So he’s had one big windfall and he reckons he’s a gambling man. Ask Louis Theroux who’s the best poker player on the documentary circuit. This side of the Atlantic the answer’s Jonti Bloom. Obviously, no one really comes close to Moore.
Archive for June, 2007
23: Bag of Holding
Posted by Jonti Bloom on June 30, 2007
Posted in 0023_film, Atlantic, Bloom, Jones, Joneses, Jonti, Louis Theroux, Moore, Video, gambling, poker, windfall | 2 Comments »
Tin Tin
Posted by Ian Jones on June 30, 2007
We’re going to Belgium, home of Tin Tin. I preferred Asterix. This was when I was considering liking superheroes, before I realised they were just adolescent power fantasies and moved on to Conan, Dredd, etc.
Posted in Asterix, Belgium, Conan, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Judge Dredd, Tin Tin, dream, fantasy, superheros | No Comments »
22: What’s Dawn ever done for Ian?
Posted by Jonti Bloom on June 29, 2007
Don’t miss this. Insightful, revealing. Just two of the words I think the critics will use.
I think they’re starting to trust me.
Go Jonti, go.
Posted in 0022_film, Dawn, Family, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Video, critics, insightful, revealing, trust | No Comments »
21: Dawn’s date & Ian’s car wash
Posted by Jonti Bloom on June 29, 2007
I really feel I’m starting to get somewhere with Dawn and Ian.
It’s a simple little trick of mine – divide and interview.
Page One. Listen and Learn.
Posted in 0021_film, Dawn, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Video, car wash, date, divide, interview, learn, listen, trick | No Comments »
Gang Warfare
Posted by Ian Jones on June 29, 2007
I had some time on my own, which was calming. I dug into my tin and pulled out the Wigwammers’ Totem Pole, which had suffered some damage in transit. Dollar Bilz’s head has come free, and the bat wings need re-securing. I’ve got no glue and not much paint, so it’s frustrating.
It did remind me of what I’m missing. Normally, on a Thursday my gang the Wigwammers would be cleavering LeKane’s Henmanunatics or crump-gunning little Stevie’s Heartbreakers or Las-rifling Ben’s Green Goddesses. For fourteen year-olds they play with considerable stoicism.
And then the man who brought me up would bring us all pizza.
Posted in Dollar Bilz, Goddess, Heartbreaker, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Thursday, Totem, Wigwammers, Wigwammers’ Totem Pole, calming, pizza | 1 Comment »
A Proper Princess
Posted by Dawn Jones on June 29, 2007
For once I thought about myself and had a massage. So sue me. Top Amsterdam beautician Tamara made me feel like a million dollars. I went into that shop with the weight of the world on my shoulders but left feeling like a proper princess (the sort that doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty with charity work / poverty).
Love & Light
Dawn x
Posted in Amsterdam, Dawn, Jones, Joneses, Tamara, beautician, charity work, million dollars, poverty, princess | No Comments »
20: The Man in the Windmill
Posted by The Joneses on June 28, 2007
I’m off with the guys to find The Man in the Windmill.
Marvellous. Who’s next? The Old Lady who lived in a shoe?
Puss in Boots? The Wind in the flippin’ Willows?
Posted in 0020_film, Cherrie, Cherry, Dawn, Dutch, Family, Guitar, Holland, Ian, Joneses, Rembrandt, Video, bread and cheese, car, cars, communication, documentary, field, flaps, grandkids, non-verbal, sister, sisters, smells bacon, windmill | 4 Comments »
Dutch pop
Posted by Ian Jones on June 28, 2007
Emotions make me thirsty. Dutch pop is different but good. Not sure what flavour this one was. Either Echinacea or Pond.
