The rantings of a shaggy llama..

I have actually created this page so i can just rant ,let of steam,share some thoughts, even answer some questions i get asked, and of course give out info as to whats happening.Not in the "life, the meaning of the universe and what was the question" kind of way, just the little bit of the universe i am dwelling upon at this momment.hopefully when i sober up and realise i have created this space, i will understand..... why?.........

At last the future heir to the throne has rejoined the great GM debate,Describing the GM crops as a 'science experiment that has gone terribly wrong'..Well done sir...lets hope the people who are cabable of stopping this frankenstein science polluting our countryside...GM has the potential to destroy our eco systems natural balance more than any other change in farming practices mankind has ever attempted...this is about huge profits and the USA desperatly needing to export in return for other currencies such as the Euro...not feeding the world on the cheap!..Don't let it happen!

When you live a transient lifestyle you tend to meet alot of people, and keeping in touch with those that you meet can become a little 'hit&miss'..I have been very fortunate to travel extensively and met hundreds and hundreds of people....my phone book is full of names that i sometimes cant put a face to..and others that i remember and miss like crazy....but..there are those who will always 'be there' ..ready to meet up, help out or join in with whatever is happening....true friends...look after them !

Keeping sport out of politics sends our athletes to china to compete in most polluted enviroment ever chosen to host the olympics under the shadow of the Tibetean situation and the doomed procession of the torch around the globe....Yet the Zimbabwe situation is quite rightly stopping the Cricket team playing test and twenty20's......The G8 met at another james Bond villans style luxury mountain hideout to plant a few trees and decide which titbits to throw to the waiting media of each country to appease that particular country...but wait...a well done for setting the mugabe hunt in motion....why i believe they are actually going to do something ?...i dont know.?..it may be that common titbit just for us...commonly known as a gordon 'Brownie'.......now thats a 'situation'.....

With the British summer living up to expectations....cold,windy and lots of rain..i was busy trying to arrange some new shoots and keep my mind off the fact it was festival season and due to other commitments was unable to get time out to attend any of my usual haunts that i discovered lots of amazing photographers on 'my space'..I know, sitting at a computer screen is not the most social pastime, but must admit have been so impressed with the diversity of talents i thought i would send you in the right direction...therefore , i urge you to visit my 'my space' page (link from slideshow page) and check out my friends list....highly reccomend chenerzig, a street/docu style photographer, robert babylon(of course!),,and rachel black...plus many many more...I must admit to quite enjoying the 'my space' experience of networking..as opposed to any of the others such as 'facebook'...or 'bebo'..personal choice...but there really is not enough time to be part of more than one network....even though they decided to delete a few of my images...(bah humbug!)...but hey...come and say hi!.

Too much bad news....The problem with so much bad news is the effect it has on everyone...people are depressed and concerned over things that have no direct effect on them personally,a rather unhealthy state..obviously we can all sympathise with flood victims on the other side of the planet,those caught in war zones, those starving children and victims of man made famines in africa...but depressing as it all is...what can be done?..these things have been happening for centuries but because of 'information'technology we are all aware..so, we spent hours reading about it, feeling sorry for the victims, feel guilt for our own fortunes and express opinions that we are fortunate to be able to express without the door being kicked in as we are dragged away..That feeling is hard to overcome...some use thier own creativity,some turn to alcohol or drugs,some simply use ignorance to hide behind..but the truth is we all struggle emotionally because we all care....surely it is time to start really hassling those who we elect the world over to start behaving and doing the job they have been elected to do...This is a very small planet, we all live on it, so lets start trying to make it a better place for everyone to live ...time to start thinking about ditching capitalism..and getting rid of these self serving power mongers forever.,the planet will survive without mankind so can we please start making the way we live on the planet good for mankind too!....good luck obama....do the right thing!

The credit crunch, the fuel price increases,the food shortages ..all one would think were totally predictable and again, one would have thought pretty obviously able to be managed by the Government of the day...In England we have had the same political party in power for ten years and one would have thought that in that time a bit of forward planning could have kept alot of these issues in check...alas when the people start suffering the politicians profit....reducing the expenditure has always been a good way of saving money....and taxing the exessive profits of banks, telecoms,oil and gas companies and of course getting Tesco to put something back would help alot...It is not going to happen...so get used to your standard of living shrinking as the politicians continue to line thier own pockets.....Those that actively seek power should never be allowed to have it!

Cabinet of dark things by the amazing china hamilton has been one of the few must have photo books in a while as it seems these days the computer screen is the majorities chosen medium..obviously the prints on a wall are the most desirable viewing experience .but then again,when did you last go to a gallery?therefore..galleries like that set up at the Erotic Arts Org. are an invaluable outlet for thousands of artists working in all mediums..with links to sister sites for everything from wildlife artists to poets..This i trust will help encourage you to take time out..put a few tracks on and go look at some beautiful art..the links on the homepage will take you there to my select galleries with over a hundred image(roughly?)and links from there will take you to any type of art that you fancy...its good for the soul to do these things with purpose.....enjoy.....

Now we have Gordon Brown in high office the return of the GM polution of the Earth has started to roll out at high speed, the restart of stemcell research is back on the agenda..nothing personal is it Mr Brown?....the credit crunch has started forcing people out of their homes or into negative equity....the Burmese hurricane is overshadowed by the earthquake in China...Zimbabwe's starving oppressed people are still starving and oppressed, ..Tibets holy men are still bieng rounded up and persecuted...President Putin is now the prime minister with his deputy now the puppet president.....and george Bush has been left with about as much authority as the milk monitor in playgroup whilst Clinton(Mrs!) and Obama(Mr!) are fighting it out to beat the militarys man into the white house.....Whats next?...plague of locust?

The biggest games release in 2008 is predicted to be Grand Theft Auto IV,an eighteen certificate computer game which, as the title suggests is rather violent, criminal and only for adults....yeah right...how long will it be before broadcasters like theBBC and SkY who have been advertising this game constantly on their news programmes will be reporting the real life effects of this behaviour in their newscasts...too many people are bieng killed or seriously injured by random acts of mindless violence already on the streets of the UK..my guess is promoting this game will see those figures rise steeply...will there be anything resembling corporate responsibility....i doubt it....My thoughts go to the family of murdered gary newlove...who tried to reason with thugs on the street to take responsibility for thier actions....before they kicked him to death....violence breeds violence...

The Erotic Artist Org. website links on the homepage of this site is where i have been uploading lots &lots of images due to the size limits on this site..So, i urge you to go visit...This site,Xlandphotoart exists to promote my work and display images that represent the styles i work in, although i change the images regularly some images that i really like will remain.I hope that makes things a little clearer..Its all down to time, space and money, and of course keeping large numbers of images back for future publication.

