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[May. 30th, 2008|03:18 pm] |
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Sorry about this abrupt update. Getting slaughtered by piles of work and poor college management right now. Completely forgot to post journals about meeting Jake Harold (of Tards fame)http://www.capspac.co.uk/ at college for instance or the adventure that was Bristol Comics con.
Still, this is a vague attempt to rectify that and prove i'm not dead. Tomorrow, the 31st of May is: No Barcodes Con, a small press con being hosted by Oli Smith and his London Underground Comics collective. The event's being held at Camden Lock market and is free entry. Details can be found here: www.londonundergroundcomics.com
The show lasts from 10-6 and has over 50 artists across several tables. I'll be flogging the final 10 copies of Fecal Depot I have left. After that there won't be a reprint until September unless I get some preorders. The tables are themed and you can find me on "the lads table" with the likes of Tales From The Flat, http://www.modernmonstrosity.moonfruit.com/ Dan Lester, http://www.monkeysmightpuke.com/ and David Baillie http://www.davidbaillie.net/
See you there!
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Tireless Hill
30/05/08 |
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| Murial painting and Fecal Depot |
[Apr. 11th, 2008|11:49 pm] |
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Murial Painting Update - First off the bat is that I've finally gotten some photos taken of the murial I did for Tokyo Otaku, Derby. The whole thing was about 3 days work back in the end of Febuary and was done as a cash upfront gig for Wil, the shops owner.
Tokyo Otaku intially specialised in Anime and Manga and then realised that selling anything from Japan and getting recognition from the Japanese embassy in London was a much better use of their time and our money. The result is a friendly store that'll get you anything from Japan (or Asia in general) if you ask nicely enough.
The murial is around A1 size in format and is smack bang next to the store enterance. They're based in the upstairs of Derby Corn Market and is right in the city centre.
Fecal Depot - At last count there's only 13 copies left from the original print run of 50 despite only going on sale 3 weeks ago. They're still available for £3 a copy by either leaving a comment here, a note through Deviant Art or emailing me at smurfuk@talk21.com
It's also on sale in selected comic shops too! Try the following places to get your copy today:
Swin City, 28 Morley Street, Swindon, SN1 1SG, 01793520300
Tokyo Otaku, Unit B7, Derby Corn Market, Derby, 07737722796
If you want one, don't delay! The odds of there being a second printing anytime soon are low (it works out at a loss to do a print run lower than 100 copies). A 100 copies would cost well over £200 pounds and would need at least 50 pre-orders to form the deposit. It'd be more feasable for me to finish issue 2 and do a print run of 75 issues. This would cost less, put 25 more comics into circulation than issue 1, break even cost wise and more importantly put a new title out onto the market.
That's all for now kids, I'm knackered!
Cheers And Lovely,
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Derbyshire Hill
12/04/08 |
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| Fecal Depot |
[Mar. 30th, 2008|03:19 pm] |
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After months of dicking about, drawing other comics, travelling and going down the pub I can proudly announce the release of Fecal Depot #1.
Containing all the solo work from 2004-2007 Fecal Depot is an odds and ends anthology of short stories in a variety of styles and subjects. Ranging from corrupt artists to corrupt editors, emo bashing to batman bashing - we've got it all. 20 pages, 11 stories in full colour A5.
All the art work has been rescanned from scratch, relettered, cleaned up and retouched. Amongst previously published pages from various small press titles are 9 pages of material never before seen in print. The initial print run is 50 copies and is on sale now at £3 a copy.
So far Fecal Depot has been described as "CRAZY-WEIRD" by Oli Lambden, writer of the Eagle nominated Comic "Tales From The Flat". A preview of the cover is here:
Fecal Depot is currently available at Swin City Comics, Swindon and through mail order. If you'd like to order a copy (or are just after more information eg: content listings) please send a note through my DA account or e-mail me at smurfuk@talk21.com for details. |
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| London Or Bust |
[Mar. 15th, 2008|12:34 pm] |
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In the build up to the UK Web Comix Thing on the 22nd I have updates on new merchandise avaliable for the show!
