The Quarterback Song

Added on 10 October 2008

Have been working on a few songs with the intention of going into the recording studio at the beginning of next year with my friend and fellow band member, Richard. We don’t have a name yet, we don’t have a record label, we don’t have a producer, but we have some songs, and we can ...

Bloodied, Broken And Everything Else

Added on 09 October 2008

There’s a scene in The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson where there is a large queue of customers, none of whom wish Barney to cut their hair, and they all sit and shake their heads as he desperately tries to get one of them to acquiesce. It’s a slight exaggeration of a scene I witnessed ...

The Da Vinci Stoat

Added on 08 October 2008

Found this picture whilst trawling through the web yesterday. It's from Thomas Rowlandson's early 19th century The English Dance of Death. I'd love to make this the cover of a Barney Thomson book, because it's almost appropriate. But it would also be completely wrong. Just couldn'...

Long Midnight Cover Suggestions 1-4

Added on 07 October 2008

This weekend I received the artwork for the reprint of The Long Barney Thomson. Four covers to choose from. I never gave the designer any direction, and she hasn’t read the book. (Since she doesn’t read English, and the Polish translation of the Barney Thomson series is still severa...

A Matter Of Time

Added on 04 October 2008

Got sucked into shopping last night. It happens sometimes, doesn't it? You're out with your wife, and before you go for dinner, you accept that there are a couple of things you need to buy. You're a man, you think, we'll go into a shop and we'll buy what we need. However, you've forgotten one fundam...