The soaring costs of staple foods has worried alot of people in the last few weeks, they are the lucky ones, the costs that may have risen by the odd few pence here in the west are causing starvation to hundreds of thousands in the developing world.Why?..there is a train of thought that this crisis has been artifically created to 'assist' the producers of GM(genetically modified) products to gain a foothold on the world markets.If, and i say 'if' there is any truth in this we should all be very very careful. The GM lobby are desperately trying to offload thier frankenstien food and recoup the billions of dollars invested in the research and development of thier products..which as we all know have been discredited in so many arenas as 'dangerous' and 'un ethical'. Dont believe the hype...Genetic modification is a very dangerous route and will do nothing to help feed the starving..just help the multinationals like monsanta take a huge controlling step in the global food markets.Dont buy it...!

The chances that two English football teams will end up playing in the Champions league Final this year creates the situation that thousands of people will be leaving the northwest of England and flying to Moscow for a 90 minute game of football.All in all not very green...and very expensive!.If it is Liverpool and Manchester united they would aqll be flying from one airport on the same planes, searching for hotel rooms..never easy in Russia...attending the same venue, leaving (obviuosly with the trophy in the hands of manchester united!)then flying back..this will am sure be a huge headache for the police and again, very expensive..Surely with Wembley stadium now complete, it would be common sense, enviromentally friendly, and cheaper for everyone if the Final was held there.Or is that far to sensible??

With political correctness (??) running rife in the UK i was wondering how far things will go before we realise that changing our heritage in so many ways makes no sense at all, therefore incorrect?for an example i hear that in many schools the old nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep is bieng re written as Baa Baa rainbow sheep.....hmm..who the hell is going to be offended by a 'black' sheep?..they exist! whereas rainbow sheep?..the nursery rhyme then goes on to reveal the sheep talks..yes sir yes sir three bags full....!rainbow wool..hmm!..i know there are more important things going on in the country, but the more the media and politicians keep pussyfooting around with inane concepts of political correctness instead of just right and wrong the muddier the waters get...bad enough for us grown ups...but how screwed up will the next generations be...ali babar and the forty thieves is as derogatory as...well..big ears and noddy!

Well the world is still providing the information that just shows how hypocritical the society we are all supposed to support actually is..lets just start with the rigged elections in the former commonwealth country of zimbabwe..the biggest rigged election since the florida result..we did nothing then..so why are we even pretending that we care in zimbabwe?..really, are we expected to believe that our elected governments are going to do anything to help the everyday suffering of the zimbabwe people? its unlikely!The Chinese will hold the games...our elected leaders will attend...we shall all watch whilst feeling guilt and shame..The pope....(ooh my personal fave!)..well the pontiff has landed in the U.S.A. to ..?..well..really just to sign the two and a half billion dollar compensation cheque to all those poor people sexually abused as children by the thousands of priests involved in child abuse scandals over the past thirty years...has any priest been sent to jail for any of this?..probably not...why? well...write to your elected leaders and ask..George Bush whilst describing the Pope's speech as 'awesome'.(!!!??) also admitted that since he became President he had 'prayed' everyday...news for you George..since you became president we have all prayed everyday!..even the atheists!Gordon Brown...what can one say..ten years as chancellor now the premier...just watch his mouth when he speaks....david icke and his lizards comes to mind!...Anyway..hes more than happy the credit crunch has started..the pound will soon be the value of the dollar...and the euro....handy that eh??...the Global food crisis...(what crisis??)..well there isn't one...its all a huge scam to introduce GM crops...wake up people!!..As you can guess...if there was somewhere else to go...i would be there!....shine bright folks, immerse yourselves in art and music and be nice to everyone...what goes around surely comes around...

The Olympic torch has started its voyage of 'harmony' across the world, highlighting the rich history of unity and fairplay ....well that is generally the idea...but as we know from the rolling news channels the 'torch' has,along with its blue suited'minders' has run into nothing but controversy...London started the backlash with numerous attempts to extinguish the flame by pro Tibetan protesters and human rights activists who transformed the ceromony into a complete farce...thankfully the French continued the prrotests even though the torchbearer was surrounded by 'upgraded' security....well, if rollerblading coppers can be considered an upgrade that is..Off to America and the golden gate bridge has been decorated in 'Free Tibet' slogans to welcome the torch....This demonstration probably hidden from the Chinese people makes a mockery of the 'Harmony' that the torches journey from greece to China is meant to represent.The organisers of the olympics should be very worried...the message has been loud and clear....Stopping the human rights violations in china and Tibet are obviously a 'Politcal' issue and should not interfere with 'sport'.well..what a load of B******ks!...Human rights are far more Important ..Doing the right thing is more important....and supporting attrocities like the kind we have seen on news reports leaking out of Tibet does no one any favours....Lets hope the political leaders show some backbone and pull the plug today!

The Erotics arts org. links on the site take you directly to my galleries within that site..there are no cookies,worms,viruses,pop ups or pop downs or anything at all ...in other words its cool....the Erotic arts org is a wonderful gallery space and community of artists who freely display thier Art works for all to enjoy...Obviously it is not possible to copy the images...but it does give people like me a 'space'..it used to be 'time is money'...now its 'time,space and meaning' that costs the money..Anyway, i digress...(i do that alot lately.....note to self...think before typing...you know what your like....!)....Anyway..click on one to view my galleries and click the 'homepage' at the bottom to the menu for ....a very creative community..

Had the great pleasure of meeting a wonderfully creative writer the other day who has written some rather beautiful short stories and has added some rather delicious words to some of my images.Hopefully this will become a workable format an i wish her every success..if you fancy a quick preview you will have to go to the 'myspace'link from this site and view the comments on the images displayed there..Thank you angel..your a gem!

Lots of people show interest in my work, which is very flattering and very much appreciated and i am often asked about whats involved with taking part, well its simple, i charge no fees, i pay no fees , i work along with whoever wants to participate in creating images that hopefully are rather beautiful and a collaboration between my ideas and the 'model's' own ideals. I own full copyright on all images and the identity of the model is kept secret.The model gets copies of all images i create and hopefully they get a huge confidence boost along with that knowing inner glow that seems to come from posing for me..I believe that everyone is beautiful, the harshest of critics is oneself, and i work very hard to help everybody realise that a negative self image is destructive.There are no age or size limits (except over twenty one years of age) and the idea is to have some fun!So, hopefully this has answered a few questions, so get in touch and lets get creative!

Well 24 million quid for heather mills...Considering paul macartney had earned the majority of his money before he was entrapped i for one think he has been very hard done by!..The culture of reward for hard work and talent seems to have passed people like heather mills by, they seem like gold diggers because they are gold diggers...when the court case started somone with more wit than i said she 'had not got a leg to stand on...' well, it seems she has...but prefers to be seen on crutches and/or a wheelchair when it comes to looking for the sympathy vote of whichever misguided judge awarded her this outrageous amount!..So,lets hope we never see or hear of this prize bitch ever again...!

