPARENTLY they had learnt for the second one in the frnachise, after the very disappointing 2005 box office draw. In some respects it may be better, but I have my doubts.

I realise that a comic book adaptation must not alienate a new audience that know nothing about the comic itself, but please in doing so, do not alienate the fans that do.

I mean, Galactus A CLOUD! And how wooden were the acting - time for a new Sue Storm maybe. And Von Doom, no bite this time.

oh and last but not least - Stan Lee guesting in every adaptation of his comics is getting BORING now.

Just been trawling on my space - like you do - and found some interesting gig sites for music in Birmingham. Thought I would kind - cos I rarely am - and inpart these on you:

http://www.myspace.com/birminghamnightlife
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamrocks

Now these are a starter - the rest you can do for yourself!

Roll on Tuesday! ;)

So that dispicable Katie finally showed her game plan this week. After being invited into the final 2 by Sir Alan, Katie declined the offer saying she wasn't willing to uproot her family.

But Katie, who has been a 'star' on the show for her uncaged venomous attacks on fellow 'Apprentice Wannabe's', has revealed her gameplan was merely to win the show.

The highlight was seeing the incredulous looks on the faces of Simon and Kristina, as they both realised just what lengths Katie would go to in order to rob someone else of the reward of a final place.

I for one will be glad to see the back of her. Her 'bitchy' comments has been, although entertaining in car crash TV, dispicable and should have earned her being kicked off a long time ago.

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I love finding new things.

A little pocast radio station that plays the best of local Birmingham groups:

http://www.myspace.com/brumcastbirmingham

I love cats and I love You Tube:

(We did not make this video and merely found it on YT. If it breaches copyright, please contact You Tube to have it removed. We just found the funny and cute!)

So I read today that ASDA are the latest store to discontinue the sale of singles due to the increasing popularity in downloads - in fact this week, Rhiana is at No.1 with her song Umbrella based purely on download sales.

I'm in two minds about this. Of course I am all for the moving on of technology, especially if it gives us the consumer the chance to get better quality merchandise for our hard earned money. However I feel sad because I am someone who loves to have something tangible in my hands - I still collect LP versions of my favourite albums and I love my CD collection, but I also download - it's great to find those one songs that you grew up with, or heard so little on commercial radio.

But except for holding your iPOD, Creative or whatever other digital music player you have, downloading music will bring an end to the geeks of music, who love linear notes, artwork and buying 30 different versions of the single to get all the remixes and b-sides.

I like to hold something in my hand, I like to see something in my collection. Sometimes going forward is too sad.

Saw my first advert for it last night:

Nine days to go!!!!!

And it dawned on me, another summer ready to be surrendered to Big Brother.

Over the past couple of years I have really tried to stay away - really have tried but without fail I find myself tuning in to what has become car crash television.

BB has gone down hill rapidly and has bred insipid quasi celebs (uhum) and has stooped lower into the quagmire - Celeb BB 2007 sums it up nicely, but here I am knowing I will be addicted and loosing my summer to those shows and to the annoying wannabes.

We are no longer watching a social experiment as was BB1, but Jade Goody types who want that cheap stairway to fame - BB is part of our "want it NOW" generation.

So, I'm ready to curse and flap and hate people I do not know and wonder why oh why I keep watching!

Now I know why I don't get a suntan any more!