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With a strong sense of deja vu, and in very similar circumstances, I’m just about to head off to the airport for the flight to Nepal.

Not sure what internet connectivity will be like, so don’t hold your breath for updates or photos.

Back on the 31st… ciao for now!

• a bit hectic
• ear hair
• a bear with a beer
• Big Ben
• pyramids
• quick and nimble fingers
• bit of a chin wag
• big kiss on the lips

TERMINATE YOURSELF

This recently appeared on the back wall of my flat, click to enlarge. There’s only two panels. I hope they add new installments. I already feel deeply attached to these characters.

MUM: Do you know the South Park characters?

ME: Do I!

MUM: …

ME: Yes I do.

MUM: What’s the, er, magical poo called?

ME: Mr Hanky, the Christmas Poo?

MUM: Where can I get some t-shirts with this Hanky character on it?

ME: T-shirts, plural?

MUM: They’re for our colonoscopy patients. The carers need a way of knowing when the patients aren’t to be given meals prior to a colonoscopy.

ME: So you put them in the christmas poo tshirts …. bwahaha-

MUM: Its not funny Daniel. We had a patient die last week due to a mix up.

ME: -hahaha… oh. Sorry, thats terrible

Yes, the second episode of the podcast is here! The following topics are touched upon:

• The Mighty Boosh movie!
• Yet more Robocop references!
• The real reason Ridley Scott directed Legend! (too much cocaine)
• Ghostbusters 3!WTF?

Also we have special guest Alan joining us this time for our review of Watchmen and The Wrestler. Hot diggety dog!

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Email your comments and complaints to: podcast AT xxxdan DOT com

Mofos keep stealing my council supplied bins. There were none when I moved in, so I called the council and requested some new ones. Those disappeared within a month. So I called up again and explained the situation, and managed to get replacements for the replacements, but now my yellow recycling bin has disappeared again. So now I am forced to surreptitiously dispose of my empty bottles and cardboard in other peoples’ bins.

The bins for my neighbours and I are located in the alleyway the runs behind our block. So dropping off a load of trash involves a walk around the block. The last couple of times I dragged my huge box of bottles and cardboard down to the alley, I found all the existing yellow bins were full! Meaning I had to drag the wretched pile of bottles back to my house and store them there for another week.

Alas, as of yesterday it had gotten to the point where my laundry was an unnavigable cesspit of stored empty bottles and cans. I found myself staring at the chaos, and at that moment formed the steely resolve to correct the situation, that night!

And so, still wearing my black kung fu uniform (I’d just gotten home from sanshou class), under the cover of night, I trudged around the block with a massive load of recyclables, and sure enough, every yellow bin in the alleyway was filled. I went down an adjacent alleyway and their bins were filled to overflowing as well.

Then, I noticed that my as-yet unstolen red rubbish bin (for regular garbage) was nearly empty. My mind heavy with defeat, I reasoned that just this once, surely, there were extenuating circumstances that would justify not recycling? Enviro-guilt welled up in my throat like bile, but I quickly swallowed it down.

Before I had a chance to change my mind, I dumped the bottles into the red bin and slammed the lid shut. Dusting off my hands I looked up, to meet the gaze of my neighbour, on her balcony, shaking her head and staring at me like I just clubbed a baby seal…

Saw Nine Inch Nails at the Hordern last night. They were killing it until about half an hour in when suddenly the whole Hordern Pavilion lost power, P/A, lights, everything. When it became clear it was going to be a while before things got fixed, everyone drifted out into the yard out front to wait.

After about 20 frustrating minutes, we found ourselves people-watching… big guys with dreadlocked goatees in Slayer tshirts looking increasingly pissed off. Security guys running around with their walkie talkies, clearly terrified the Slayer tshirt guys would start a riot. Of course they decided to close the bar, which was presumably intended to prevent people from getting juiced up and rioting, but really only made things worse.

After 40 minutes the lights came on, and a huge cheer went up. Everyone filed back in and the band fired back into the set with 1000% intensity. Probably the best NIN show I’ve seen, despite (because of?) the intermission.

Most fascinating is this video that shows what happened backstage while they tried to get the lights back on. At the time, we were outside joking around that Trent would be curled up in a foetal position with Kleenex on hand. But as you can see in the video, he is calm, collected, an absolute pro.

NIN Sydney 2.24.09 - Mid-show Power Outage [HD] from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.