Micheal eavis the owner of Glastonbury festival has always been a rather shrewd gentleman,on the many occasions we have met over the years i have never walked away thinking that anyone in the room came out ahead of him.So i was rather put aback when i read his comments about the slow take up of registration for tickets for this years festival as down to only having jayzee and the verve rather than anyone more mainstream....Well, i think the increased security the corporate machine, the financial hikes,the competition and the weather all have a bigger influence in the speed the tickets are sold...not the headliners...As one lucky enough to see the Verve a few months ago i know the glastonbury revellers are going to be amazed and delighted ..and i might even be lucky enough to get there for the night....unless i get to lost vagueness...and we all know what that does to me.........

After hearing that the cost of the conflict in Iraq has doubled in the last twelve months, and the Afganistan debarcle is costing even more, i started wondering how these huge sums can be justified?The current chancellor it seems just recites the script that the previous chancellor,now Prime Minister left on a desk,its outdated and in need of a rewrite.Do we really need to continue spending these sums of money trying to reform a culture to live & think like we are supposed to? It is not rocket science...bring back the troops, re educate them, and use the money saved to support ethical trade in these countries...simplistic yes, but nobody responds to fear and loathing in a positve way.....the more we create trouble, the more trouble we shall find on our own doorsteps..Remember ,everything has a 'sell by' date, even bombs and bullets!

The joys of motoring....remember that? when you actually drove for pleasure..obviously this is an age thing or maybe the huge amount of money it costs to be able to drive..okay i got stuck with a puncture for the first time and could not find the locking nuts key..after lots of p****ing about the main dealership broke the wheelnut of so they could put the spare on,this completed i took the flat tyre to a garage to be repaired....£36...to repair a puncture!..Horified i moaned about it for three days before i was stuck again with another puncture in a different wheel...still no wheelnut key,i proceeded with smashing another locked wheelnut off..before discovering the wheelnut key neatly stored in the head of the wheelbrace...so thats £72 for puncture repairs, £45 for new locking wheel nuts and all in all pretty annoying....diesel is now £1.13pence a litre...joys of motoring?well there is always free roam on 'need for speed'.....game on...

Because every computer screen is set at different levels ,colour balance, contrast,brightness etc. everybody sees colours slightly differently.. i read that about twenty five per cent of people in britain have varing levels of colourblindness..whats the problem?well i create colours using various photo and graphic artist techniques and use various computers to achieve the colours that i 'see'...and want to reproduce...okay..im argueing with my printer.....i will win!..damn it , i will win....!

Image compression...what an tedious subject,but needs to be explained slightly because i recently(again!) ran into an image of mine proudly displayed which basically was just ripped of this site, enlarged and printed..well, i am bored with saying if you ask you will probably get,but the images on this site are compressed to save space,which as we know, space costs money,even virtual space, and the quality of the image is seriously reduced if it is re enlarged and printed from that format..giving a rather bitter taste that not only has the image been ripped off but the quality is awful...So, again, this site is a gallery to show the styles i work in..if you wish any images in a suitable format for your requirements..ask!

Have been delighted with the hits that this site and the erotic artists site have recieved in the last twelve months, and obviously delighted with the positive feedback i have been getting for the images i have created, thank you all, it is appreciated so much..and its all down to word of mouth..various publications have used my work, images hang in bars and clubs, bookcovers and cd covers are out there and hopefully many more to come.Alot of the interest in my work has been promoted by fellow photographers, artists and musicians which just goes to show that supporting each other works..so please feel free to check out any of the links on this site they are recommended or they wouldn't be here, and if you have any projects that you would like me to read through and/or participate, drop me a line..

The recession that may or may not be happening,depending on who you listen to,got me thinking of the obscene profits made by the likes of Shell, tesco,macdnalds etc...using advertising to sell us things we dont want,need or probably wouldn't have even thought of..well, an example..trying to change the blades on my gillette razor,the new one i brought, not because it had a turbo, or was sonic, or had god knows how many extra blades and wierd if not wonderful angles, but because i had forgotten the name of my old razor..meaning i had purchased the wrong packet of blades and it was cheaper to buy a new razor than new blades...silly i know, but the point is i now have three gillette razors, all emblazoned with the name gillette..i also have five different unopened packets of blades sealed so its hard to match them up i the store with names like mach 3, exell, turbo, sonic or fusion...all different fittings and obviously none fit any of my razors.....the cost of this has been calculated at nearly forty quid!...gillette must make more money by selling the wrong products that will never be used than by selling the right product....All very silly...unless you have shares in gillette of course!..

A wonderful weekend at the Brittania hotel in Manchester, a great shoot, a few too many vodkas in some very..erm..exotic bars and all in all a great weekend was had..thank you to those who participated in any or all of the weekend and hope the hangovers fade away soon...lol..Manchester is of course a great city though you have to wander a way out of the centre before the spirit of the city emerges as sadly it seems every city in the country has the same corporate stores selling the same stock...and a quick tip...never ask for directions in the city....we did three times and of course fell for the 'sense of humour' and got sent on many a goose chase...think it was something to do with the blue half of the city losing at home.....!but hey, as a supporter of the red side of the city i should have known better..!

Its far to early in theday to be anywhere near a computer but, here i am, sitting in a darkened room watching the 24hr rolling news whilst the caffine makes its way into my bloodstream and awakens my senses..The news of Shell oil making fourteen billion pounds profit brought to us by the BBC(a.k.a.British Bullshitting Corps!)latest reporter..julia ceaser..yes thas julia ceaser...and news that eighties prankster jeremy Beadle has passed away..Arnie(i'll be back)swartzeneggers opinion about who should stand for the whitehouse...this is surely not happening??Advertising standards (oo my fave subject!) damning the RyanAir sexy schoolgirl type advert.?they should have used the words St Trinians and then they could have had her doing anything in a school uniform and it would have been allowed!..its still far to early......stop and search will increase without any paperwork for the police to do...that sounds like an Orwellian afterthought....I'm going back to bed...maybe this has all been a dream..maybe bobby Ewing will be it the shower...maybe Beadle isn't dead...and arnie is still just a 'b'rate actor with a bad accent .....if only......!

I have discovered that more of my images have been 'ripped off' and used for purposes they were never intended for by unscrupulous pirates.This is of course unacceptable and prevents me from displaying larger format images on my galleries and of course changing the images more frequently.All you have to do is ask!..i'll say that again,All you have to do is ASK!..I don't do this for the money, i do this because its very enjoyable, gives huge amounts of confidence to those who participate and it satisfies my desire to produce beautiful, interesting pieces of Art which i wish to share..So please, get in contact and ask if you wish to use the images, and if its for suitable usage you will get the permission you need.

