Solving the Genesis Question : Gabriel or Collins

In a fit of research I believe I've solved the Genesis Question.

Collins does not appear in Genesis
Gabriel does not appear in Genesis
Peter does not appear in Genesis
Phil does appear in Genesis, a total of 8 times. In relation to 'Philistines'.

Further research:
No Anthony / Ants / Tony
No Hackett
No Steve
No Rutherford
No Mike
1x banks [of river Nile]

Obviously, this prompted queries about how many Fish are in the Silmarillion:
1x Fish [as in fisher-folk that dwelt by the River.]

You can all thank me later.

I have a date tonight

And it's with my second longest running relationship. If MicrowavePie boy is #1, then Marillion (the Family) are second - seeing as he got me into them.
the newest member of the Family has arrived in Wellington. Happiness is the Road. I'm now curled up with a cheeky wine, dinner and my very very hot date.

In order to impress her, for it can only be a her, I have slow roast mushrooms and red onions, with blue cheese, some caesar salad, and some chick pea patties with a variety of pickles and chutneys. The wine is a 2004 Zinfandel from Kemblefields, which is rocking along with the dinner, and dessert will be the remaining blue cheese.

I'm on track 4, and I'm loving it. As per usual it will take some time to absorb her, let her get under the skin, caress me, whispering... ahhh good times.

Me.

Movie: Beowulf

Oh dear god. The reviews have been kind to this movie. Too kind. The filming is kinda cool, the characters are 'cartoonised' (I'm sure there's a technical term for this) in the same style as Robert Zemeckis' last movie'Polar Express' - except it looks better, and doesn't have Tom Hanks.
Storywise, meh predictable stuff - even if you don't know the poem. Evil doers (demons) fought by visiting hero (Beowulf). Bad things happen. Offspring of satan. yadda yadda yadda.
The story was laboured and flowed poorly. Think Harry Potter (esp movie#1) bad. Pacing was highly uneven, and the script was something George Lucus would have happily used in StarWars. Yes, that bad. That was a surprise given Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary wrote it. Oh well, even they fail.
The envisaging of Grendel was great, as were most of the special effects. But it is a cartoon so you'd expect that.

So why would you see it? Well it has been filmed in 3D and it looks good. Not great (iMax kicks its ass), but certainly interesting and worth a peek.
Rating: 3/10. Drunk in the mood for a b-grade it might get a 5. No more. It would have scored far far more highly if Grendel was introduced by this:


Love, B

Marillion

My favourite band and their original singer, Fish, reunited for Market Square Heroes.

As Fish said in Margaret, a dream fulfilled :)

Thanks to Neil here's a video of MSH.



Love, B