This week I have been mainly

This week I was mostly listening to
A Plea For Purging - Depravity
A bosting lead single, a huge lead singer who has a wonderful self-depreciating sense of humour and just a huge chunky sound. Their best release to date.
Portishead - Third
After being silent for neigh on a decade the trip hop pioneers take a slightly more industrial turn on this 2008 release. It’s a nice album to chill out to when you get you fancy a break from rock, metal and hardcore.
David Crowder Band – A Collision
One of only a handful of truly creative worship bands. Chris Tomlin, Bluetree and the Glorious Unseen are the only other artists that readily spring to mind.

This week I was mainly watching
The Apprentice
It’s picking up nicely now and I have a weird admiration for the series villain. If anything the show that follows, You’re Fired, is better than the programme itself!
Sideways
Lisa had not seen it and before whacking it on ebay we gave it a watch. This was the third time I’d watched it and I still love it!
A lot of negative TV coverage against the police
TV news of the last few days has been giving a lot of coverage to Hillsborough and ever since G20 of people making claims against police brutality. Both stories show the police in a negative light and I’d like to go on record of showing my support to the boys in blue. It’s becoming increasingly hard for them to be able to carry out their job. Yes there a few idiots in the force – same goes for every profession.

This week I was mainly reading
Brochures of things to do in and around York and a lot of the gubbins that you get when you go to the places in and around York.

Other things of note from this week
Tuesday and Wednesday I went to York with Lisa. Maybe at some point I’ll go into detail as to what tickled and inspired me whilst there but for now I’ll just do a simple list of things we did and saw (so I don’t forget them!). Castle Howard, a walk around the city wall, York Minster, York Dungeons, lots of twee little shops and museums, York Art Gallery … but not The Tandoori Night, despite all the subliminal advertising.