For the first time in three years there's a new batch of Smoking Thrills graffiti stencils produced by hand by Derby stencil artist Kaos. The first batch of these sold out years ago and i've been hounded for new ones ever since (I know the lads from "Tales From The Flat" put a couple of them to good use a few summers back). Here's a link to the stencil design:
Kaos has also provided me with a one off two tone print of the design that looks like this:
There'll be 5 stencils for sale at the Thing going at £3 each and the one off card print will be sale for £10 signed by myself and Kaos.
Smoking Thrills stickers http://aaronsmurfmurphy.deviantart.com/art/Smoking-Thrills-a-20539667 are also still avaliable at 10p a sticker and 25p for a sheet of 8.
Also remember that I'm sharing a table with webcomic Two Sides Wide so pay them a visit at their respetive websites:
TSW - www.twosideswide.com
Kat - www.blondeyetti.deviantart.com
Dave - www.davesideswide.deviantart.com
Next update - news on the upcoming comic, Fecal Depot!
Cheers and lovely,
Up A High Rent Hill
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
07/03/08 |
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| The Art f Whoring |
[Feb. 3rd, 2008|01:17 pm] |
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| | Soundgarden - Holy Water | ] |
[Cut and pasted from a post on my DA account. From now on all blog type things that I own'll get streamed into one feed.]
OK, because the convention season is kicking off in the next month or so it's time to start the annual tirade of self whoring. As previously mentioned eleswhere I'll be once again appearing as a guest at UK Web & Mini Comix Thing www.ukwebcomixthing.co.uk (now in its 5th year!).
I'm sharing a table with web comix rockstars Two Sides Wide www.twosideswide.com in an attempt to avoid paying 50 quid for a table I'm only going to use for 6 hours before fucking off back to my co-rented crap shack in Wiltshire. They're hard working and honest people which'll make for a stark contrast to my foul mouthed and abusive manner that'll no doubt bring joy to the faces of customers looking not only for comics but a sense of bohemian melodrama that's been missing from small press for some time.
Anyway, I'll have various announcments in the run up to March 22nd (keep in mind that i'll also be a guest at Chibi Con in Derby in September) about new products, surprises, give aways, sketches and selling out etc. The first of which is a new series of prints.
Last year I experimented with releasing a very small run of prints of 3 designs. They were printed on card, went for 3 quid each and did ok. This year there's 4 designs printed on A3 gloss paper (because unlike card these'll roll up which is more convinient) and go for the lower price of £2:50. Lo-res previews are up in the scraps sections and those pieces are:
The Gigs In Derby: http://aaronsmurfmurphy.deviantart.com/art/The-Gigs-In-Derby-Print-76278223
Tempus Fugitive: http://aaronsmurfmurphy.deviantart.com/art/Tempus-Fugitive-Print-76281433
Sunset Skylines: http://aaronsmurfmurphy.deviantart.com/art/Sunset-Skylines-Print-76278779
Cheated: http://aaronsmurfmurphy.deviantart.com/art/Cheated-Print-76278406
All prints have been rescanned at high res with new colour levels, more accurate to the original pieces as well as being retouched where necessary. They all came back from the printers a week ago and if anyone wants one before the Thing show on the 22nd then e-mail or note me.
Cheers and lovely,
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Hill With Posters
02/02/08 |
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| The Week Of "What The Fuck" In Comics |
[Aug. 17th, 2007|10:04 am] |
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OK, so I go to Caption and that turns out to be the mutts nuts with a cheap bar thrown in amongst all the comics and creator types.
