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I thought I’d put up a few photos that I found, showing me and the people close to me throughout the two and a half decades I have been around. Not everyone could make it on here, there’s far too little webspace, but these kinda show in some kind of sequence some of the better photos of me. I’m not excactly photogenic, these are the rare photos that turned out okish.

1980’s: Me and my sister on the doorstep of inner city Birmingham in the mid 80’s, click this photo to enter the album.

On Monday I headed down the A41, back to a second home of mine, the Academy. Sigur Ros were in town, I couldn’t miss this one for anything at all. I got to the front of the balcony after being quite a way back in the queue, the view was stunning and the night was enchanting.

The support came from four women who play stringed instruments for Sigur Ros, so from the get go the night was well thoughout. Ammamina were their name and they played what can only be descibed as music that would be well suited to soothing a young child to sleep … it was really nice. Sigur Ros had a powerful sound at times and a blinding lightshow, it was a special night, and here are some photos.

This gig was gonna be awsome, I had to book it. Sigur Ros are a sureal band billed as “Artistic Rock” their sound is very big yet very small, and so very beautiful.

The Christmas light switch on always signals that it’s not gonna be too long before it’s all over for another year, oh and it also starts the alarm bells ringing ….. must buy presents!

I’m very proud of this shot, the dot above the sign is the Moon, Mars is lurking behind one of the R’s … Click the image to see other photos

Latest checkup occured today, no signs of local spreading, but I noted a fatigue feeling in the leg that played host to the thick Nodular Melanoma that scares me. The fatigue has been there for a while, coming and going. An MRI scan is being talked of with an 8 week wait, and this is the point at which I say oh shit I thought nothing was wrong, that it was because I had pulled a muscle or something, I really didn’t expect that.

More than a year on, the journey isn’t what I thought it would be. I’d hyped myself up for massive life changes which have almost failed to come, so at this point in time I’m, producing a website to promote awareness of the warning signs of skin cancer, not just presenting the facts, but adding some personal expereince and opinion to the facts.

Make sure you all stay moleAware. Even if by the remotest chance something unexpected happens with my situation, at least I stood up and put out a resource that could help people know how to get skin cancer diagnosed early on. People know about the sun, spewing on about the same decade old facts won’t help people know if a mole needs looking at.

Stable and sound is the current standing, I still live with respect that the cancer could flick a switch and it would then get really complicated, hence why dealyed appointments aren’t helpfull, but it’s kinda hard to shout at people who acted very quickly to save your life.

My autumn gig calendar continued this week as both myself and Rich rushed over to the 2nd stage at the Birmingham Carling Academy for Long-View. Just as the crowd was near to overheating, the five lads from Stockport gracefully took to their repsective instruments and the Longview set kicked in with an old favourite. A perfect example of the mastery of their sound they hold is to be heard in the very popular track “Further”.

“God’s love will save our light and we’ll come shining bright, God’s love will save our sun and thy will be done”.

Hear a sample of lead singer, Rob Mcvey chatting with the audience: It’s been a year, no 2 years!

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Articles have been flying around this week about companies forcing power cuts on customers. Upto 3 hours at a time, due to the rising running cost of mainly gas fired power stations, about 40% of the countrys supply comes from Natural Gas.

Guess what?

• Monday : Birmingham went down
• Friday : Wolverhampton went down

Schools were closed Monday as a power cuts hit parts of Birmingham City Centre and the nearby inner city districts, for three hours the leccy was off. All this week, traffic lights were partly out on Wolverhamptons main ring road, today a powercut hit Wolves.