After the government in the UK decided that smokers were to be irradicated through high taxes, banishment from buildings and public spaces to improve the health of the nation, they launched a massive campaign over the last two years to 'help' them ween themselves of the 'dreaded weed'.Well, the results have just been published.over the past two years the amount of people who have kicked the habit across the UK is approx.164,000 people...not that impressive is it? oh, did i mention that the expenditure of this farce has cost £51.000,000 !Yes, thats fiftyone million pounds! All i can say is for a new leader who has spent the previous ten years as the Chancellor of the exchequer, one would have thought the money could have been better spent.....anyone got a light?

Hypocracy is of course something that leaves a nasty taste in the mouth,and maybe we are all guilty of it in small ways, often the most outspoken is 'found out' in more obvious ways so is highlighted more frequently..its the risk one takes i suppose when you pass opinions based on your own beliefs,but to read that one of the biggest critics on global poverty and a spokesman for the 'end poverty now' campaign has transfered his own financial affairs from his country of origin,Ireland, to another,Holland, in order to pay a tiny amount of tax is rather distasteful.A self proffessed 'friend' of George W Bush, and frontman of the band U2, bono generates huge sums from his music and other buisnesses and often is outspoken on those who avoid taxation and those who 'rip off' small nations...sorry Bono..not the smartest of moves!

How much TV do you watch? hundreds of channels showing instant repeats of mind erasing soap operas, so called reality tv shows, and 'b'list celebrities dancing,singing, ice skating,cooking etc..is it just me noticing the blandness of it all or is the complete lack of imagination and talent for devising these formats starting to wear incredibly thin.Where are all the talents who create within this media ever going to get the chance to produce quality entertainment?TV needs an overhaul....desperately...come back ms street porter you are forgiven...lol.!

The tragic case of the father who plunged from a hotel balcony whilst holding his children in which sadly his young son died has been plastered all over the media in the uk has saddened everyone involved and those reading the tale.Thankfully he and his daughter survived the plunge and thankfully the legal system has recognised the mental state of the man at the time and has sent him to recieve the help he obviously desperately needs rather than imprison him.The saddest thing about this case apart from the obvious loss of a childs life, is the way the mother has paraded herself on chatshows whilst taking no responsibility for her part in the tradgedy.The man was obviously pushed so close to the edge by this woman in thier destructive relationship that he wanted to 'end it all'..How she can parade herself on the media as an innocent victim is beyond belief!

Insipration can come from all directions, the trick is noticing it!, Recently i have been bombarded by mail from some rather upset religious zealot, misguided?misunderstood?or more likely just a fruit case with nothing better to do than try and associate my Art work with that of some mythical character that only exists in the realms of their delusional fantasy about their godhead...Devillish...moi?lol...Anyway, i have read the delightful biblical quotes they send me....and although obviously not the intention, i have decided to create a few new images based on this experience..so..thank you and may your god be with you...

Feedback? arrgghh.... i know its always good to get feedback when your doing anything, and obviously i like it about the site, the images and general photo/art stuff, but....the ranting of a shaggyllama are really just rants, and were never intended to be anything but rants,with the odd raving thrown in(ahem!). Really i do not write them with any seriousness and i dont really expect them to be read with said seriousness. Therefore if you are so offended or pissed at what i write,please dont read it...or.at the very least realise that" i will cross a thousand seas of putrid green humus, climb the harshest of heights and suffer the sores of the swarm before i will use a spellchecker or even think that i can actually write...so there.

January spawns the most annoying exhibition of personal growth and development,otherwise known as desperately clinging hold of the new year resolutions,and as the month continues gradually watching them fall away.....lose weight,give up smoking, get fit, new career,new town..divorce...the list is endless...the point is that it is just a list...we have spent the last six weeks preparing for,if not dreading,christmas and new year, spending too much time with people we ..well, would prefer not to spend time with...comparing the previous years effects on our lives and that of others and then...resolving to change things....In the darkest january days with the credit card bills, fuel bills,tax asessments..the apres partyseason comedown...we think its a good time to evaluate everything?..weird!..

A very large beautiful adult male fox wandered up the garden path for a mosey around the back door sending two freaked out cats through the cat flap atbreakneck speed....after spending twenty minutes calming the feline i wandered up to the back door to find the fox lying on the step looking through the catflap...totally serene...and as i opened up the door it just looked up, and slowly walked away.....sometimes the most amazing feelings come from the most unexpected encounters......

How strange do things have to become ? The Government has announced that parents of young boys should encourage their children to play with toy guns and weapons........for f**k's sake..!....whats happened?...maybe they are finding it difficult to recruit young men as soldiers? ..or maybe there isn't enough violent crime on our streets? Never before have i heard of such a stupid announcement...and one that should obviously be ignored, makes you proud to be a subject doesn't it?

With the Annual assult on my sanity by the manufacturers of every concievible piece of plastic tat well under way...i thought i'd pause for a day, not work, not shop, not even bother to get dressed or go out, just sit at the computer and surf...and thankfully came up with some great sites.so jan and sara saudkova are my faves today...wonderful images...really inspiring !.if you find any good art sites that you think i would like, drop me a line....and as for christmas?...well, a few festive shoots are on the cards so come back and see soon.......happy solstice to you all!

Its been a strange time as lots of old faces have been appearing in the headlights..various bands have reformed to entertain the next generation..to refresh the previous and replenish the bank accounts whilst hiding behing the 'nostalgia' theme...hmmm...recently saw the verve, with their wonderful anthems interlaced with some incredible new material..if there was a way to reform..this is it..Alas the return of the spice girls, boyzone, take that,led zepplin,sex pistols etc have caused nostalgia fatigue..good grief, its even been considered safe to let phil collins be heard again......thank goodness there are some great new bands out there touring....anyway, the medicine show(camden and beyond!) and dan le sac, evi vine and of course the fuses....will gladly bring you back to reality!.

Identity fraud..The loss of your personal details, name,address.NI number, bank account details and even medical details and numbers would be a nightmare in this increasingly insecure data age,though it has come as no suprise at all that the Government of the UK has 'lost' this information belonging to over 25 million people..using unencrypted, unsecure system and then dropping it in the private postal service without registering it in any way is totally mindblowing stupidity!..who has these discs, fraudsters? a foriegn security service? terrorists? who knows...the one thing that is certain is that this information is now unsafe..its been missing for a month before the public became aware of it...again outrageous!..change everything, passwords, accounts details etc now..today...as it could be you that gets screwed over.The Government has destroyed the little confidence the public had in them, your information is out there in the hands of who knows? and that means you are at risk....hmm....time to say sorry darling....!

