Some of the more tasteful titles I'm selling on Ebay this week. Feel free to bid...no one will know it's you.... Monday, January 21, 2008
Books On Ebay
Some of the more tasteful titles I'm selling on Ebay this week. Feel free to bid...no one will know it's you.... 
Friday, January 18, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
James Bond Pans
Dan brought up the new James Bond stamp collection a few posts back - which weirdly excludes the classic late 50s / early 60s Sam Peffer covers, in my view the best by far.Friday, January 04, 2008
Cool Illness
Not that I would ever usually advertise Mrs Zero's ailments or seek to gain any sort of amusement from them, but it appears she's suffering from Labyrinthitis. How fucking cool is that?
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Octopus 99 Review Of 2007
Well, this'll be brief. Been so far up my own ass all year most things have passed me right by.I just read back over the year here at Octopus 99 & it's no fucking wonder nobody's tuning in.
Anyway. Reality Nazis Goody & O'Meara. Enjoyed that scenario a lot. Lovely to see people destroy their own careers. Although Danielle Lloyd (who actually really was the worst of the bunch), somehow seemed to get away with it completely. This is because she gets her tits out. Unfortunately for Jade & Jo, nobody wanted to see their tits. Ah, what a wonderful planet we live on. Still, good to see Gervais bringing it all up again on Extras, just in case there was any danger of people forgetting the whole thing. All in all it caused the death of Celebrity BB, which surely must be a good thing and we should all thank these nobodies for their sacrifice.
Good Movies : Die Hard 4.0, The Prestige, 3.10 To Yuma, 300.
Bad Movies : Ghost Rider - Shee-it. Premonition - Wow, somebody actually sat down and wrote this shit. Really, I recommend it just so you can see how truly awful a film can be.
I watched Love Actually for the first time just last week. I know it wasn't made in 2007 but, Fucking Hell, I really think that might've been the worst film I have ever seen. Really. Ever.
Eurovision : Serebro were robbed.
X Factor : Same Difference were robbed. Did anyone else notice how shit Leon was? I mean, you don't expect much from this programme, but Jesus.
Dr Who : Hahahaha.
TV : Dexter. Fucking hard. That Skoda ad. Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip..started so well then lost it completely. No wonder it got axed. CSI. Just always good.
Maddie : So nobody else went missing last year then. Look out for the McCanns on next year's Strictly Come Dancing.
Best Event Of 2007 : The Spice Girls comeback single failing to make the top 10. How fucking marvellous was that? And it was a charity single. Oh, how I laughed. I still get a semi just thinking about it.
Well, that'll be it, then. Happy NY to you both.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Bob & Omar
Just a few words for a couple of righteous friends / ex-work colleagues who recently passed away.
Omar Jama. I started out in TV pretty much the same time as Omar. Most of the time I worked with him he was a sound engineer, though, ambitious chancer that he was, he went on to much greater things. Member of the 1991 Madrid Seven, when we drew straws to trash a hotel room, Omar got the short one & never complained. He will be sorely missed.
Bob Ando. A great director with whom I worked with on & off at Middle Eastern Broadcasting for years. Master of bridging the awkward English/Arabic divide whilst half cut, Bob was a true old-schooler with the confidence to stay on one camera for more than three seconds.
I learned a lot from Bob, he once asked me over talkback: 'Is 30 seconds long enough to get that 40-piece band off stage...and their chairs? Because it was Bob, I said yes.
I worked my very first audience show with Bob, and, as I was fairly petrified, had the good sense to get me drunk beforehand. Just prior to addressing them he whispered 'Don't go to pieces or anything' in my ear. Thanks for that, Bob.
Bob & Omar...RIP.
Omar Jama. I started out in TV pretty much the same time as Omar. Most of the time I worked with him he was a sound engineer, though, ambitious chancer that he was, he went on to much greater things. Member of the 1991 Madrid Seven, when we drew straws to trash a hotel room, Omar got the short one & never complained. He will be sorely missed.
Bob Ando. A great director with whom I worked with on & off at Middle Eastern Broadcasting for years. Master of bridging the awkward English/Arabic divide whilst half cut, Bob was a true old-schooler with the confidence to stay on one camera for more than three seconds.
I learned a lot from Bob, he once asked me over talkback: 'Is 30 seconds long enough to get that 40-piece band off stage...and their chairs? Because it was Bob, I said yes.
I worked my very first audience show with Bob, and, as I was fairly petrified, had the good sense to get me drunk beforehand. Just prior to addressing them he whispered 'Don't go to pieces or anything' in my ear. Thanks for that, Bob.
Bob & Omar...RIP.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Top 10 Sword & Stab Films
#01 : The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (1974).
#02 : Demetrius And The Gladiators (1954). 
#03 : 300 (2006).
#04 : The Long Ships (1964).
#05 : Troy (2004).
#06 : The 300 Spartans (1962). 
#07 : Conan The Barbarian (1982).
#08 : Jason And The Argonauts (1963).
#09 : Gladiator (2000).
#10 : Up Pompeii (1971).Crikey, it's harder than you think coming up with ten Sword & Stab films. It would have been 'Sword & Sandals', but I spotted shoes in at least a couple of these timeless epics.
Tell me all the titles and win a Sack Of Christmas Shit.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Birthday Prezzes
Got some great stuff from Kek, Mrs Zero & Davider. Thanks all...El Dorado is just Genius - Mitchum's a fucking great drunk, and I love the totally misleading Race With The Devil cover. Sunday, December 09, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
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