The Fabulous Red Diesel: Blog

We have been , for the last 2 years , trying to pay various overdrafts off so we can escape  their clutches, close the accounts and MOVE ON !! Of course the bank charges   shut the account because they wont allow you to pay the charge over the counter... too simple, so you have to wait til November. Another month later you go in and you realise that you were overdrawn for one day in November so now you can not get rid of the account til december. I can wait. Smarmy knights templar.
You see essentially all of the things you need in life are free- somewhere to sleep, food and water and clothing . All the raw materiels for these things are lying around , but the cost comes in the form of how long it takes a person to translate their time and the raw materials into the thing you need.So you pay the apple picker and the weaver and the butcher for the cost of their time , the time it took to raise the animal , grow and pick the apple, the time it took to gather the wool and weave [...]

Whats that clucking sound ? Chickens coming merrily to roost. . No suprise really when you consider that we are a nation of 'consumers' We are taught to consume- from the moment we open our eyes and see the tv in the corner its there- you need this, you need that, a bigger flatter one of those, a different style of shoe and so on. So then we have a nation of people brainwashed into believing this crap, but who have no means of acquiring it in the amount they think they need to keep up with the people they think already have it.
I noticed that there were no shoeless rioters- so why was it necessary to steal more? How many shoes do you need really? And the Tv thing- is jerry Springer really so much better when its plastered 2 foot across the wall on a plasma screen? or Corrie? or any of this shit?
if you really want a revolution, and you really want to fuck the government up, stop buying stuff. Turn off the TV and the commercial radio and stop buying stuff. use money as only a last resort. [...]

I like yule tide. The time of year when the dark rises and the debris of the old year falls away. It seems a good time for clearing out and paring down , sitting tight and doing nothing until the sun begins its ascent again. And then there's the feasting and the music and the presents and the music and the music. So it is a brilliant time to get out of your chair and come and partake of some soul fuel at the Pig in Paradise on the 11th dec, as part of the amazing regression, from 9pm £3 . And for the Brightonions, we are at the Cobblers Thumb on the 18th Dec. For our Dover fans who missed out last night because of the snow, we will be with you on the 7th jan, to make up for it!
There is a competition for all budding animators in Jan so watch this space for details, and don't forget to collect your free tracks  as they appear week by week.
Happy Solstice
Kat

What if, and now work with me people , work with me, we get a load of bands to come and play, say on a nice big stage, outside  .What a fantastic thought eh? And then  make sure maybe that you position the stage next to a pub or some food outlets, yeah now we're talking, and so the band play and people come and the local pub makes a good days takings and everyone is happy.

What- pay the band and the stage crew, well no, who is going to pay them, they just do it because they love it surely ?? I mean its an honour for them ;to buy diesel, drive to said ( fictitious ) site, work a 14 hour day bringing all their expensive equipment with them, then pack down and go home.

Sorry? did you say they could maybe have a rider? Well no- then the pub/food outlet would not make so much profit, and after all they have to provide food and drink for themselves every other day so why would this day be any different? Yeah and then there would be a knock-on trade for the chip shops and the souvenir shops and people would come from far and wide to hear the music, and once they got here they would need to spend a bit of money and hey presto - everybody wins.

Yeah but there's only one flaw- which bands in their right mind would come and do all that for absolutely nothing ??????

Yes you're right.... silly idea... don't know why i even mentioned it.

i have definitely missed my vocation as an ad writer. i entered my cat in a whiskas competition, where you had to send a photo of your moggy post whiskas , and add a witty strapline which would be used in an advertising campaign. So i took a photo of a semi-recumbant Mr Pom Pom on the decking in the sun , and under it composed the following ; ahem;
'When you are entertaining the ladies, don't give them second best.. offer them Whiskas... guaranteed to get you pussy, aye '
Now I thought that was worth a years worth of whiskas but obviously not as some dull as ditchwater tabby won it with something as entertaining as ' pebbles eats up every bite' yeah right very original.
But i have probably found the ad firm who would appreciate my talents. The latest ad for the latest ladyshaver from a well known razor firm. Picture the scenes here- a lady walks past various pieces of topiary, and as the sways by they each become neatly clipped- get it........ a bush trimmer, ...BUSH TRIMMER!!!!! I nearly [...]