Welcome back to the “Role Playing Game PDF Spotlights” column, where we look at some of the PDFs that have been released in the past week that have piqued my interest. There's a bumper crop of titles that I wanted to feature so I've split the column in to two parts this week. You can … Continue reading ROLE PLAYING GAMES PDF NEW RELEASES #4 (Part 2)
Month: January 2022
GIG 039: Broken Bones / Scat Opera – Marquee, 30th January 1990
Broken Bones were a very influential punk band. Metallica and Slayer have cited them as a big influence and members of Broken Bones had previously been in Discharge. I didn't know any of this at the time I saw them though. I primarily went because a couple of my best mates, Mat and Adam, were … Continue reading GIG 039: Broken Bones / Scat Opera – Marquee, 30th January 1990
ROLE PLAYING GAMES PDF NEW RELEASES #4 (Part 1)
Welcome back to the “Role Playing Game PDF Spotlights” column, where we look at some of the PDFs that have been released in the past week that have piqued my interest. There's a bumper crop of titles that I wanted to feature so I've split the column in to two parts this week. All of … Continue reading ROLE PLAYING GAMES PDF NEW RELEASES #4 (Part 1)
GIG 038: Bogus Gods / Laughterland – Cat & Lantern, 24th January 1990
We knew the guys from Bogus Gods (may have known the Laughterland crew too actually) as we all drank in the same Barnet pubs, had pretty much the same taste in music and well, they were sort of second degree mates (friends but not friends we knew terribly well). The Cat & Lantern (in East … Continue reading GIG 038: Bogus Gods / Laughterland – Cat & Lantern, 24th January 1990
GIG 037: When It Rains / The Presence / The Clamheads – Marquee, 22nd January 1990
I sadly can't remember much about this gig at all. It was one that I went to by myself and I didn't like the opening act, The Clamheads, but When It Rains and The Presence were both apparently pretty good. I actually signed up to The Presence's mailing list because a few years later I … Continue reading GIG 037: When It Rains / The Presence / The Clamheads – Marquee, 22nd January 1990
Face The Music with Matt Forbeck
Most interviews with games industry figures tend to be about our latest game or "hot new thing" we're working on. But what about the people behind the games we play and, hopefully, love? Little is said, or explored, of the actual person's tastes, or how they got into the hobby, etc. Face The Music is … Continue reading Face The Music with Matt Forbeck
GIG 036: The Otherside / Giant International / Angel Hearts – Marquee, 14th January 1990
I remember this gig mainly because Nick really liked Giant International. Good reason too as they were a class act, who we would see again in the future. We'd seen The Otherside back in November '89 (supporting Under Neath What GIG 032) and they were the primary motive for Nick, Adam, Simon, Donna, Mat and … Continue reading GIG 036: The Otherside / Giant International / Angel Hearts – Marquee, 14th January 1990
GIG 035: Medicine Factory / Trash / Wild Poppies / World of Music – Marquee, 10th January 1990
"Grebo" was a made-up scene by papers such as the NME and Melody Maker to categorise a number of bands around in the late 80's such as Neds Atomic Dustbin, Wonder Stuff, PWEI, Gaye Bykers on Acid, etc, and attracted a lot of the same crowd that were into post-punk and goth. The Medicine Factory somehow … Continue reading GIG 035: Medicine Factory / Trash / Wild Poppies / World of Music – Marquee, 10th January 1990
GIG 034: Creaming Jesus / Scat Opera / Chunk – Marquee, 7th January 1990
This was my first gig of 1990, a new decade, and a great way to launch what was going to be a very intense ten years of live music for me. MY co-conspirators for the night were Nick, Donna, Adam, Rachel and Steve.I'm not sure why it had taken me so long to see Creaming … Continue reading GIG 034: Creaming Jesus / Scat Opera / Chunk – Marquee, 7th January 1990
Retrospective: The X-Men #2 (November 1963)
Back in 1984 I’d just moved to America, had been introduced to Dungeons & Dragons, started listening to a lot more music, and picked up my first Marvel Comic. That first comic, an issue of Secret Wars, introduced me to a universe of characters who I quickly fell in love with. One team stood out … Continue reading Retrospective: The X-Men #2 (November 1963)
Voices From The Pulpit 