Here’s the first Technic Lego model created in the house. It’s a cherry picker. Model number 42031.
Hocico – Electrowerkz
I took a trip to Electrowerkz to see Hocico with Smith. I’ve been to Electrowerkz a number of times, I really like it. It would have been good to stay for the Slimelight club but I had some stuff on early the next day and so we left after the gig.
First up were Spawn Of Psychosis.
This was the best shot I could be bothered to try and get of the band. They were shit. Seriously, they were terrible. The guitar solos were painful and the rest of the band didn’t do much better. Perhaps they’d just had a bad day but I really wouldn’t want to see them again. Having just googled their name it turns out they are from Maidstone, my nearest town. That’s a shame. I don’t think even my local interest would have saved this review!
The next band were called Biomechanimal. Here’s the best shot I have of them:
These guys were better. Much better. The songs were quite enjoyable. I can’t remember any specifics, which is a shame. Perhaps the terror of the first band hadn’t quite worked its way out of my head.
Finally we were treated to Hocico. These two guys are cousins from Mexico. Their music seems reasonable, but the vocals are quite distorted on the studio albums so I wasn’t sure how enjoyable they would be live. Here’s what they look like:
I definitely remember the song “Sex Sick” and some others from the recent album. Overall they were pretty good. The played for 90 minutes which was probably too long. There wasn’t a great deal of variation in their music and beat.
As you can see, I didn’t really go out of my way to try and get great photos. I was concentrating on listening and dancing rather than when to take the best shot. Also, the lighting at Electrowerkz tends to all come from behind the stage, there’s a low ceiling in front, and so it’s quite hard to photo.
The singer of Hocico had plenty of energy and was drinking wine on stage which I don’t think I’ve seen before. At least the wine was offered out to the front row.
Hocico were good and I enjoyed it. The atmosphere was really good. I’m looking forward to seeing them again at M’era Luna, should the timetable allow.
Disaster Area 11 March 2016
Ratings
After a short discussion at work today involving films and my ratings system I decided to look at what films I had rated and what I gave them. First I had to rate True Lies. Yes, the Arnie film. I saw it twice at the cinema on consecutive evenings and have watched it since a couple of times. Therefore it gets a 10.
I rated True Lies (1994) 10/10 #IMDb https://t.co/PHHCo7pLlQ
— Ian Parish (@iparish) March 10, 2016
That then got me to review my ratings over time. I try to make sure I rate films just after I have seen them. That was you still get an “excited about the film” rating rather than one I have time to consider! Here’s the current latest list of scores:
| Title | My Rating | IMDb Rating | Year | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 10 | 8.3 | 1968 | |
| Akira | 10 | 8.1 | 1988 | |
| Alien | 10 | 8.5 | 1979 | |
| Aliens | 10 | 8.4 | 1986 | |
| By Dawn’s Early Light | 10 | 7.2 | 1990 | |
| Godzilla | 10 | 6.5 | 2014 | |
| Gravity | 10 | 7.9 | 2013 | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 10 | 8.1 | 2014 | |
| Human Target | 10 | 7.8 | 2010 | |
| Human Target: Kill Bob | 10 | 8.4 | 2010 | |
| Interstellar | 10 | 8.6 | 2014 | |
| La Luna | 10 | 8 | 2011 | |
| Lost and Found | 10 | 8.3 | 2008 | |
| Serenity | 10 | 8 | 2005 | |
| Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens | 10 | 8.4 | 2015 | |
| The Princess Bride | 10 | 8.1 | 1987 | |
| True Lies | 10 | 7.2 | 1994 | |
