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moving 'ouse As you may well have noticed, Andrew Casey Dot Co Dot UK is up, and jogging at a fairly leisurely pace. I think it's far to say there will be changes. Hopefully soon.

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the end of andrewcaseyworld? As you may well have noticed by now, the freeserve-hosted sections of this site are no longer around. My entire freeserve account, email and all, seems to have been deleted. It's a shame but it had to happen, in fact it was bound to happen ever since broadband presented itself to me here at Eagle Terrace. Since the last post I've started to send off the first of the

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site down Well, it would appear that my freeserve account has completely gone. I've not been able to access my emails for a couple of months now and now the rest of this site has gone down. So the internal links on the left-hand side won't now work. There's not much I can do, really, aside from continue this page for the time being. I doubt very much that this is the last website I'll ever do but

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some shooting star Okay, it's been a while. Finished one of the big two screenplays. That's ready to go now. Oh, hang on, I need to think of a disease and maybe change some song lyrics. But it's practically ready. So that's good. As far as songs go, well, yes, I may well return to these at some point soon. I've got a much needed block of time off next month so maybe something could be achieved

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blah blah cafe Spent the majority of the weekend trying to come up with ideas for a new screenplay. I already have the title and the jist of what is going to happen. It's a action-adventure-comedy. Sort of. And I have the main characters and a few scenes roughly mapped out. I'm optimistic about how it would go if I could only come up with a proper plot. May well cannibalise some old script ideas

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do you believe that? Finished the screenplay. Still need to do some tidying up but I've actually finished it. And that's the sixth one.

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place i want to be Over 50 pages of the screenplay is done now. All planned out. I'm well aware that I'm gonna have to go back over a lot of it before I'm happy with it to any significant degree. This first pass, as it were, is more just laying out the bones. I'll need to flesh it out a fair bit. Very pleased with the speed of the writing though - on Monday morning I was on page 10.

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cowboys and indians I now have a second screenplay idea on the go, centering around the theme of revenge. Hopefully this will turn into an action-adventure-comedy, something I've been intending to write for a while. May in fact cannibalise some of the other failed screenplay ideas I've had in that genre. I've also asked mr anthony morrison for help with the story.

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EURO 2004! Cannae wait!

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movin' on Structure of Act One of this new screenplay I've been planning is finished. I've put together six pages of notes so far and was getting nowhere with the first act up until today - I'd actually thought there were two huge holes in it and was trying to think up some new stuff for the main character to do that wouldn't seem like add-ons. However, it appears all I needed to do was start

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Michael Joyce RIP Michael

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'tis Mr James Casey's Day Of Birth Happy Birthday James!

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all things must pass I've reluctantly come to the realisation that I'm never going to be a good enough singer to be able to 'make it' as it were, with the songs I am writing. Unfortunately, this means I've decided to stop writing and producing songs, and have abandoned this path, probably permanently. I say probably because I don't know what'll happen in the future. But for now the music thing is

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goodbye to delays Hooray! This weekend I've recorded four new songs! I was about to put completely recorded but I may change the lead guitar on one song and put some lead in on another. But I'm really happy with them. I've managed to make much more of the drum loops on the program I use and also I've noticed a much more bluesey feel to the stuff I've done - particularly the two keyboard-based

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lost the jazz Sunday did not go well and I've had to shelve the song I'd hoped to be working on. This was because every single way I approached it, it still sounded poor and un-original. Have come up with a new song fragment just now though, so maybe it's not all bad.

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got the jazz Quite happy at the moment - got a buzz from finishing the song I've been working on for most of today. Because it is totally brand new, that means I have six songs ready to record and thirteen songs in total in this second batch. Hopefully I'll be able to finish another song tomorrow.

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on their feet Set myself the task of writing a new song, lyrics and all this weekend. That may not seem too difficult in itself but the song I intended to write (well, complete, as I'd already come up with the main riff) is one of the more difficult of the list of twelve song fragments I've been working from. However, keyboard magic has struck again as I have come up with a completely new song

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radiohead Just been watching a short programme on them on MTeev. Radiohead do two things to me in relation to my writing songs. Firstly, they make me think it's possible to create incredible music. They inspire me, in short. They have written some incredible stuff and I think how amazing it would be to affect people in the way their music affects me. Secondly, they make me think what's the point

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there is that Trying to keep to the schedule tonight which means I have to finish off the melody for a new song by the end of the evening. I've tried combining it with another fragment of song I couldn't seem to turn into anything beforehand and it seems to be working well. Also writing some lyrics which I'm fairly happy with so far, and lyrics have been the main problem of late.