I dont believe the hype....!Apparently the exchequer made 4.6 billion quid profit when oil hit the 100dollar a barrel point , does'nt that make you proud(?)....and they tell us that after the visit of the saudi arabian contingent to London with full ceromonial aplomb,they purchased lots of airplanes from the european manufacturers...exec. jets, small medium and large passenger carrying aeroplanes amounting to 9 billion pounds...all pretty normal...except the enquiry into bungs,backhanders and corruption sidestepped by the previous Mr Blair is still bubbling up under the surface...none of it is real....slight titbits of information to keep the big picture obscured....theres a bit of micheal Moore in us all....its not cynical...its a very dangerous illusion...

Was fourtunate enough to be at The Verve gig in Blackpool last Tuesday eve, i say Tuesday as the band played two nights in the incredible Empress Ballroom with the Tuesday being the second night.Why is this important? well, basically the city of Blackpool has miles of illuminations alighting the seafront, and what an amazing sight it would have been....the night before!...why do they turn them off so early in the winter season? Anyway, the reason i am mentioning it is because it created a really strange vibe...the darkened seafront and tower was ...well, errie!the Irish bar around the corner was like a little bit of Wigan with guiness on tap..then into the venue...incredible and magnificently presented building..and then the band.....Amazing performance...and highly recommended if you get the chance to see and hear them...then off to the aftershow...as usual never as exciting or interesting as they sound.but,good to see old friends and new..The Verve.....astounding !Thank you!

'Intimate obsessions'(2007) is the new book by China Hamilton(pure genius!)..and is a must to include on your bookshelf...sod that..your coffee table...bedside cabinet...well anywhere....! As those who know me would agree, my passion for superior erotic imagery holds no bounds, and yet again China hamilton has produced a masterpiece...i urge you to get it..do i sound really jealous of this mans talents?....too right...though i'll take that envy and turn it to excitement and inspiration....thank you China!

I read in a magazine article recently about the positve effects that people get from...having a beautiful picture taken of them!...Well, have been saying it for years....!..That 'portrait of dorrien gray' fear(the sin of vanitiy?)seemed to fade away and people enjoyed the 'thats me!' feeling they got when they saw their images....So whats new? ..Well in my world, it seems that they prefer these 'portraits' to be a little risque..the more risque, the higher the feeling of pleasure appears to be.So thats good for me..how about you?..A huge thanks for those wonerful folks that have been passing this site around, nearly ten thousand hits on this gallery alone...still want to take part?...get in touch at the link..you know it will make you feel good....it official!

I personally have always been quite open and straightforward on the subject of sex,so i was really pleased to get an email thanking me for putting this site up from a guy in London.He told me that he appreciated the images as they were a great 'ice breaker', not porn or overly gratuitous and he was 'more than happy' to show the site to his female friends without feeling he was bieng'pushy'!. Well. thats good then, glad i could help, i think.......?

Lots happening in the world,i especially liked the Iranian president giving a speech and even joined a student debate in the United States..can you imagine george bush returning the gesture...?..The south Korean leader met with and signed a peace treaty with its north Korean neighbours,triggering the Americans to free up a million dollars of aid(thats alot of GM grain!...)..and the Monks of Burma led a last gasp plea for help by laying down their lives infront of the eyes of the world...and yet nothing seems to be done by our leaders to assist?This latest event has been captured with the help of some incredibly brave people with cameras,the first image i saw was the japanese photographers body lying at the feet of a soldier...so,if we are so fucking important to claim to be the worlds peacekeepers, the ones in the white hats,the fucking cavalry that always arrived riding over the hilltops to save the day,why is nothing happening?Maybe george bush believes no one is noticing?so,thats lots happening in the world and the media is obsessed with diana and will there or will there not be an election...in november!...yeah right!

Bact to the old privacy debate again, the purist will say "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear", regarding the upsurge in information gathering on private individuals, cctv and tracking devices fitted to satnav systems and mobile phones. Well talking with an elderly gentleman the other day he was adamant to point out that not long ago, the englishman was prepared to die fighting in the trenches of europe to maintain our right to have a private life, and that the government existed to govern for us, not to govern over us.He raised two very good points, i have to agree with him, crime has not come down because of the survielence cameras, tracker devices embedded onto tins of tomatoes at tescos will not provide them with any usable information that will enhance my life,or thiers, and the DNA collected by the police from me after a legitimate demonstration many years ago, will not help solve or prevent any crime, as i havnt actually committed any, or any have plans to do so!. If we have any rights left, that DNA sample taken from me should be returned, its mine, my very personal,private property and i have the ultimate right of who has access to it.As i said somewhere amongst my rants, we are watched more than anyone else on the planet, if this was successful and workable, we would have the lowest crime rates on the planet, we havnt, they are rising faster than ever, treat people with suspicion, they will act suspiciously, treat them with respect, and guess what happens?it aint rocket science....

Good ole boy george w bush has been meeting those anti evolutionists again, so should we expect an announcement anytime soon?, i doubt it, after doing a small amount of surfing to try and understand the scenario, i am stil not convinced that evolution is the accident of nature? or a designed intelligence?, and, i personally think george w should be spending his time more effectively!, Never bieng a great Darwin fan or a great believer in the gods of organised religions, i dont believe we will find the answer with either theory. The scientists can scream and shout, the religious freaks can sing and chant, but,maybe, we could broaden the search just to make it more interesting?, I am sure one day we will be shocked and stunned into realising that "this is it", no gods, no great master plan, just a great big mess, in the name of the father?, yeah right, "go ask daddy then george...!"

have been entering the world of msn a little recently, all good fun once i had picked up a few text speak expressions to drop into conversations,lmao? eventually!Well, what delighted me was the number of sound minded , intelligent , and in some cases, deeply profound people chatting away, as was led to believe i would be talking to middle aged balding men with beer bellies, halitosis and zero social skills calling themselves angel or cindy!Anyway, the point is i keep seeing lots of taglines , pieces of poetry, one liners etc. which really are quite good, my faves this week have been'love is like fire,love is like war,easy to start hard to end and impossible to forget'which was thought provoking enough ,( probably to deep for my state of mind when i read it though!)but outshone by the simple 'the best things in life are not always things...'(thank you jules)ah, i feel spiritually intelectually and emotionally cleansed and ready for the night....one love....pass the vodka.!

Have been listening to some amazing music recently over the internet,an a couple i really should mention are evi vine and reunion square, both have 'my space' pages and can easily be found on that networks search,so if you get a momment have a look and listen..evi vine manages to mesmerise and beautifully disturb you...and really is special..and reunion square is mr coxons mate,toby, making sullen attitude noises that are affecting the way i move my head in confined spaces.....try it....