| Warehouse 13: Love Sick | 10 | 7.8 | 2009 | |
| The Imitation Game | 9 | 8.1 | 2014 | |
| A Most Wanted Man | 8 | 6.8 | 2014 | |
| Avengers Assemble | 8 | 8.1 | 2012 | |
| Big Hero 6 | 8 | 7.9 | 2014 | |
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 8 | 7.8 | 2014 | |
| Chappie | 8 | 6.9 | 2015 | |
| Continuum | 8 | 7.7 | 2012 | |
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | 8 | 7.6 | 2014 | |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | 8 | 6.7 | 2004 | |
| Intermission | 8 | 6.9 | 2003 | |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | 8 | 7.8 | 2014 | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | 8 | 8.2 | 2015 | |
| Not Going Out | 8 | 7.9 | 2006 | |
| Pacific Rim | 8 | 7 | 2013 | |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 8 | 7.7 | 1982 | |
| Sunshine | 8 | 7.3 | 2007 | |
| The Abyss | 8 | 7.6 | 1989 | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | 8 | 7 | 2012 | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 8 | 6.8 | 2014 | |
| The Heat | 8 | 6.6 | 2013 | |
| The Judge | 8 | 7.4 | 2014 | |
| The Trap Door | 8 | 8.1 | 1984 | |
| Veep | 8 | 8.1 | 2012 | |
| Warehouse 13 | 8 | 7.6 | 2009 | |
| 12 Years a Slave | 6 | 8.1 | 2013 | |
| 2 Guns | 6 | 6.7 | 2013 | |
| American Hustle | 6 | 7.3 | 2013 | |
| Astro Boy | 6 | 6.3 | 2009 | |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 6 | 7.5 | 2015 | |
| Battleship | 6 | 5.9 | 2012 | |
| Before I Go to Sleep | 6 | 6.3 | 2014 | |
| Black Swan | 6 | 8 | 2010 | |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 6 | 7.8 | 2014 | |
| Deadpool | 6 | 8.5 | 2016 | |
| Divergent | 6 | 6.8 | 2014 | |
| Ender’s Game | 6 | 6.7 | 2013 | |
| Escape Plan | 6 | 6.7 | 2013 | |
| Ex Machina | 6 | 7.7 | 2015 | |
| Focus | 6 | 6.6 | 2015 | |
| Fury | 6 | 7.6 | 2014 | |
| Gone Girl | 6 | 8.1 | 2014 | |
| Green Lantern | 6 | 5.6 | 2011 | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | 6 | 7.4 | 2010 | |
| Horrible Bosses | 6 | 6.9 | 2011 | |
| Insurgent | 6 | 6.3 | 2015 | |
| Jupiter Ascending | 6 | 5.4 | 2015 | |
| Lone Survivor | 6 | 7.6 | 2013 | |
| Love Actually | 6 | 7.7 | 2003 | |
| Machete Kills | 6 | 5.6 | 2013 | |
| Man of Steel | 6 | 7.2 | 2013 | |
| Pain & Gain | 6 | 6.5 | 2013 | |
| Rise of the Guardians | 6 | 7.3 | 2012 | |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 6 | 7.5 | 2010 | |
| Selma | 6 | 7.5 | 2014 | |
| Space Station 76 | 6 | 4.9 | 2014 | |
| Steve Jobs | 6 | 7.3 | 2015 | |
| Ted | 6 | 7 | 2012 | |
| The Boxtrolls | 6 | 6.8 | 2014 | |
| The Danish Girl | 6 | 7 | 2015 | |
| The Equalizer | 6 | 7.2 | 2014 | |
| The Expendables 3 | 6 | 6.1 | 2014 | |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 6 | 7.9 | 2012 | |
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 6 | 7.5 | 2014 | |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 6 | 7.9 | 2013 | |
| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 6 | 7.6 | 2013 | |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | 6 | 6.7 | 2014 | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 6 | 7.3 | 2015 | |
| The Railway Man | 6 | 7.1 | 2013 | |
| The Two Faces of January | 6 | 6.2 | 2014 | |
| The Village | 6 | 6.5 | 2004 | |
| Thor 2: The Dark World | 6 | 7.1 | 2013 | |
| World War Z | 6 | 7 | 2013 | |
| 47 Ronin | 4 | 6.3 | 2013 | |
| American Sniper | 4 | 7.3 | 2014 | |
| Capture the Flag | 4 | 5.8 | 2015 | |
| Iron Man 3 | 4 | 7.3 | 2013 | |
| Jurassic World | 4 | 7.1 | 2015 | |
| Lucy | 4 | 6.4 | 2014 | |
| Need for Speed | 4 | 6.5 | 2014 | |
| Now You See Me | 4 | 7.3 | 2013 | |
| Oblivion | 4 | 7 | 2013 | |
| Plebs | 4 | 7.9 | 2013 | |
| Prometheus | 4 | 7 | 2012 | |
| Rambo | 4 | 7.1 | 2008 | |
| Riddick | 4 | 6.4 | 2013 | |
| Rio 2 | 4 | 6.4 | 2014 | |
