In Conversation With Elvis Shackleton #341

Added on 22 March 2011

In the latest of their popular series of Conversation Pieces, Douglas Lindsay talks to Long Midnight Publishing Marketing Supremo, Elvis Shackleton: Elvis Shackleton: We may as well start with the news that everyone's talking about. Is it true that this is likely to be your last blog for, what some ...

Mars Spacecraft Design Unveiled

Added on 21 March 2011

In extraordinary scenes earlier today, here at Long Midnight Publishing HQ in downtown Bandar Sera Begawan, the world famous publishing company-turned space exploration mega-corporation unveiled the design for the space craft with which they intend putting two men on the surface of Mars by early 201...

The Curious Incident of The Song In The Prime Time

Added on 18 March 2011

What with having a nearly teenage daughter in the house, for the first time in almost twenty-five years I'm being forced to follow the ups and downs of the Hit Parade. (Possibly they don't call it that anymore.) Suddenly I remember that curious feeling of being annoyed when a song you don't like doe...

Man In 'Seed In Seedless Grape' Horror

Added on 17 March 2011

Details are emerging of an horrific incident in Somerset. A quiet town - where the peace is usually only ever disturbed by film and television crews, or by the shouting of drunks on the recreation ground - was this morning thrown into turmoil when reports emerged that a resident of the town had fou...

Some Random Stuff about Songwriting

Added on 16 March 2011

The UK Songwriting Contest 2011 is now open for entries. You have to pay to enter, and if you win you don't receive any money, but no doubt it's a chance worth taking. The prizes are all about exposure and the chance to breathe the same air as Simon Cowell. I've entered the last two years, because ...