Tikki Is Five!
It’s another quickie just to say, the Tickster is celebrating her fifth birthday today. Please leave your best wishes below.
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Tikki March 2022
Quick post—there is new content on the way, but meanwhile… two March pics of the lovely Tikki…
Back Again
Yep, another little hiatus, but honestly I doubt I went a single day without thinking about what to blog next. I did want to commit to keeping this fairly ongoing again. And I will. But those of you who are regular readers, I hope, will feed me a little with feedback so I don’t feel excessively lonely here!
And, yes, some stuff has happened since October 27th. For one thing, Tikki had a trip up North to meet a Westie pal named Marco…
Tikki & Marco in Lincoln, October 28th 2021
For another, it was my COUGHrd birthday on Oct 30.
The October 2021 Dog Grooming Post
It’s been done before. But this is Tikki’s first-ever pre- and post-groom blog! So, to the photos!
First up, Tikki back on September 24th. You can see the attitude here—“A groom? I think not. I’m good.”
But the dreaded day of October 9th came, and there was surely no escape…
Halloween Approaches…
And I’ll be in Wales! But it reminds me, speaking of dog pics, that last year we did a very cute picture of Ms Tikki for Halloween and it wasn’t posted here. Maybe we’ll do another spooky* one this year too, but meanwhile here is the wonder of last year’s pic…
Dogs In Glasses
What I think this blog lacks of late is dogs. In this case, dogs wearing specs!
Top pic is of the late, great Fred (2004-2018), thus attired in May 2016. The second pic is of the beauteous Tikki, actually sitting in almost the same spot as her much-missed uncle, circa June 2019…
David Bowie’s Toy
As it was the fifth anniversary of DB’s death last month (according to the Nu-Time of the sim we’re now in, at any rate), I was moved to fiddle with an old design idea for his unreleased 2001 album Toy. You can read some background detail on the project here.
I did a version of this cover concept back in 2005, actually six years before the full Toy bootleg leaked… we already had several of the tracks via 2002’s Heathen and its various B-sides. My earlier effort (which I can’t locate offhand) actually used the same source photo I’ve used here (taken by legendary photog Mick Rock circa 2001), but it was very amateurish. So I had a 2021 go at it.
Des Tong & Tom Atlas
So we started shooting episode two of Bham Now today—back at Uprawr Studios for Des’s featured artist for January, Thomas Atlas. Here’s a snapshot!
Birmingham Now Episode 1 Shoot
The main shoot for the first ep of Birmingham Now happened today at the Jam House Birmingham. Here’s a shot of Des & Gary “on set”.
Birmingham Now: Horror Scene
Aaand today, we did an interview with local horror guys Alan Birch and Al Smith for ep1 of Birmingham Now!
Birmingham Now: Rebecca Downes
Today we shot an interview with local singer Rebecca Downes, conducted by Des Tong, for the first episode of Birmingham Now. Here’s Rebecca with Steve.
Birmingham Now TV Teaser
So, over at Vamporama Films, we’ve been working on a new online magazine show concept, to be presented by fellow Big Centre TV alumni and local legends, Des Tong and Gary James.
Last Wednesday (Oct 2nd), we shot a promo video for same, which you can view below [no longer online]…
Monsters Premiere
Out short film Monsters, starring Liam Woon, had its public premiere earlier today at the Grindhouse Planet Film Festival. Here’s a snap of the screening, plus Liam and Steve posing with organiser Marc Hamill…