I get back and the entire industry has gone bat shit on itself. For instance:
Ian Gibson has quit 2000ad mid run through a story because like the rest of readers he's decided the scripts were shit and devoid of anything interesting. The guy's a fucking legend in British comics but it's clear from his recently poor art that he wasn't enjoying what he was being paid to do. He's down on the record about this (and why new comics are shit apparentlly)
Turns out if you make comics for Image it's your job to design and fund your promotional material (turns out there internal staff is something in the region of 8) I can't work out if such responsibilty is a blessing or burden but it shows that even major publishers can't afford to spunk money on advertising.
Time Warner (who own DC comics) sold their books division to a French arms munufactuer a while ago. Do warner books actually incorporate DC comics? If so that's slightly concerning.
The guy who does Dr McNinja is now a pro and dropped his day job purely through merchandise sales. Interesting way for a comics artist to make a living as he's not actually getting paid to draw. He's getting paid to print t-shirts.
Glen tells me Mike McMahon is going to Brum Con 2. Frankly, that's me down already. I'd been holding off Brum con due to lack of finance and having no art to sell but fuck it - a buncha small press mates had been pestering me anyway so this seals it. Still, if you're reading - cheers Glen for the heads up man.
I'm off to Nottingham in my Phonogram shirt.
Cheers and lovely,
Up A Mackworth Hill
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
17/08/07 |
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| B Sides And Feaces |
[Aug. 2nd, 2007|11:01 am] |
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| | Kingmaker - Ten Years Asleep | ] |
Yesterday was fuckin' awful. Second day in a row that I failed to the see the Simpsons film after walking from Mackworth all the way out to the Odeon at the Meteor centre losing a fiver and my glasses in the process and paying out 50 quid for replacements on top of getting no work done.
Still, atleast I scored Cud's re-releases of When In Rome, Kill Me and Asquarius (which along with the free 22 track Dot To Dot festival disc I was given and the Lonelady, Nine Black Alps, Supergrass and Death In Vegas singles I got on the cheap) will sustain me. I need to get back home and crack open the cardboard boxes all my cd's are in and actually burn my copy of Dogs : Tall Stories From Under The Table and the b sides to a laptop. That and the Simian Mobile Disco promo I found.
Actually man, as i'm already spunking time on typing about random bands anyway (an act me and Lovely Lovely James were discussing a day or two ago as borderline pretention - it is) I have to plug/spam/declare/whore/sellout this blogspot account some random bloke with a box for a head runs:
http://becausemidwaystillarentcomingback.blogspot.com/
The owner uses his spare time to remind people of bands that nearly made it, gigged at your local pub, disappeared and got their catalogues deleted so you won't find them in HMV and end up paying silly fucker prices from some pretentious cunt over Ebay who deems band worthiness by what the NME said about them 15 years ago.
Instead this bloke just puts up mp3's transferred from rapidly deteriorating piles of vinyl and offers them out for free along with a band history, how he scored the vinyl in question and what happened to the bands after it all went tits up. In honesty half of what's up there is anorak late 80's shite or even worse - Teenage Fucking Fanclub. The other half however is braindead simple and gloriously mediocre indie-rock and pop-punk. Bands he's listed that're well worth trying are:
Midway Still
Sugar Rays
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Sensless Things
Kingmaker
Ride (Actually this one's a tough call as my mate John has pointed out that Ride were a Shoe Gazing band. Frankly, shoegazing is just middle class emo with feedback and distortion. Actually, forget Ride.)
Right, sod all this name checking of dead bands that no one but me, vinyl collecting scum and balding late 30 somethings remember. I've got to get some lunch and comics done...
Next week:- Men who actively fecalate onto their own open doorsteps infront of a gawping and slightly arroused hard on stroking male audience who lear out of parked car windows on Lyttelton Street, Mackworth.
I swear it's true, would I lie to you people?
Up A Derby Hill
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
02/09/07 |
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| Gone (On A Working Holiday) |
[May. 29th, 2007|04:27 pm] |
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| | Kingmaker - Eat Yourself Whole | ] |
I am in an internet cafe in Valencia, Spain. In a cafe called Ono that´s on a street corner. The corner of Cale San Vincente Martir and Calle Linterna
This is a working holiday.
