http://casio.fleetfm.com BATTLE HYMNS OF THE VIETCONG (not just another Fleetfm.com weblog) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:23:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a dreadfully long time since I wrote anything for this blog. I would like to apologise to anyone out there who has been reading my stuff- your comments and emails mean a great deal to me, and I'll try and do better from now on. Usually a ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/10/23/an-apology-an-obituary-and-painful-poignant-self-awareness/ O.k, so on monday my friend called to inform me she had tickets to a screening of Rusty Nails' documentary (still a work-in-progress), Dead On:. The Life and Cinema of George A. Romero at the Melbourne international film festival, and that I should get my ass on a tram a.s.a.p. ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/08/03/by-george/ uh, action comics 866? http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/07/17/christopher-reeve-lives/ http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/07/17/wheres-the-beef/ Here is the first of what may possibly become a regular feature. Brilliant troll comments that rule. This one comes to us via the comments field from a youtube video of a dark knight returns trailer parody, and is authored by a genius called LemonsNeedHelp (9 hours ago) "man you're a fag with ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/07/17/i-love-the-internets/ so, I come to at six a.m in a hotel room in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, lying on an enormous bed in the sticky heat, sweating already despite the fact that I'm wearing just my boxers. Sharing the bed with me are my travelling companions John (Pravjot- the Punjab/french Vincent Gallo) and ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/07/15/my-last-day-in-india/ google search "chuck norris" Mango Alexander (also known as the indian railways stealthy stiffener) Mix equal parts of mcdowell's number one brandy (but any other indian brand will do, avoiding , of course, the really cheap ones which cause blindness, ricketts and death) and Slice mango drink (as endorsed by the beautiful Katrina ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/07/14/chuck-norris-is-so-fast-he-can-run-around-the-world-and-punch-himself-in-the-back-of-the-head/ This morning I watched a dog eat a human foot. It looked like a rather stringy meal, but the dog was emaiciated and diseased, so any feed's a good feed. Varanasi is the most INDIAN of places- the holy of holies, the city of light, extant in the same form ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/06/30/the-kingdom-of-kali/ Back in the stinking hot sprawl of lepers and wristwatch salesmen and delicious street food and horse poo that is the modern metropolis of mumbai. Everyone here wants me to be an extra in a bollywood movie, or sell me coke, or show me where the best nightclubs are. Leopolds ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/06/18/alcopopalypse-now/ The following is slightly out of order, occurring before the previous post, obviously, and of course, is entirely fictional and any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincedental.  Stumbling off the 19 hr train ride from my beloved mumbai/revolting ahmedabad bleary-eyed after 5-ish hours sleep in second-class (then the last ... http://casio.fleetfm.com/2008/06/07/the-king-of-udaipur/