Hot on the heels of the announcement that a story by yours truly is to be published in the upcoming anthology "Scary Kisses" comes the announcement that my other anthology, "People Of Few Words Vol. 2" is not available. This was published by the Short Humour Website and all proceeds go to Uganda, or something. it's available from lulu.com and much as i'm loath to admit it, all of the other stories in there are pretty good too. Humph.
Scary Kisses is being launched at Swancon (in Perth!) on Good Friday. I shall be present to sign autographs and generally working my new z-list celebrity status. This will be my first ever visit to Perth, so i've decided to go over Easter when everything's shut.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The History Of Stuff No. 9765
Rock and Roll.
13 billion years B.C.: The Big Bang (shortly followed by the Big Bopper)
200,000B.C.: Homo Erectus er, erects himself.
4004B.C.: Cliff Richard thinks the world begins.
3000 B.C. (morning): The first primitive stringed instruments are invented.
3000B.C. (lunchtime): The opening riff of "Stairway To Heaven" is first played.
0 A.D.: Neil Young born in a manger in Bethlehem.
1604 A.D.: Birth of the modern guitar (Andalusia, Spain).
1604 A.D.: World's first groupie (Andalusia, Spain).
1605 A.D. Syphylis invented (Andalusia, Spain).
1891 A.D.: Scott Joplin's "Piano Rags" published in sheet music form.
1893 A.D.: A young man is beaten to death at a Scott Joplin recital in Alameda, California, by members of an outlaw cavalry group hired by Joplin as security.
1899 A.D.: Keith Richards born in Vladivostok, Imperial Russia.
1921 A.D.: Hyman "Screamin' Mudguts" T Spunkfelcher, an itinerant musician in Mississippi, invents the blues when he sings about his political ambitions.
1929 A.D.: The Great Depression (Leonard Cohen is born).
1932 A.D.: Screamin' Mudguts Spunkfelcher develops Parkinsons; birth of Rythym and Blues.
1948 A.D.: Carl Perkins is ignored.
1953 A.D.: Elvis Presley is invented by the Lockheed-Martin Corporation at the notorious 'Skunk Works'.
1953 A.D.: Carl Perkins now relevant.
1955 A.D.: Chuck Berry begins rocking. Everyone else gives up for a while.
1963 A.D.: The Beatles hand Chuck his arse on a plate.
1965 A.D.: Neil Young, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer and Steven Stills form Buffalo Springfield.
1969 A.D.: Woodstock; everyone billion-year-old carbon.
1970 A.D.: Wings.
1971 A.D.: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
1976 A.D.: Cliff Richard releases Devil Woman. Also records song of same name.
1976 A.D.: Neil Young releases "Harvest". World momentarily ends.
1977 A.D.: William Shatner releases "Transformed Man".
1980 A.D.: John Lennon shot by Holden Caulfield.
1980-1990 A.D.: Absolutely nothing of note happens musically.
1991 A.D.: Frente release "Accidentally Kelly Street".
1992 A.D.: Grunge is born. People just start wearing any old tat.
1993 A.D.: Neil Young releases "Harvest Moon". Kurt Cobain decides not to kill himself just yet.
1994 A.D.: Neil Young releases "Sleeps With Angels". Kurt Cobain swallows a bullet.
2000 A.D.: Birth of Pseudo-emo-alt-rock/country fused with Ska.
2003 A.D.: iPods blow everyone's minds.
13 billion years B.C.: The Big Bang (shortly followed by the Big Bopper)
200,000B.C.: Homo Erectus er, erects himself.
4004B.C.: Cliff Richard thinks the world begins.
3000 B.C. (morning): The first primitive stringed instruments are invented.
3000B.C. (lunchtime): The opening riff of "Stairway To Heaven" is first played.
0 A.D.: Neil Young born in a manger in Bethlehem.
1604 A.D.: Birth of the modern guitar (Andalusia, Spain).
1604 A.D.: World's first groupie (Andalusia, Spain).
1605 A.D. Syphylis invented (Andalusia, Spain).
1891 A.D.: Scott Joplin's "Piano Rags" published in sheet music form.
1893 A.D.: A young man is beaten to death at a Scott Joplin recital in Alameda, California, by members of an outlaw cavalry group hired by Joplin as security.
1899 A.D.: Keith Richards born in Vladivostok, Imperial Russia.
1921 A.D.: Hyman "Screamin' Mudguts" T Spunkfelcher, an itinerant musician in Mississippi, invents the blues when he sings about his political ambitions.
1929 A.D.: The Great Depression (Leonard Cohen is born).
1932 A.D.: Screamin' Mudguts Spunkfelcher develops Parkinsons; birth of Rythym and Blues.
1948 A.D.: Carl Perkins is ignored.
1953 A.D.: Elvis Presley is invented by the Lockheed-Martin Corporation at the notorious 'Skunk Works'.
1953 A.D.: Carl Perkins now relevant.
1955 A.D.: Chuck Berry begins rocking. Everyone else gives up for a while.
1963 A.D.: The Beatles hand Chuck his arse on a plate.
1965 A.D.: Neil Young, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer and Steven Stills form Buffalo Springfield.
1969 A.D.: Woodstock; everyone billion-year-old carbon.
1970 A.D.: Wings.
1971 A.D.: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
1976 A.D.: Cliff Richard releases Devil Woman. Also records song of same name.
1976 A.D.: Neil Young releases "Harvest". World momentarily ends.
1977 A.D.: William Shatner releases "Transformed Man".
1980 A.D.: John Lennon shot by Holden Caulfield.
1980-1990 A.D.: Absolutely nothing of note happens musically.
1991 A.D.: Frente release "Accidentally Kelly Street".
1992 A.D.: Grunge is born. People just start wearing any old tat.
1993 A.D.: Neil Young releases "Harvest Moon". Kurt Cobain decides not to kill himself just yet.
1994 A.D.: Neil Young releases "Sleeps With Angels". Kurt Cobain swallows a bullet.
2000 A.D.: Birth of Pseudo-emo-alt-rock/country fused with Ska.
2003 A.D.: iPods blow everyone's minds.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
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