In a break from my regular postings about the collapse of society, doom & gloom and the need for REVOLUTION NOW… we’ve just started a new horror group for Birmingham! The first meeting was on Saturday (Dec 5th). Honorary President Ramsey Campbell appeared via Skype. Pic below; click for larger version!
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Well, I’ve left the blog unattended for aeons again. Just wanted to sneak in before this year is over and done with.
Hasn’t been a very good year, apart from the Bowie stuff. Chaotic, frustrating, lacking in any of the progress or affirmation I’m looking for.
And then, on November 25th, the author Joel Lane, who’d become a very good friend of mine in recent times, passed away suddenly. His delayed funeral, which I attended, was on December 23rd.
The January 2012 Lodge meeting—Joel is at the back, partially obscured. The others are Steve Green, me and Theresa Derwin.
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I’m backdating this post. I was preoccupied on the day and later went out with Steve to see a movie and have a quick drink.
But I had to mark the fact that August 13th 2013 would’ve been mom’s 70th birthday. Here’s she aged 21 in 1964…
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It may be the cult independent horror movie sensation of 2013! It probably won’t win an Oscar. The budget might be about £13.75 and a packet of crisps. But, ladies & gents, we give you—Terror At Bell’s End.
Yeah, it’s my birthday today. Still not too late to send me a gift via PayPal if you think I’m groovy… or something off my Amazon Wishlist, if you like…
Did manage to attend the local Grey Lodge horror meet in Acocks Green (the Spread Eagle) last night. Oddly enough, didn’t talk about horror much, although I did suggest bedroom farce + giallo as a dubious combination of genres. (Not entirely sure whether or not Lucio Fulci managed to do this somewhere or other.)
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