Well the pastimes of a shaggyllama have been added to with the rise in popularity of the burlesque movement...(an what movement!) that has reached the northern cities of the uk. what a great night out!...anyway, it seems gothic bellydancing is going the same way, which, although hard to imagine, really is worth catching a show, or better still, learn how to do it..had many a conversation recently with exponents of this particular art, and they must be the happiest bunch of people ive met for ages...just remember....Dance like you mean it!..shine on rosie...!

Shooting on location as opposed to in the studio brings the obvious extra work of carting equipment around, driving miles searching for addresses(if you have one!) or searching for a location after the place your had reccy'd a week earlier had been demolished..(it did happen!)..still, i wouldn't have it any other way!.Every set design i could imagine has already been created,each and every angle has been covered ...so whats left? rely on the beauty of the model, the costume, the hair design?well..there is always the activity of the model/models?.(.sometimes its like living inside the lightbox...)Thats why i have nothing but respect for the handful of photographers i keep mentioning, as they seem to keep the studio shot alive and fresh..me..? well, i must admit..i prefer the open road to ...wherever i end up....with hundreds of ideas just awaiting the moment....

Think i might have upset someone this week, was just chatting about the news and views of the day, when i mentioned that "religion should be taken out of the education system", this is of course my own viewpoint, which i am entitled to put across,and am always up for a good discussion, normally about anything from the big picture to the price of fish!But, was taken aback when i recieved an email complaining at me for bieng a cynic, a utopian fantasist and even a satanist?, ouch!, well, firstly, i am not saying anything cynical about religion,secondly, 'utopia' and 'fantasy' are the basis of all religions, and finally i would have to believe in god to believe in the existance of satan.I do believe that promoting goodwill, union and the well bieng of our physical existance is far superior to that of our so called spiritual destiny, be that heaven or hell ..or even utopia!, apparently, we prefer to continue to teach our children about the myths and fables of virgin births in stables, than goodwill and friendship amongst all of mankind?,Me thinks its time to look forward rather than back, we have the knowledge of science to quite accurately predict what is going to happen in regard to the physical aspect of our existance on the planet, and therefore adapt our societies to make the most of the future, global warming et al, but no, lets just continue pretending it doesnt matter and keep bullshitting our children with the devisive nonsense regarding the "my god is better than yours"theories that our parents and grandparents and great grandparents indoctrinated thier children with, and continue to shape our existance to that of hatred and war.The media is reporting that the government are bieng unfair in its policies regarding "minority religions", good grief, maybe the media should start reporting on how empty our churches are, how much money the churches have generated, and more importantly the behaviour of the clergy, in regard to promoting intolerance and downright evil behaviour towards our youngsters....Afterall, how many priests does it take to spiritually and physically fuck up a choirboy????Me , a cynic? .....never!

Ah its a delight when one of the 'old guard'slips a sly dig into the mix.....especially on a lazy sunday...lol!The 'old guard' in question is Alan Greenspan, the man who had supreme control over the financial world from aside the pockets of the Bush regime declared the reasoning behind the iraq war was....OIL..!Well it wasnt that much of a shocking statement,after all...it wasnt rocket science to work that one out, but its the fact with bush loosing his grip of the situation,( his own economy,the senate,his mind..etc,etc.!)it really is an 'et tu brutus' momment...!Gordon Brown and george bush in that golfcart...an image to inspire confidence the world over...well bits of Texas and a village in Scotland maybe.....

Everybody has those parts of their lives that they wish they could change, their jobs, location, those bad habits that they really could do without, in fact everybody has something they would change.The big quetsion is if they want to change them , how do they go about it?, the first step is realisation, after all , thats normally the crunch momment, secondly is replacement, finding something else you would rather be doing instead, and the third is restructure. There we go easy...? Alas, it never is!, There are so many people out there who are unhappy with their lives that a massive industry has been created to 'help' out, the 'self help' books and dvds, the personal development courses that are advertised in every town and city, the regression therapists that will 'help' you find out what went wrong etc,etc,etc. Well, recently i was talking with one of these 'personal achievement& development'life coaches in a hotel bar, he had just finished speaking to a group of 'clients' in a seminar, after a few drinks and passing the time, he started explaining why he was laughing all the way to the bank. Apparently he earns about five grand a day by persuading people that 'just by comming to the seminar today, they had started their own recovery, they were improving thier lives by starting thier own personal change towards becoming a better, happier person'.He went on to explain that in todays paranoid, stressed society he was 'helping people' come to terms with how they should use the negative traits of others to feel better about themselves. Obviously i was appalled that this deflection was actually fluffing the egoes of his 'clients' whilst empting their wallets and blaming everybody else.So, back to the top,if you want to change, then change!, if you want to stop smoking/drinking/watching soaps/swearing etc, than just do it.....you dont need these shiesters in suits, dodgy seminars or a personal development life coaches to get you to do it!. though if you really feel that you need to give money to someone to kick you up the arse, then.....please send cheques and ill bring my size nines.............

Things are all a bit hectic in best possible way, designing the new site,sorting out printers and shoots and keeping the everyday internal sunshine fired up(eg.gigs&adventures!)along with the domesticity( that shall not.!).Anyway,this said time( or is that need?)to rant here has been subdued somewhat...what i have learnt is that recently some of my pics displayed here have turned up in places that ....well, for want of a better term, they were just nicked..not that i would have denied them use of any of my pics, but would have been nice to have been asked rather than told.Anyway..as there is not alot i can do about it i have reduced the number and sizes of images here and therefore if you wish to see them in a larger format you will have to go to the erotic artists website(link at bottom of home page!).And if you wish to copy or use the images..drop me an email and ask...was going to say "i dont bite"...but....we all know that sometimes...thats not true....

I have to say that the music im playing on this site is listed below and i strongly encourage you to purchase any of the artists back catalogues,because with the way the industry is going they will all need the money,and the music is their original artwork so as always...support the Arts!...(hopefully that will keep the lawyers off my back...lol!)).the tune on this page is strawberrys 'fuck you im beautiful' and shes as good as they get...really!

Have been stupidly busy for the past weeks, but a big thank you to those at W illow in Dorset for a really great party! It was the first sunny days ive seen since April!Well, had lots to do and lots to say over the past weeks and alas there has been a few technical problems with computers, servers and such like so the site has been unable to cope with me changing images.Hopefully this has now been sorted out and can continue shortly. So, apologies to those who have modelled recently, i will get around to uploading images very soon.

Ihave always been interested in...'hands',they have always been a clue to the identity of someone, what they do, the lifestyle they have led etc, and probably the most expressive part of the human body.This is why so many appear in my images.its not uncommon to hear or read about alsorts of fetishisms involving other part of the body, but never the hands?when we use them for everything in our lifestyles of work and play,i think they are the unsung heroes....so how about a big hand for....!

