its been a while...

Ok folks,

I know it's been a while since I got round to posting anything up on here - I've got a couple of shows that I went to and enjoyed throroughly that I've not posted up for one reason or another, and I think its about time that I did.

For anyone that is/was following the blog previously and was wondering what the hell happened to the posts and with the getting to shows etc, here's the lowdown.

The cast is off my ankle and I can pretty much walk around again - standing for long periods of time is still a wee bit too painful, and this "boot" thing that makes walking bearable has the look, feel and practicality of a prop from a low budget knock off of robocop. It  does stop the pain whereas the military boot I thought would be a good enough replacement for it doesn't.

Between this and the extra costs of taxi trips into and out of work instead of busses, I've really not gotten out as much as I should have, and that's just not good enough. So, there will be more blog updates, because concrete plans are in place for me to get to the following promotions.

MPW and FTW - these guys run shows all over Tyne and Wear (and County Durham) and I will get to see them soon.

EPW - I see they're running Ashington Leisure Centre shortly - I did night shift security at the end stages of its build/commissioning - Its a great venue I know I can get back to Newcastle from afterwards.

MEW - I was gutted that I missed their last show, especially after Planet of the Primate was so god damn good. "THEEEEEE CLASS APAAAAART" taking the title, however, they are back at the Innesfree social club in Longbenton soon with "4 Way War" - and I will be at that one.

W3L - Running Hexham on an afternoon that doesn't clash with another show elsewhere, and i can get back from on the train or bus? yup, I'll see you there.

ACW - Apollo Championship Wrestling. As much as I love going to wrestling shows, I will travel to see bands that I love as well. so when I see that one of my favorite bands, The Red Paintings (Check them out here) are due to play London on June 4th, the first thing I did was to look up Wrestling events happening on the night before in London. There were two results - BEW's international grand prix, which looks like its going to be epic, but its a two nighter and night two clashes with the gig. I remember getting a copy of wrestlemania 4 when I was a kid, and the second video was just filed up with random crap from TV as opposed to the second half of the event - ever since then I've vowed never to watch half a tournament again. (I'll be back to catch you in the future BEW!) The other one was ACW - their second event "Fear No Foe" takes place on June 3rd, and the talent advertised was enough for me to make my plans to go (Paul Robinson, The London Riots, Jack Sexmith, Damon Moser etc) - coupled with great reviews of their first show, it looks like this is going to be a corker.

NORTH - NCL5 Head Over Heels on July 1st - NORTH have been putting on consistantly fantastic shows recently - Andrew's doing a great job in running this one. honestly - if anyone is in the vicinity of Newcastle, I whole heartedly recommend paying this one a visit.

Later in the year, I'm hoping to get around a bit more to more places - the planning is getting a fair bit easier to do now, and I really want to visit more cities I've never been to.

On the personal side of things I'm fulfilling an ambition in a couple of days and going to have a pop as stand up comedy. I don't think I'll be incorporating wrestling into that, but if it goes well, and the confidence comes I might offer myself about as a ring announcer/VOD commentator - hey, it might be worth a go, and the old saying goes "shy bairns nee sweets" doesnt it? Yes. Yes it does. Where I live anyhow.

Right so without chuntering on further, I'll get to editing and posting the House of Pain show from Nottingham, the Tidal Championship Wrestling show from the second day of my weekend in Leeds,
and North NCL4: We're in this together

See you at Ringside, or at the bar, or on the bus.