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no I don't want to try gmail you spoon Feel the magic, hear the roar. I have a rash on my thighs from running. Finished the lyrics for song three of the magic twelve this morning at work and I'm happy with them. Moving away from internal monologues which I've done too many of over the years.

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we can't explain By tonight I shall have written two new songs completely. The first I finished before the weekend and the second is nearly done. The trouble with the second is that it sounds good both on electric piano and the guitar - but it'd be two different versions. I'd like it to be recorded on the former but playing it on the acoustic, it's sounding really good on that. Maybe I'll record

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further I am away I've now got a list of about ten songs in various stages of development. Ten new songs, that is, so once these are all finished I'll have twenty-one. I'm working through them one by one and aiming to have written fully three songs by the end of next week, before I'm off to Brighton with The Lads. Maybe I'll have recorded a couple. Two need minimal work, the rest are really just

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exasperation Why is it everything I come up with at the moment sounds like something else? Particularly stuff wher I think I'm being clever by using obscure chords. Some work on Stop cooking my chips, just sounds stuff with the electric. Then back to doodling with the keyboard and acoustic, coming up with (predictably) nothing of immediate use. Maybe I can fit all these little odd bits together

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paper My recent, haphazard, set-no-deadlines appraoch to writing new stuff doesn't seem to have worked. All it's achieved is the start or the riff for four-five different songs. Every single time I get a good idea it seems to be the case that I make a note of it, play it a few times, then move on. I don't seem to try and make it into a song. So now I'm going to head off on a different tack. I'm

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dusty keyboard Seem to be making headway in terms of both music and scripts. I've come up with a few more song ideas though one of them may possibly be a Counting Crows song - need to check that out when I can be bothered. I'm currently developing an idea for a thriller screenplay. The ideas I'd come up with previously had all been comedy ideas and that wasn't something I wanted to do next. Also

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sixty mm Just back from seeing 'The Passion Of The Christ'. Very good film I thought. And still do. I think it'd be worthwhile to see whoever you are and I have to say I cannot understand where the anti-semetism argument comes from. Am very much in cinema mode. It's been a while since I last was. Developing a screenplay idea at present that I am very much looking forward to writing. That side of

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full chord indicator Well, last week I recorded a simple acoustic guitar and vocals song. Had hoped to record a piano-based track but can't come up with a vocal melody at present. Howeve, on the way back here this afternoon I started to hum a simple child-like melody that I played about with on the keyboards and have come up with some cute bits. It sounds like a song. Hopefully I can record that

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we are essentially in limbo Trying to find something to kick start me. Am still coming up with song ideas and some are good but I'm realy just waiting to record my six tracks and then I can move on. Should be doing more, including researching and planning a new screenplay. Trouble is, I have a few ideas but none of them are particularly great.

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new site up Well here it is, the fruit of my labours. I'm pleased with it. And hoping I don't get bored with it too soon. Nice to have Liam and Ant come up to visit me this weekend.

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hoorah and huzzah The redesign goeth well. Due to the fact my brother refused to do it for me, I have worked out how to change the blogger code to fit with my new design. Hopefully the new site should be up and also jogging at a brisk pace by the end of the weekend. That does involve me being arsed though.

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in need of orange juice Today has been a good day. I feel very creative again. Have written one song and am writing another with a third nearby. Also am gestating a screenplay idea. Could be one I actually start to research. Lordy.

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community service Just a brief update to say what I'm currently working on. Well, I've finished rewriting the two screenplays and they're now with my brother. I've also completed eleven songs and will soon be going to record six of them at my cousin's studio. I'm writing a new screenplay at work. The site redesign is going well - by that I mean I've done all the relatively easy stuff. I have to

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yeah! Radiohead win best video and best album at the NME awards. THANK-you. Nice to see someone's listening to music. It happened just down the road at the Hammersmith Palais as well.

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moving along More or less finished the rewrite of the second screenplay. It's down from 119 pages to 114 which can only be described by me as a good thing. I've changed a lot and have to possibly change one more thing before it's finished, but I'll wait for Anthony's advice before making that decision. I have to say the rewrites have gone well this time around. Only taking a week each.

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rant This has already been posted on my brother's site and I don't normally comment on this sort of thing here but I have to say, this guy is a Grade A spoon.