Not that im averse to Tescos being shut down, curtailed by goverments of elected representitives, stopped from destroying green field sites, prevented from syphoning off monies into off sea tax havens instead of paying taxes,and destroying the fabric of our high streets and the communities of small shop keepers, but really, if you want to do what you can....then shop somewhere else..!Wasting police,ambulance ,fire services and all those increasingly jittery anti terrorist forces time is just stupidity....use the money in your pocket to support your common senses...boycott tesco!

Well a big thank you to writer lesley ann sharrock from desire magazine for her review of this site in the july issue of the magazine which is on sale now from good vendors or direct from moondance media.The magazine, a firm fave for thousands of adults is full of great articles, photos, images and humour and really,really should be on your bedside cabinet.s for being described as an 'old eccentric'? less of the old,but ill drink to that!lol!

I was sent an email yesterday with an attachment asking me to support a charity that takes in stray dogs , "just £1 a week will feed and help a poor dog, who has probably been mistreated in some horrible way. The e mail said i would recieve a certificate, photos and my "new friend" would write to me regularly?, write to me? Its a dog!!, if it could write to me its obviously a very talented creature that should be earning a fortune, not asking me for fifty quid a year!Please dont do this anymore,crap politics, crap legislation, global wars and famines,now dogs that write to you begging for ..money!..not food , money, what a wierd little world we live in...

The definition of a Rant in my book, is a constant flow, uninterupted, covering and linking many topics. so, therefore thats exactly what i try to do here on this page, nothing to do with influenceing people, or spouting propaganda for anyone or anything, just Rant!, So, apologies if its sometimes hard to read, due to the subject matter, or more importantly, the really awful spelling and grammar, sorry, spellchecker is just one of those things i avoid using.... the luddite in me will not tolerate bieng corrected by a machine! if you want to, then fine, but a machine....no thanks!

Again the terrorists were foiled not by intelligence or secret service sources,but by the chance arrival of an ambulance crew,then it turns out the terrorists were all doctors and hospital staff......?It does beg the question that they were probably more dangerous and could feasibly cause more suffering working in our hospitals by just not washing their hands?....Well, thankfully their bombs failed and the police rounded them up, as many members of the public are bieng hailed as heroes, save a thought for those ambulance men who were alert enough to realise what was happening in the first place and those who had to drive the terrorist to hospital for treatment....

Brown is the new political name, the new head honcho, numero uno,the main man,and to be truthful,there was a little part of me that wanted....no expected a superhero of james bond proportions to come flashing across the tv screens to unmask him as a architypal bond villan ,unleashing a huge sigh of relief across the land and saving us all..............So, that didnt happen then......!ah well, there is a small chance he might be reasonable enough to stop the new obscenity and indecency laws from become law...maybe....just maybe.he s the kind of 'bloke' that has better things to be spending money on....

Some days you get flashbacks....or is that just me?...okay then, i'll take it as you all had a shiver down the spine momment and just continue...I had a string of emails this week with lots of links to some incredible galleries,a.....flashback....one of these links was to a site and well instant deja vu!, the site is that of Robert Babylon...and the second it popped up i was zipped back to a tequilla fuelled night in a trailer at the back of the 'lost Vagueness'area of glastonbury festival,a beautifully corsetted young lady and an old laptop...(Mmmm)oh, and my determination at the time to remember the artists name.It was a great festival( ithink?) so i was rather over optimistic,anyway, I could sit here and rant on how good it is or you can go look for yourselves(still here ....?)Yes i know i could insert hyperlinks to make your lives easier,and i will.when i get time a whole page of links so you never have to leave(sorry,Hammer horror film on in the background!?)..but the random searchings you have to make without the links can take you to some seriously strange and magical places....well, probably not..but!Anyway, thank you Robert...masterfully excecuted.

Its Sunday night as i am sitting wonderfully dry and warm with the wine company and we are heartfelt with all those who at this momment are prancing around a muddy festival field in sequinned frocks and purple wellies and seriously inefficient footwear as Dame shirley Bassey(A.K.A. Burly Chassis.) belts out 'hey big spender'....oh the irony.....how much was a ticket to glasters this year?...Well done folks, and Iggy....say no more....blew them all away....!..and yes lilly was wonderful..bless....

If ....dont you just love it when i start a sentence with'If..'...well you know i obviously have no idea what im talking about..so..here goes..the uk is underwater in the middle of the'dry' season...Therefore as water is now traded as a commodity,a product that turns over millions each year...will UK water bills be cut?obviously this is unlikely,but why not?If they discovered an new massive oil or gas field under the vast areas that are currently flooded we would expect fuel and gas prices to fall,and due to market forces they would...anyway...im not really interested enough to find out and im sad for those poor folks flooded out...but..at least it isnt new orleans.try sueing the original town planners that gave permission to build on flood plains..!

How much is the 'quality' of life actually worth?, vague question i know, but is it possible to put a price on such a thing?Some may say its priceless in monetary terms,others,well...its hard to fathom. the goverment using an organisation called NICE...(hmm the irony is choke inducing!)have decided that hundreds of thousands of people suffering from altzhiemiers and dementure will not be recieving the drugs they need due to the 'exessive' cost of £2.50 aday. £2.50 ! after a lifetime of paying taxes, national insurance,and supporting the system, the goverment is snatching away the right of life itself from its 'subjects' for £2.50!nice....def. not! How on earth they can justify this is beyond the likes of me and thousands of others who are dealing with people everyday with dementure and altzhiemers.We know these drugs work and help our relatives and those of us who care for them, we know whats happening and object to free nicotine patches and anti smoking treatments for those who choose to give up smoking, thats a choice they make, it is not to be financed by removing the right to 'life saving' medication!We object to the postal lottery for the right to get these drugs, and more importantly, we object to a faceless goverment body deciding the value of its subjects life at less than £2.50 a day...how do they sleep at night?NICE...lest we forget....!

ahhh, just had to type.....!no really, i have just sat through English comedian and famous father of lilly(oh im enjoying your anguish mate!)present a documentry entitled'Keith Allen will burn in hell!'Brilliant! am sure he had previously seen Louis therouxs 'meet the...' documentry series in which this particularly nasty american familly were picketting the funeral services of the dead american soldiers returned from Iraq and Afghanistan,and , like myself, wanted to see and hear sombody, anybody put this nasty family in its place!Well Keith Allen.....if anyone had asked who i would like to see confront this nasty group, louis theroux or maybe jeremy paxman?Dare say i'd would had a go..., its Mr Allen.....absolutely superb!A huge thank you.....

Having spent a rather traumatic friday night in Casualty with an injured relative i just have to say how amazed i am by those folks running the frontline services.The level of abuse and violence directed towards these people really had to be seen to be believed, but,hats off to them as they managed to prevent a suicide in the waiting room, repel a street fight that had followed on into the waiting room and manage to keep everyone uninvolved relatively calm.thankfully all ended well for my relative, but the courage and bravery of the hospital staff should be shouted from the highest building, and the fact it happens 'daily' in most hospitals should ,as a society, shame us all.