Cheers And Lovely,
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Spanish Coast Hill |
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[May. 20th, 2007|12:38 am] |
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1: Go to Avesbury in the name of education. Do so wearing a bright orange suited jacket that's a size or ten too big for you topped off with a pagan ritual bandana strapped around your head as you chase after lambs and sheep in all shapes and sizes. To avoid any hassle from anything resembling authority leave your lecturer in the nearest pub, with a bit of luck the bastard'll drink himself stupid.
Spend remaining time taking photo's while friends muck about in tree's and play ska punk versions of old Procalimers songs for 4 hours. Suspect everything you see as being a plotline in The Wicker Man.
2: Get involved with the local music scene by drawing album covers for roughly decent money that doesn't turn up. Agree terms in a semi-professional radio station operating in the roof of a church between on-air takes. If possible play with the technology avaliable and get a song you like played.
3: Find any and all chances to muck about in Queens Park when the weathers not fucking everyone about faster than a moodswing on a manic depressant. Discover that the snack hut is peddling Sainsbury's pastries at an inflated price on their day of expiration and that the only ice cream flavour is Strawberry. Remember to punch staff in the throat next time.
4: Realise you have no money and are painfully overdrawn. Coincedentally so is everyone else you know which leads into a rise of thefts from the college art supplies room. Get rumbled, get reminded that you haven't paid a 150 pound studio fee and get the fuck out of the country.
5: Book flight tickets and fly away in the general direction of: away.
Cheers And Lovely,
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Wiltshire Hill
20/05/07 |
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| Damnation |
[Apr. 14th, 2007|01:10 am] |
I swear I don't remember this and stand by the excuse that this was easily two years ago.
And I drank back then.
Drank a LOT.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Probably Needing Therapy Now On The Hill
14/04/07 |
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[Mar. 30th, 2007|11:41 pm] |
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| | Senseless Things - You Will Never Know Why | ] |
I have landed back in Derbyshire. It was ride that involved traffic jams, two car crashes and a stint at self endurance in a Little Chef (a restuarant chain that fucking DARES you to digest their meals successfully). Within five minutes I had demands for comics to be handed over to siblings, phone calls from aunties, offers of deathmatches and drinking sessions from coisins and family friends clawing at rogue parents to join them on a drinking session. The most stunning revelation though was that my grandad has been moved into an upmarket carehome this week where he has since proceeded to go after widows with avengence by way of chatting them up, holding their hands, sneaking with them into their rooms and at one point marching into one womans room with his trousers around his ankles.
If I'm half as infamous and crippled by alzheimers as he is by the time I'm his age then I'll be happy.
The last weeks in Wiltshire had me in London twice which was a laugh. In fact I'll havee something about those trips on my DA account in the next day or two. I have a stack of e-mails to be sorting out that I've just left dangling. I also realise several work commitments have not been met which is shit on my part as it makes me look unreliable and a fuck up. So the next two weeks will be fixing that up.
Turbines to speed.
Atomic Dustbins engaged.
Two legged grove machine primed.
Nuclear Holiday launched.
Cheers and Lovely.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Hill
31/03/07 |
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| Disimiliar Familiar |
[Mar. 16th, 2007|12:38 am] |
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| | Midway Still - A Day In The Life Of A Showgirl | ] |
...And it went roughly like this...
I arrived in Derbyshire for two weeks of time killing, coke swilling and artwork shilling events. What actually happened was that I kept surprising people who genuinely thought I was dead, under mental care, out of town or out of the country. Some had even forgotten my appearence to the point that I had to remove my hat and broken glasses for them to recognise me. This happened twice and actually sort of ammused me (Aaron Murphy, half arsed master of disguise - foul mouthed vigilante).