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e-mac interlude Done two thirds of the script. It's going well, though two major plot problems have manifested themselves right smack in my fizz-ace. Shouldn't be a major issue and in fact it's quite nice to have some problems to solve. Hopefully I should get the whole thing done by the weekend. Then I can grab out my 'boards and see what tunes I can come up with. It'll be quite interesting what

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way out on the rim Well I've done about a third of the script so far and this rewrite is proving to be the most extensive of the lot. The opening sequence has been completely changed, as has various character relationships. I need to make this script very different from the last draft - too much of it is just there for no real reason. Should use it as a reference point and move on.

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be a part of it Rewrites on my second screenplay to be rewritten, have commenced. Think thisn one will actually require more work as I feel the need to change a fair bit of it. Certainly shorten it. At close to 120 pages I think it's definitely overweight. Also the redesign of the site is a lot closer to completion. Some tweaking needs to be done but I'm definitely happy the way this new version

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heard it before? The New Musical Express is the only music magazine, online or otherwise, endorsed by Mr Andrew Casey.

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it's official The redesign for Andrew Casey World has begun. Not really sure how it's going to pan out, to be honest. Originally I just thought of a brief makeover but now it looks like I'm going to have to completely re-do the html, which maybe is a good thing. And I'm having to do it all myself. It's a pain but it may well mean that the site will be completely and utterlty 'new'. I have a few

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that right Thanks to some wonderful readers the comments page has been updated.

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spend the weekends tryin'a get closer More or less finished the rewrites for the first of the two scripts. Need to do a couple more things but the whole process, from taking notes to rewriting, has taken two days. That is surely a good sign. I do need to work on the description and try and shorten it wherever I can. That may take a couple of days. Still, I should certainly have finished rewriting

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gratuitous use of the word 'fridge' Trying to maintain the pace of the last couple of weeks I've now just finished going through the first of my two scripts that I need to rewrite. I haven't completely resolved everything, I need to change the start and there are six other pages on which there are issues I need to sort out but I'm pleased it hasn't taken me long to get through. Hopefully I should

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wind Tonight I finished my eleventh song and now have recorded an Audio CD for my cousin to listen to. It's a definite step taken forward. Hooray.

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nearly done There are good days, you know.

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come on and break the door down Not a hugely productive weekend, but I've just recorded the bass line for my latest song. It's quite different from the mainly guitar-driven stuff I've done before so it's pleasing to be able to play something new. This will be song number 11 that I'll have recorded, on my own, here on my PC. I'm hopefully going to put them onto a CD and send them to my cousin for

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one eye heavier than the other Acted and recorded tonight. My diary is working a real treat - setting myself daily goals and doing them; and better tonight, did one of tuesday's goals as well. Music coming along nicely - it's amazing how a new vocal can change your perspective on a song. I now have nine songs fully recorded in demo form, and hopefully will have two more done within the next week

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out wit' old I shall be back home tomorrow, going straight from work so I shan't be posting here until 2004. So I just wanted to say Happy New Year to everybody out there. Have fun and I'll see you next year.

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plenty left to see in 2003 Well we're near the end of the year and things seem to be going well on the music front. I got a pocket personal organiser for Christmas and I reckon it will help me a treat in terms of setting deadlines for myself, something which helps me a lot, I've found. That's the trouble with doing something off your own back, you're your own boss and I let myself get away with

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cuspian sea Well the end of the year will be around in a couple of weeks time. I don't plan on doing a great 'Well this year has been' etc etc. But I'm definitely looking forward to next year. It'll be good when it's finally 2004. Had hoped to record a new song this week but it is proving difficult to finish. Can't get the vocals right and the lyrics are nowhere at the moment. Feel as if there's

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whilst I'm here I have to say I'm not entirely happy with the site. I think it needs to be smaller. And restructured in some way. Though this may be down to the fact that I get very bored very easily and want to tinker. Minimalism is how I'm thinking right now.

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i'm feeling lucky I was going to post about how that 'most popular on the web' post was defunct because I'd checked on Google recently and I was down to fourth on the list. But I checked again before posting today and I'm back to number 1!

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four and a half pence I have a very good idea for another song but I need a bridge otherwise it's just going to have exactly the same structure as another song I wrote and recorded some time ago. Structure is not normally a huge problem but it's rearing its hed right now.