| RoboCop | 4 | 6.2 | 2014 | |
| Sabotage | 4 | 5.7 | 2014 | |
| Skyfall | 4 | 7.8 | 2012 | |
| Spectre | 4 | 6.9 | 2015 | |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | 4 | 7.8 | 2013 | |
| The Call | 4 | 6.7 | 2013 | |
| The Lone Ranger | 4 | 6.5 | 2013 | |
| The World’s End | 4 | 7 | 2013 | |
| Total Recall | 4 | 6.3 | 2012 | |
| Transcendence | 4 | 6.3 | 2014 | |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | 4 | 5.7 | 2014 | |
| White House Down | 4 | 6.4 | 2013 | |
| Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus | 2 | 2.5 | 2010 | |
| Noah | 2 | 5.8 | 2014 | |
| Sharknado | 2 | 3.3 | 2013 |
900
This is Fooyah communication number 900. I can’t believe I have waffled on for so many years or communications. I can guarantee that if you read all my “posts” you would be bored very quickly.
Enjoy.
Summer Decided
There was a little debate a while ago about which music festival to attend. The decision has been made.
I am quite excited about this. It should be good. Having been last year I now know where we are going and what to expect. The festival is based at the airport of Hildesheim. This town has some wonderful buildings in the centre and is one of the oldest cities in northern Germany. Maybe this year Andy and I will get into the town centre to see what it is like.
The line up has some pretty awesome bands although, once again, I’m not sure if we’ll stay for the final Sunday night band. There’s plenty of time to decide.
Roll on August.
G’n’R Lies – Guns And Roses
So, it has taken a while and we are finally into the Gs of my album reviews. These reviews have been organised by album title and also don’t include a lot of the aggrotech that I have bought over the last two years. I doubt I’ll get around to those, also I am starting to stream music more than just buy or download albums. I’m not sure how that will turn out, I like the idea of “owning” an album rather than knowing it’s there to listen to via streaming. Let’s wait and see.
There’s an overriding problem with all of the cock rock from the 80s and G ‘n’ R is one of the main culprits. The lyrics are very sexist, bordering on obscene. I don’t think that the music alone can justify these lyrics. We could use the argument that society of the time was embedded within these albums but I’m not sure about that either. There have always been people working towards equality. Let me make this clear: equality means everyone being treated the same, it’s that simple.
Anyway, on to the album. This was released after Appetite For Destruction but has songs from before those days. It’s a pretty good rock EP and displays the destructive talent that was Guns and Roses. Patience is a pretty good ballad. Used To Love her is a great song. It reminds me of a time I saw Guns and Roses at Milton Keynes with a recent-ex-girlfriend. I may have sung along to Used To Love Her very loudly. The acoustic version of You’re Crazy is a delight.
The biggest problem is the song One In A Million. Whether we should judge the entire output of a band upon one song and the lyrics it contains or their behaviour off stage is something I haven’t got an answer for. I do know that I don’t listen to any LostProphets any more, it makes me feel ill. So, the dodgiest lyrics in One In A Million are:
Police and Niggers, that’s right
Get out of my way
Immigrants and faggots
They make no sense to me
Radicals and Racists
Don’t point your finger at me
I don’t know if these lyrics mean Guns and Roses are homophobic, racist or just trying to be controversial. Maybe it’s something we can’t know. They seem immature and a poor decision. The sort of thing a young person would write when trying to connect with the world.