About a week in Belper and I'd gotten through the various kick backs, financial well wishers fivers and petty cash that I could initially get my hands on. and had eaten my way through all of the edible food I could find in the kitchen without using any great deal of effort. I'd covered the floor of my room with research and deadline notices using clunky and wired up electrical devices to create a joint fire hazzard/paper weight system to keep track of it all.
In that week I did about 5-6 pieces of work ranging from shit to ticking boxes and did'nt care much at all. Hanging around with Becky helped me figure out what to draw next as preperations were made for the t-shirt assault. Mostly though we just fucked around and made tie dye t-shirts whilst shitting all over crap films we'd seen since new years.
After that I was bored shitless and was running out of things to terrorise and frustrate. Cramming an A2 portfolio with paper, a branch of partners worth of pens and some underwear I headed for Hull to hassle Kate, Sam and Gibb. The 3 days ended with me getting my collective shit kicked out of me at Capcom Vs SNK by a former Trocadero player, disturbing Gibb, buying unessecary ammounts of fruit and finally having to run out of a restaurant after leaving my soiled underwear on the dinner table - phone number attached. There may hve been copious ammounts of swearing, bacon sandwiches, misuse of others property and train swapping involved.
Since then I crashed back in Swindon where my good mood lasted a week before missing the gig I'd spent 50 quid on trying to get to, being fucked around by college, given utterly fuck useless advice from lecturers and losing sleep to the soundtrack of housemates inadequete fucking skills. Frankly I haven't improved in anyway - just spent alot of money to kill a lot of time.
Currently I'm preparing to head to London in an attempt to score money from fan boys, wear a suit and offend fan girls with my general lack of manners, decency and total lack of interest in their poorly written fanfic projects, slash fiction, sexual desire of fictional chracters and any other aspects that emcompass their turdy culture.
Cheers, Lovely and goodnight.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Wiltshire Hill
16/03/07 |
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| Travelling |
[Feb. 13th, 2007|03:15 pm] |
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| | SoulWax - Much Against Everyones Advice | ] |
Have left Swindon with various art supplies, t-shirt production gear and a foul mood. Swindon based friends and housemates can expect to find me in two weeks draped in newly printed t-shirts, prints, soiled fivers and used underwear on their doorsteps with an unsettling smily and a semi.
The next two weeks are being spent between Derby and Hull, in pubs and clubs while I calm the fuck down and draw artwork with an actual purpose to it beyond being deemed "a great idea we had" by college lecturers. One more fucking project about idea's generation or coming up with "whacky" or "crazy" drawings for "weird" and "just as whacky" sayings and I might call it a day. I want to learn how to draw comics and be a comics artist, not piss around with projects best left to the induction week wednesday afternoon project.
Also, I figured I could do with detatching from the college and comics mindset while I check up on friends and family (drinking with cousins in the Dead Poets at Holbrook was a chill out session if ever there was one). I get too bored too easily and am swamped in unread comics, unwatched films and unplayed games that I simply need a clean slate. My general conduct and behaviour towards people hasn't been what I expect of myself either (Never really given a fuck about what others think of me but I do have an ideal perception of who I want to be and how I should act to achieve that).
Finally, tune into my DA account right now for a guide on how to make giant A2 comics in one night that'll disapoint your lectueres, upset your family and confuse co-workers and friends). There'll also be some new Anti-Valetines day propaganda aswell tommorow.
Oh yeah... Smokng Thrills is back
This one could get commercial...
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
On A Derbyshire Hill
13/02/07 |
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[Jan. 27th, 2007|12:14 am] |
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| | Basskniv3s - Come On You Motherfuckers | ] |
Multiple Journal updates today (there's vaguely big news over on my DA account)
Turns out I scored a ticket to the Four 4 Wiz gig in March, Islington Academy, London. The tragic death of Wiz, lead singer of Mega City Four has lead to a tribute gig in his honour. The line up is great: The remainder of MC4, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Mark Keds of the Sensless Things, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine and Reuben plus more. I've genuinely been jumping around the fucking house and pestering housemates about it, totally out of the blue line up and all within in reach of Swindon. Come March 4th I'm pulling on my First Of Too Many t-shirt and'll have a right great time. Dandy.
