Recent content by jbj

That sucks. He was imo the Mike Campbell of drumming - everything he played was exactly what the song needed.

Heading home from Bat Out of Hell the Meatloaf musical. Could have cut half a dozen songs over the piece and the start of the 2nd act was a bit weak but overall a good show. Manic Street Preachers at the Barrowlands on Saturday. They have a new, not very good, album out so a bit worried...

A kid who hasn't batted an eyelid for about 2 years lost it and attacked myself and 2 colleagues which usually isn't an issue except this guy is going on 20 stone in weight, if he lands a shot you're fucked. Thankfully he never landed anything on any of us but it was ropey for a bit. On the...

Mojo to all. His Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (literally their real name) are coming in to inspect my work at the start of May. Tte week of inspection will be fine, we've a lot of good stuff to show off imo. But it's a shit tonne of work pulling evidence and data, having briefings...

So my school is being inspected just after Easter. I'm now just under 5 hours into pulling spreadsheets and data. Strange it's a slightly better Saturday afternoon than last weekend when I spent most of it knee deep in shit with a drain rod in our blocked outside inspection shaft :o

Adolescence is getting rave reviews over here just now. We binged it all on Friday. It is very good and every hour long episode is a legit single shot take which is cool.

2nd penn and teller Grand canyon. We did a moped tour of red rocks which was pretty fun. Lots of good places for eating.

Week of ups and downs. Aside from the day to day nuts and bolts, my role has a couple of bigger responsibilities that crop up over the course of the year. I've had a good handle on things, have identified some further tweaks to make next year and passed a big milestone yesterday without any...

Shaping up to be good year after a couple of fallow ones Manic Street Preachers in April. James in May. 13 year old nephew had a ticket but they didn't get a kids licence so just me and Mrs jbj mow Springsteen in Liverpool in June. Going with my OCD high risk aversion nuclear safety officer...

This thread has a lot of win but this is it!!!

I wrote a song for my wife as part of my wedding speech and it has easily the favourite verse I've ever written: "You're indifferent to Springsteen and my big hot tub, You won't watch The Rangers or let me get a dug, But Jill, I still love you"

That's the before photo right? As an impending baldy I shave my dome at least twice, usually three or four times a week using a de razor. It's turned into a bit of a hobby and minor gas situation - my head currently smells like one of The Duke of Edinburgh's (God Rest His Soul) Summer...

Awesome man. I always love a good score story and it's better with you or that other guy than sitting in a case. I scored a "used" G&L legacy with immaculate hardcase, new guitar smell, tags and stickers still on it over 20 years ago for £220 when new they were going for £1500+ new. Dude in...

I learned a long time ago that classic books, films and in many cases albums can very often be a bit meh.

Seen an interesting one last week. I'm about to pull the trigger on gig tickets and I get a message saying another local venue is struggling financially, would I like to donate to them. Cost of living crisis makes it harder for places to survive etc... Which is all well and good but it's...