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productivity thy name is pungcake Recorded the song I wrote yesterday. It's almost exactly the sort of song I was looking to do. Simple, bittersweet, acoustic and short, just over three minutes. I now have seven songs of my own recorded. Three more before the new year hopefully. I have one already written, which is also acoustic, but darker and longer. Got a script back from my brother and was

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kick start your year with mr a casey Productive day today, strangely. Strangely, because I didn't get up until mid-day, had one meal all day and hardly drunk anything. I'm feeling dry and maybe a little inebrieated, but this is of little consequence, because I have recorded one song (not completely happy with it, but that ain't the point) and at the current time am writing another. The first song

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new woffy As from next Monday, I am working an hour less each day. This is so I can come home and work on scripts and music. My birthday has really kicked me into gear and I have a greater degree of motivation than before. Hope it lasts.

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I saw Radiohead last night Last night I went to see The World's Best Band, namely Radiohead play at Earl's Court, London. In reality, this was my first ever gig. And it was awesome. Maybe I'd say that anyway as I love this band, but it truly was amazing. Seeing them live - the songs were just 100 times better. Everything they did was incredible. The way they did songs differently live - songs

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ego trip It's official - I am the most popular Andrew Casey on the web.

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derangez Back from a few days in France and I am pleased to report that both scripts have been re-written. I may well start working on a new idea (well, an old idea that I haven't done any work on) but then again I may make music the priority for a while.

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detour 360 Rewrites of Are you listening? going very well. Just a few more things to change and then it'll be finished. Hopefully both scripts will be finished in a few weeks time. Don't know why I've managed to get back working on them again.

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i am here, this is happening Part way into the first writing period of the day. I could pretend there'll be three, but I'm not that disciplined and I tend to write until I have reached saturation point and can't possibly write another thing. Some good stuff done today; about the same, I think, as the stuff I produced yesterday after I'd had about three cans of beer - getting back into the swing

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quick steps to balance your transfer This weekend has been spent in company of my very good friends mr l kimble and mr morrison and so any work on scripts or music had to take a back seat. However, I have just spent the last hour or so re-recording vocals (to add more presence) to the two songs I recorded last week. I am very pleased with both of them, especially the second, more rock-type song,

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yeah, definitely a magician Working on two new songs now. Every time I start to write a new song a while after doing older stuff it makes me feel like I'm getting back to basics, evolving as a musician and as a songwriter. I am all too aware, however, that at some point I am going to have to put serious practice in on the guitar and piano because I feel like I'm just going to end up coming up

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618103131876937974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181692.post-1064210124531648482003-09-22T05:52:00.000Z2003-09-22T05:55:23.913Z

can't get you off my hair Been back from Ireland for a week now and over the past weekend I took possession of a laptop that should prove to be very useful indeed - both for music and writing. Got some vey positive feedback concerning the former from my cousin who has just completed a commercial music degree. Hopefully the laptop will help me push forward with both writing scripts and recording

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618103131876937974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181692.post-1062230299210339352003-08-30T07:58:00.000Z2003-08-30T07:58:32.080Z

begorrah Well, it's time for another holiday folks. I'm off to Ireland with my best mates Johnsey and Kevin. My other best mates Liam and Anthony will join us there after a week. Myself and mr blake recorded a demo EP last night, and it sounds great. Really very confidence building and generally invoking pride. We could well be very good at this.

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nothing left to see Tried to record another song tonight but due to alcohol and general having to rushness I abandoned it. Need to work on it for a couple of days before I can put the finishing touches to it.

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8208 Good morning everyone. My throat cleared up enough for me to record a song last night.

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husky voice? Sore throat which is throwing a spanner in the getting stuff recorded works. Had hoped to get a couple of demos done by the weekend but now looks as if it isn't going to happen. It's too hot to stay in my room anyway.

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work finally becomes useful Well, I finally have work internet access. Still don't know how much I can use it, so this will be a brief but highly enjoyable update. I'm mainly working on songs with Carl at present, though when I get my laptop (hint hint mr dane ;-)) I plan to start back re-writing the two scripts. This will be extremely difficult but hugely satisfying once I can get it done. It

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after all Finally feel okay to post here again - it's been a rough time and will continue to be for a long while - in fact things will never really be the same again for me or for my closest friends. One of my best friends, the guy I went out to visit in Thailand, died a week after I got back. His memorial service was held a week ago. It's a terrible loss for everyone. As a result I haven't

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back on the bike I need to get quickly onto the rewrite bus this week, more specifically for are you listening? I had one or two ideas about it over in Thailand and I know where the problem is. Act one is too long, still but about four minutes. I have to cut a further five from the whole script and, for a 100 page comedy, 31 minutes for Act one is too long. There are a couple of scenes which, at

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little baybee's eyes You know you're back in London when you by a packet of mushroom ravioli for dinner. With no sauce. It's good to be back in England.