Other schemes and tricks right now include finally slapping Derby College photo's onto my bedsit wall, (Wiggles, Kylie, Kerri and Emma, you're all up and accounted for), getting slowly through a stockpile of comics ranging from The Tick to late 80's political comics, preparing project fuck up with Becky (clothing, but not like your mates wear) and ultimately more travelling.
In the next few weeks there's also travelling. John's suggested I go raving in Norwich at some point, Derby's callin', Kate and Sam and Gibb need to see more of me apparentally and frankly Swindons getting standard. Love the town to bits but I can never be in one places for weeks on end.
For those who haven't seen it yet, here's and artists impression of what happened when I hit 20
A hat, a pair of simple glasses and a twiddly beard. Shitmittens...
Cheeers and lovely
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
On A Wiltshire Hill
27/01/07 |
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| Death Watch |
[Jan. 12th, 2007|12:27 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Flexible Head | ] |
Within a month Wiz of Mega City Four has died as well as Robert Anton Wilson. Wiz may have been labelled unfairly as the lead singer of a 6th form band who struck lucky but their tunes did it for me, even catching up 18 years too late from the first album. Anyone with the will and the tech should find their first album Tranzphobia for some poppy care free punk.
Robert Anton Wilson died yesterday of long term illness. He was a novelist but more importantly an occult reporter, writing the essentially unbiased and agnostically styled Cosmic Trigger series of books amongst others. Alan Martin got me into his work and Wilsons fair and even words help me to gather information on the 23 numerology concept that I and some friends follow (going as far as to tattoo it on myself). He also touched on subjects ranging from satire religions like Discordianism or Church Of The Sub-Genius to the theories of reprograming your brain with LSD or communication with other beings, at all times never forcing a reader interpret this information in one way.
On happy terms I'm back in Swindon and just starting to catch up with threads I've left hanging. If I owe you e-mails and the like then in the next week or so it'll get sorted. Christmas was a decent enough situation and the pub exploits were good, the seeing friends great and the exploits greaters.
Also I scored a bright orange T-Shirt with SALE written on it. I figured that if everyone must dress as a billboard and pledge allegience to the brand then we are the ultimate commodity to be sold and bought. So that's why I'm wearing a T-Shirt with SALE written on it, the clothes shop who gave it me did'nt see the humour in me getting a t-shirt with SALE written on it for free. Any one with a sense of humour should try doing this by lying it's for a college project on consumer marketing. Those last two words are known to send floor mangers of chain stores into a fever fucking fest as they scramble around to accomodate your every need if they think there'll be a level of whoring out to be gained from it.
Ha ha hah.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
On A Wiltshire Hill
12/01/07 |
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| The As Ever Delayed And Relayed Broadcast |
[Dec. 20th, 2006|12:58 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | On The Hill | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Pop Will Eat Itself - Preaching To The Perverted | ] |
Because I'm half arsed in all my communicating efforts right now I completely forgot to mention that I'm back in Derbyshire. Some people figured this one out when I turned up in the George and started drawing on the coasters on request. Doodles included a giant bear, a fairy, a Cat Nurse and an alcholic penguin. A hedgehog may have snuck in there somewhere too...
I've missed Derbyshire pubs.
Tributes, news, threats, requests aswell as sexual favours and flavours to the usual Derbyshire based contacts paleez.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Resting On The Hill
20/12/06 |
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| Wise Up Suckers. |
[Nov. 21st, 2006|06:28 pm] |
Back.
Broadcasting live from Swindon on a permanent fixture. A 90 foot ethernet lead, a budget router, a free cable modem and some help from the Man From NTL.