How much water are you drinking?Or should that be how much is the water your drinking costing you?Well over the past ten years the annual cost of the water you drink has increased beyond belief,gone are the days when you would lean over the water fountain in the park to quench your thirst virtually free of charge, now your more likely to be carrying a small plastic bottle around, that contains a small amount of liquid probably transported thousands of miles,costing you up to £2 a time with some fashionable name on a fashionable label splashed across it. have you noticed that if you reverse the name of Evian you get a better description of the drinker than the product?

This is the twilight zone...............No, i dont mean that shady momment in time where the imagination warps and distorts everything to induce panic and fear, i am talking about the final weeks of mr Blair, a time when no one seems to be 'in charge', no real discussions are taking place in government, endless fear mongering headlines are being plastered across the tabloids to 'keep us on our toes' and not ask those questions that are regarded un pc.Firstly, if this is democracy, why is the top job just being handed to Gordon brown, without everybody voting?Has anybody asked why after centuries of oppressing the scots, destroyting their culture,stealing their natural resources( oil,gas, real estate,etc) are we so comfortable giving up the power base of England to ...er ...a scot? Not just one, after all its quite discomforting how many of the top jobs in UK plc are occupied by....Please dont get me wrong, i have no probs with scots, welsh, Irish or anybody really, but, it sits rather uncomfortably that through the chaos of anglo-scotish relations over the past few hundred years that we are drifting into ....the twilight zone......be afraid...lol!

Sorbet sex, well it is an interesting little soundbite that has taken the English media by storm, it is used to describe no strings sexual encounters after the break up of relationships and described as "the best way to regain your confidence after a relationship breakdown".My opinion?, well, building ones confidence is always a good thing, tho i think you have to be very careful that this kind of liasion is what both people want, emotions can run very high, insecurities can be amplified,and a disaster could be high on the agenda.On the other hand, it could just be really great, no inhibitions, experimentation,and even an awakening.Therefore, apart from the new trendy name, sorbet sex, its nothing new, so enjoy, leave your crap in your past, and look forward, enjoy and be happy..

Its eighteen years since those horrific images of hundreds of massacred students were beamed around the world from Tianamen square, along with the iconic images of that brave young man standing infront of a chinese tank.Eighteen years later we still have no idea how many hundreds were massacred,how many young people have been living in fear in and exiled out of china, away from thier famillies and always looking over their shoulders.We are very fourtunate to be able to protest within our western societies, although the effectivness of such protests has been curtailed by the public order act and various laws regarding unlawful assembly,but we can still protest.Lets hope recognising the anniversaries of events like tianamen square remind us of the rights we are losing and remember those unfortunate students who gave their lives in the name of freedom, not for themselves, but for all of us.

The simplest things can start you off in a direction that you wouldnt normally take,for example Patti Smith performed a few tracks on a late night tv show(seriously good!) and since that momment i have been trying to dash into town and buy a copy. My determination to squeeze this twenty minute walk into my day has sent me off on so many tangents that i have not achieved half of what i would normally do without the 'Patti desire'.I tried to substitute ms smith by putting The Clash on the car stereo,which alas had me 'spaced out in the supermarket' an feeling like a urban warrior driving around listening to Guns of Brixton.Obviously im feeling charged and phunky again just in time for summer....hehe...outdoor shoots...with gimme shelter....thank you patti..just perfect....

I have just been 'educated' on the subject of carbon credits,the system that sells the pollution rights around the world?Basically if a company,say in China,produces too much pollution it buys the right using some form of credit to increase their emissions, from a broker who previously purchased the right from a company, say in Norway, that had not produced enough pollution over a set time period.Simple..?Well obviously it is far more complex,and i am not pretending for one second that i totally understand it,but its said that this new trade is a positive step for the enviroment(hmm, as if!),all i know is that alot of people are trading and earning billions of dollars for selling.....fresh air!This, although sounding a little...'out there' turns decidedly dodgy when realising they are actually selling fresh air in order to poison it.Hmm, whos owns it anyway? This incredible moneymaking scheme is fuelling western economies at present and Russia declaring itself as 'the saudi arabia of the carbon credit trade' has not even started trading yet, will this global influence come into play in negotiations regarding certain extradition requests...cough cough.

A big thank you for the copy of vee speers 'bordello' that i recieved recently, and am so impressed, im telling you about it...I know, this rants page(especially created for me to rant deep and meaningless bollocks) is bieng used to promote great books, films and the like,which was never the intention. what can i say, damn commercials are everywhere...even in here....gulp, have i been corrupted by the cash machine?? Well no, as any of my famously red bank statements will prove, i have not!, what has happened though is that there are thousands of people like myself who are creating in all sorts of medias, and supporting each others work is essential. So, if i like it, and your reading this, well two + two is..........?

It is true that i probably view alot of adult art and although taste is personal there are some images that are repeated so often they have become cliches,I love using rope and rubber and other props to enhance an image but am very aware that the 'bondage' shot so typically aligned to the 'fetish' and 'kink' genre has started to dominate all aspects of populus art. Dont get me wrong , the images so successfully produced by people like china hamilton and robert babylon actually work as original images that convey the true feeling of the subject, the problem to me is when you get pop culture images of the sugarbabes or girls aloud with wrists tied with flimsy ribbons and imaculate make up in an attempt to shock its teenage audience. this is not erotic imagery its sugar coated pulp!

I was recently at friends one evening when the subject of 'friends reunited' came up, which, although i have not tried, i have always wondered how it worked,not the technical side so much as the emotional side, how the hell does it feel to recieve communications from people you knew twenty, thirty years ago? Well, we tried it, i typed in a name i dragged through the dusty cobwebbed memories of growing up in a council style foster home in sussex, and after a few short minutes was amazed that my friend from the short trousers and chopper bike days flashed up on the screen, now a finance director for a charity, happily divorced, with three kids and a dog, and still living in the same road he was thirty years ago.so how did it feel to open up those distant memories?......bloody strange!, will i be doing it again?.... def. not!, would i recommend it? well , try it.....if only once!

For those who are fortunate not to live in Europe the annual song contest will have past again without you even noticing.... unless that part of Europe is in the middle east of course?Well, obviously the state of Israel counts as part of Europe(?)and therefore can enter the contest, in fact a transexual performer from Israel actually won it a few years back, sadly it didnt cause an outbreak of peace and respect in the region, but, every little helps!Anyway, the theme of this years Israeli entry was "we're going to push the button.."Hmm, maybe some countries are taking it all a little bit too seriously?The British entry? Well, very patriotic,moronic and insulting to anyone in the airline industry, The overall winners? I have no idea....nor do