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Byeee I'm off to thailand. See you all later.

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this is where your email address goes This week I will actualy update the comments page, you'll be delighted to hear. Not that I've had that many comments, but hey, you can only work with what tools you have. Or something. This saturday I fly out to Thailand to spend two weeks with my good friend mr joyce. Still have to get travellers cheques but that's about it. As far as scripts are concerned,

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that car has a dent in it Really must do some work this weekend. I'm not feeling fantastic at the moment, there's a cold going round at work and it seems to have worked its wicked way round to me. Sore throat and slight heavy head to start off with. Slept okay last night. Really wanted a McDonalds this morning. Need to do some shopping for food, and some washing and apart from that I may do some

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going to the king but the sky is falling in Is anyone else starting to get scared by the Bush administration? I'm starting to see what the 'Head are really talking about. Feels like a scary time for all.

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never forget the 96 Today is the anniversary of Hillsborough

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back in the mix Got my script back yesterday. A little disappointed to see there is still a lot fo work to be done. Was probably being unrealistic to think there wouldn't be. Feeling a bit quagmire-esq...gotta keep on trudging...

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this far but no further No writing as of yet. Songs or scripts. Will try, honestly.

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lyrics first - laces out I've started writing lyrics first, rather than a melody...how strange is that? For me, very strange. I don't tend to do that and it has meant my words have suffered as a result. Not all the time, but hey, you know. Feeling confident within myself but not exuding confidence. A happy balance is needed and I ain't found it yetawhile.

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eyes wide open in shock Server was down yesterday so I couldn't say anything at all. Which was handy as I had nothing to say, other than I've not done any writing but the toilet scene is still there to be written. Johnsey was a little peturbed by this because he had made assumptions of a particular nature about this scene and I had to dispel them today. I may well write this weekend as I have it

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put some more light on the bog Well, the brainstorming sesh failed to materialise except for one brief conversation with anthony where he suggested a scene set in a toilet. I saw some humour in that and amj hopefully going to integrate it into act two. Hooray. Some comments are starting to filter through so hopefully the comments page will be active some time later this week. I'm tired now. Just

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thinking laterally Wondering today how alcohol would affect my brianstorming skillz (and yes, I am aware I wrote "brian"). Something that would be beneficial to me, or at least I think so, is what is called 'spitballing', ie a couple of writers throwing ideas off each other. Now I know anthony isn't exactly a writer, in the popular sense of the word (or in any sense, let's be fair) but the

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happy happy I think too much. And worry too much I'm hoping a welcome weekend home will fuel creativity and give me an opportunity to go back over my notes for the sixth screenplay, now provisionally entitled 'are you listening?. It is called this because this was one of the rumoured names for Radiohead's sixth album. Isn't that interesting. Beginning to regret my self-imposed 'drinking at home'

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state of play Many Happy Returns to Julie Gathman whose birthday was yesterday. Current projects: The as yet untitled sixth screenplay whose second act is proving to be a real pain. Also various songs that I have written riffs and chord progressions for but not finished. Don't really feel like writing at the moment.

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finito Well, the website is finished. Finished it today and am well chuffed. It didn't take a huge amount of work but I am still very glad about the way it looks. Okay, some news about me. Right now I am inbetween scripts. Two of them are with my older brother who, when he gets a chance, will read and make notes on them. Then I can rewrite them again and send them off. And hopefully get an agent.

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up and running Well, I'm nearly there. Just a couple more pages to do today and then we are officially sorted. Hopefully tomorrow should just be a tinkering day. I'm really looking forward to getting this website up and running in what will be by far the most satisfying incarnation yet.

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site update This is just to explain what is going on. I'm not going to list what's been done but what I have left to do. I want to change the guestbook and the photos page; indeed I want to expand the photos section. Hopefully I can get this done over the weekend. Then after that, the site will be done! Hooray.

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a brief note Okay, so this is to explain what this page is all about. Basically what this will be is a page for those of you who are interested in what I am currently up to. Day to day movements, future projects, current thoughts, they could well all be here. Some or all of them will be. However, I don't want this to turn into a personal diary so please don't expect that. I can only update this

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cooking with gas Well, this is it. Finally the news page is sorted out. By mr james casey. I had a small pudgy hand in it, but credit must go to him. And it does.

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