Wise Up Suckers.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
On A Wiltshire Hill
21/11/06 |
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| Slack Time |
[Oct. 25th, 2006|02:33 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Kasabian - Sun Rise Light Flies | ] |
Entry name stolen from a song of the same name by Cud, a cheese tastic funk and indie pop who recently re-formed. Speaking of re-formed, Pop Will Eat Itself has essentially re-formed too (members are missing here and there) as the Vile Evils who're the playing The Vic in Derby next week which is dandy as I got a ticket. Below's a link to Wise Up Sucker, a track by PWEI. Grade A cheese that's acid, dance, pop, hair metal and low level hip hop all at once. Basically I like it because it's an utter fucking road accident in taste.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQeaCDEXtiE
Other news, I'm back in Derbyshire for a couple of weeks (namely birthday celebrating but also to save on cash and change) which means slightly more constant net access. The house in Swindon has no phone line and no internet connection although we are in an NTL cable area. My housemate Elizabeth's attempt at stealing access from nearby wireless users has also proved fruitless (turns out people have a moral objection to students stealing paid services from them).
Still, between trips down the various Swindon pubs I find, making friends, swarming the local comics shop and defrauding local charity shops things are just too busy to bother getting a regular net account. To be honest it's gotten to the point where I use any net connections I find to stay in touch with people rather than get actual work or research done.
Again, something people (in this case college) have taken an objection too.
It also occured to me a couple of nights ago after going down The Dead Poets wih my Dad and during a good hard shit that I'm now 20, In no way a teenager. For a brief serious moment I considered what this meant morally, philosophically and financially and I concluded:
Morally - I should'nt have such a surprised look on my face when I have sex now.
Philosophically - I'm roughly a 1/4 of the way through a mans average life span. I should thus value things more and generally work harder on things I want (but mum'll still make my tea).
Financially - From here on in all the presents are shit, every birthday and every christmas. Some twat'll now buy me a shower kit/pair of socks/tie/calender without fail every year now.
Cheers and Lovely,
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
On The Original Hill
25/10/06 |
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| Steve Irwin, RIP |
[Sep. 4th, 2006|05:35 pm] |
The worlds craziest animal pestering dare devil bought the farm after getting a stabbing from a stingray barb. The BBC quickly reported the following.
Crikey.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
Up A Hill, Cursing Stingray
04/09/06 |
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| My Pre-Occupation |
[Aug. 28th, 2006|12:01 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | On The Hill | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Wildhearts - Red Light Green Light | ] |
Mornin',
Just to state the obvious and update in general I got back from Holiday 2 weeks ago. It was a decent trip with one hilarious outburst that saw my sister carted off by bouncers and sent home a day early on a National Express coach. Fantastic. I wrote a massive rant fest about the whole thing on my laptop in the second hotel the family stayed at but could'nt be bothered to load it up, it's probably still archived in a folder somewhere. On the positive side there's a shit load of updates and photo's dumped into my Ringo account that's being kept here: http://www.ringo.com/explore/member.html?memberId=136028420
Other than that I spent my time flirting with receptionists (with unexpected results), walking everywhere and anywhere, picking up random CD's in Poole whilst talkig about Tank Girl tattoo's with a girl in Paradox comics and generally bothering the staff of The Video Games Centre in Winton. I also found a replacement customised German Army shirt which is dandy as I've nearly worn the other one through.
I'm starting to pick up the pace with the art again after drawing nothing but the odd sketch for a solid month. My books are full for the rest of the year with the odd job a paid one which is nice. This is coming in handy for trips down the pub (and one sub standard night in Derby last weekend), paying off debts, getting my sister a present for her birthday and hopefuly seeing Snakes On A Plane with Wiggles and Kylie.
Since then I've just been sorting my move to Swindon next weekend. My mate Glen moves in on the 11th and we both start the course on the 18th giving us week to find a pub and call it home. There's no modem or TV in the house unless the other 3 housemates we haven't met yet have beat us to it. Frankly I'm just bored of killing time, burning money and unintentionally winding mates up in the process - I just wanna go and hassle Wiltshire.
Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
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