Posted in Dawn, Echinacea, Ian, Pond, brother, brothers, flavour, green, pop, sister, sisters | 1 Comment »
Message to Mr Right
Posted by Dawn Jones on June 28, 2007
Hiya love. There’s a beer in the fridge, quiche on the table and I’ve got
a Soul II Soul CD. All that’s missing is you. Hurry up and meet me. I have
a lot to offer and it’s currently going to waste.
Love & Light
Dawn x
Posted in CD, Dawn, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Mr Right, Offer, beer, brother, brothers, europe, message, quiche, sister, sisters, soul II soul, travel | 1 Comment »
19: Veg Auction Museum
Posted by Jonti Bloom on June 27, 2007
What can I tell you? We left Amsterdam, still in search of this Cherry person. Ended up at a Vegetable Auction Museum! There’s no way this sort of stuff is going to get my awards cabinet filled with glittering prizes…
Posted in 0019_film, Auction, Cherrie, Cherry, Dawn, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Video, brother, brothers, museum, sister, sisters, vegetables | 1 Comment »
The Vegetable Auction Museum
Posted by Ian Jones on June 27, 2007
I’ve been to every museum in Amsterdam and environs and at least three of them were brilliant, even though I only got to go in one. In order of preference I would put them at:
3. Energetica. Through the window I could see bits of giant machines and an antique radio. A good start for a museum.
2. Museum of Our Lord in the Attic. Not sure which Lord they’ve got up there, but am assuming it’s one of the less omnipresent ones. Thoth would be good. Or Hanuman.
1. Vegetable Auction Museum at Broeker Veiling. I’ve read a lot of speculative fiction, but nothing could prepare me for this. Remarkable.
Also, Mr Van Loon of the Houseboat Museum was very kind. Is he related to the Van Loons of the Museum Van Loon? I’m assuming a schism.
Posted in Amsterdam, Dawn, Dutch, Energetica, Holland, Ian, Jones, Joneses, documentary, lord, museum, vegetables | No Comments »
Listen to the voices
Posted by Dawn Jones on June 27, 2007
My Mum’s next door neighbour once had a strange sensation in the meat and
dairy aisle. She described it as a cross between gentle slapping and pins
and needles in her face. Two Tuesdays later she discovered mould in her
stairwell carpet. Coincidence? I somehow doubt it.
Love & Light
Dawn x
Posted in Dawn, Dutch, Holland, Jones, Joneses, aisle, dairy, hug, meat, mum, needles, neighbour | No Comments »
18: Sniffing About
Posted by Jonti Bloom on June 26, 2007
Jonti Bloom is beating new paths in quality entertainment. Today I’m following some bloke and his sister as they wander around Amsterdam in search of a girl whom both of them know isn’t even in the country.
I’ll dust off my dinner jacket for award season, I don’t think!
Posted in 0018_film, Amsterdam, Cherry, Dawn, Family, Holland, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Rembrandt, Video, brother, brothers, cheese, flush, gouda, museum, sisters, sniffing, sunburn, toilet, toothpast | 3 Comments »
The bulbs
Posted by Ian Jones on June 26, 2007
I like how the bulbs smell better than the flowers. Muddy and good. I have always had an affinity with the earth.
When everyone else was charming Lizard Men, I could already summon earth elementals. And I always used to play a Lodril worshipper in Runequest (edition 2).
That girl played a Maran Gor acolyte. Until that whole Vingan rubbish came in. As if the Orlanthi need an excuse to allow female warriors - Orlanth would reward the bold regardless of gender - that’s the point.
Posted in Dawn, Dutch, Holland, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Lizard men, bulbs, flower, tulip | 1 Comment »
Mission impossible
Posted by Dawn Jones on June 26, 2007
There’s nothing I like more than a ruddy good mission. A first class, fast paced, objective strewn plan. I’d challenge Anneka to get anything done with Ian slowing up the rear like a monosyllabic monk.
Bless him.
Love & light, Dawn x
Posted in Dawn, Dutch, Ian, Jones, Joneses, Mission impossible, sister, sisters | No Comments »
