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Any else planning on going to this next month? It's part of the Leeds International Film Festival and runs from the 9th to the 11th November with the comic fair itself being on the Saturday.

http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/contents.asp" target=_blank">Thought Bubble 2007

I'm hoping someone here will recognise this tiny bit of music. I know it from somewhere, but I can't bloody place it. It's taken from a Led Zeppelin soundcheck in 1973 (just before they start jamming Shaking All Over) and is only 8 seconds long, but I think it'd be enough for anyone to realise what it is if they know it. If you recognise this or at least have an idea, *please* can you let me know, as it's starting to do my nut in.

Cheers. :)

http://www.4shared.com/file/21702202/ef2ec3cd/zepsoundcheck.html" target="_blank">Linky

Albeit a quite small exhibition, old British comics are getting a bit of publicity here in the North East. The stuff on show is from former Beano and Dandy artist Keith Robson's own collection and also some of his original artwork.

It's opens at the Museum of Hartlepool tomorrow and runs till 2nd September and is free entry.

http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=898" target="_blank">Comic Capers in Hartlepool

With Termight Replicas getting better and better with each new piece they release and their veering away from solely 2000ad merchandise, what comic-related replicas would you love them to make, if they could? I realise that due to ownership and copyright hell, most will probably be impossible, but it'd be nice to build up a wish list nonetheless. :)

I'll start the ball rolling with:

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About bloody time!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/6751965.stm" target="_blank">Barrymore arrested

Well it's got to be a massive improvement on the last one (although that may not exactly be difficult).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6559031.stm" target="_blank">Hulk not have bitch tits

[Thrash Metal]

For those confused about the different types of metal on the music scene and how they all differ, this explains all...

Thrash Metal
The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess and fucks her.

Heavy Metal
The protagonist arrives on a Harley, kills the dragon, drinks a few beers and fucks the princess.

Speed Metal
Suddenly there, short solo, dragon is confused, someone's screaming weird stuff, princess realises she's been deflowered, dragon and princess are still looking for the one who did this.

Folk Metal
The protagonist arrives with some friends playing accordions, violins, flutes and many more weird instruments. The dragon falls asleep (because of all the dancing), then they all leave... without the princess.

Viking Metal
The protagonist arrives in a ship, kills the dragon with his mighty axe, skins the dragon and eats it, rapes the princess to death, steals her belongings and burns the castle down before leaving.

Grindcore
The protagonist arrives, screams something completely indecipherable for about 30 seconds and then leaves.

For those interested in this kind of thing, a great lunar eclipse is happening right now. Should reach full eclipse about quarter to 11 and last till about midnight.

For those interested, this made-to-keep-the-rights version from 2003 is on BBC2 at 12.55 tonight. Although I'm a massive fan of the Modesty Blaise comics and novels, I'll be watching this out of morbid curiosity than anything else.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_name_is_modesty" target="_blank">No Willie Garvin?!

There seems to be a glut of design-a-cartoon-you sites popping up online, but this one's rather good. There are 'premium' items that you have to actually pay for to save to your account, but you can get around this with some simple screen-capturing.

Here are ones of me and Malchi (albeit with slight Photoshop cheatery). ;)

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Link: http://www.meez.com" target="_blank">Meez

The creation of the Giussani sisters has been made into a stealth/adventure game that, at the moment, is slated for  release next March.

From this trailer, it look's like it'll definitely be going on my shopping list. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzf8pWLBYc" target="_blank">Diabolik: Original Sin

Rather than trawling through hundreds of forums via Google, I thought I'd ask here first. :)

My PC's crashing like a bastard to a blank screen (monitor shows "No input signal" like it does when it's off) but with all of the drive lights flashing every time I insert any disc into either of my DVD drives. The only way I can get it to reboot is by switching it off then back on at the PSU, and even then it sometimes just does the same thing or turn off altogether, prompting me to switch it off and on again until it manages to actually boot up. The computer's also sparodically resetting/turning off when I'm not even anywhere near it.

My educated guesswork makes me think that it's a hardware problem with either the PSU or motherboard, but I'm really clutching at straws here. Anyone with more knowhow than me make any suggestions?

All help(#) will be greatly appreciated. :)

Cheers.







(#)With exception of twatty things like "Buy a Mac", of course. ;)

...and you can already pre-order the collected book!

http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&products_id=34521" target="_blank">Quick off the mark

Just read this on our local news website. What a bunch of fucking cunts. I think it wouldn't hurt for us to keep a bit of an eye out for any suspicious collections of stuff suddenly being on the market.

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/news/tm_objectid=17497521%26method=full%26siteid=109975%26headline=thieves%2dgrab%2d%2dpound%2d10%2d000%2dsci%2dfi%2dcollection-name_page.html" target="_blank">Thieves grab ?10,000 sci-fi collection

Absolute Fucking Toss more like. Robbed of half an hour that I'll never get back. Unfunny shite.

The 80s get a lot of stick for being crap for various reasons, but so far, it's my favourite decade that I've lived in. A *lot* of great things were around in the 80s and I thought I'd start a thread where, if they wanted to, people could post links, pics, admissions of embarrassing fashions worn etc... or everone could ignore it and I'll just cry for a few days. ;)

I'll start off with this link to a *fantastic* live version of a song I've always liked, performed on the much missed Old Grey Whistle Test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc0rxX6QSkk" target="_blank">At the tender age of three I was hooked to a machine just to keep my mouth from spouting junk...

I've just sent Wake some wallpapers that I've cobbled together that should hopefully be up on the site soon. I'll be adding to the Dredd ones as the Casefiles books come out and may well add other characters in the same style later on. Hope you like.

Cheers.

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Yet *another* reason not to buy a PS3: Lumbered for eternity with games you've completed or don't like.

Link: http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/game/news/article.jsp?articleId=20060524153157765035§ionId=1006" target="_blank">Corporate suicide!

Advert for the new invention from the Super Soaker Bukkake Division.

Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LXC7qZ_iWgM" target="_blank">Squidge!

[Sick bags at the ready, folks]

Happy Birthday and bestestest Bidet wishes to the site's most beautiful* (and warped) messageboarder!

Hope I can help make the rest of the day as good as it's started. :)

xxx

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* Sorry, DXB, although you *do* come in at a very respectable second place. ;)