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February has been a busy month. A month of gigs which, while slowing slightly, is far from stopping. It's shaping up to be a busy year. A varied diet of music here I think: dance, pop, indie, misc. Coming up I have James, Ash, La Roux, Hairspray, Swan Lake, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip and hopefully much, much more.

Delphic (support: Mirrors)

Went to see Coraline yesterday (not in 3D). It was alright, but not great. It looked good. The whole Doll thing was a nice idea. I felt tense in the right places. But somehow, all the way through I was thinking "Mirrormask did it better".

And that's the problem. The film may have looked good, but I prefer the look of Mirrormask; in fact, I preferred everything about Mirrormask.

It also felt a little... lost. So much felt British, from the downstairs actresses to the uniforms - which were being sold on President's Day.

Liverpool is having a series of Queer related events as part of Homotopia and Outsiders. There's a few events I'm planning on going to including:

• 8th October - An Evening with Holly Woodlawn
• 18th October - Were the World Mine

Yesterday Wendy and I went to see Wanted - Timur Bekmambetov's (Night Watch & Day Watch)latest film. A hollywood action film this time. And it's fun. James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie doing ridiculous stunts to a fairly standard plot. But it was damn fine fun.

The Orphanage is released on DVD next Monday here in the UK. If you haven't seen this yet, I would strongly recommend it except that... I already have!

Queer Up North is an annual celebration of queer cinema, art, literature, music, comedy and general culture. There are a number of things I want to go to and if you fancy joining me, please get in touch:

• 10th May - Queer Question Time
• 11th May - The Living End - possible transport home problems 8-(

I've just been watching Un Jour D'Ete (One Day In Summer) so you're about to get a stream of thoughts about French Film (or at least the French Film I've seen which is fairly restricted to Queer French Film).

Firstly, nothing happens in them. And yet I'm utterly captivated.

Then, there's always cute lead guys.

But that's not my reason for liking them. They're like a comfort food - making me feel warm inside.

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AKA four stupid Americans with a video camera...

Review after the jump...

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So, I finished Death Note (or is it Deathnote?) and I'm most of the way through Matter on the train. so I need a new shelf-book which can be promoted to bag-book when I do finish (and therefore clear the way for a new shelf-book). I just went out and brought a load of new books (payday is fun) and now have a stack I am going to list and promise to read before moving on. That stack is:

• Jumper - Steven Gould



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One day and two things to discuss. No, not the McQualifications (to be supersized to PhD). Not Nokia (my least favourite phone company) buying Trolltech (makers of my least favourite popular open source widget set). No, Black Industries deciding to shut down after SELLING OUT of the eagerly awaited Warhammer 40K Dark Heresy RPG.

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