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June 27, 2006

By the power of Grayskull…

With all the recent talk of Skeletor, I found myself trawling the internet trying to recapture my MOTU youth. I didn’t have a lot of MOTU toys, but I quite enjoyed what I had.

To my surprise, the internet is teeming with fan-compiled information and images of the inhabitants of Eternia (who knew nerds use the internet?). And then the memories came flooding back. I remember thinking Faker WAS He-Man (despite being blue) for a long time, because my parents bought him with Battle Cat together for my birthday. I remember that Stinkor smelled of patchouli. And that my mum bought Modulok for me when I was in hospital.

So, without further ado, I present to you, bored reader, my complete MOTU collection.

I’m pretty sure my brother had some more He-Men (I seem to recall having a Sy-Klone around at some point) but he can make his own list.

Actually I thought the list was gonna be bigger than that. Bizarrely, I seemed to be collecting the least well-known Eternians. And I’m probably the only dude that’ll admit to owning Sorceress.

I realise this post is a dud if I don’t get any comments, but I’ll ask anyway — which MOTU did you have?

Posted by Luke at 09:08 AM | | Comments (3)

June 12, 2006

The Belles at the Forum

Naomi, Robert, Rosie and I had the privilege of seeing the favourite band of effeminate boys and ugly girls alike, Belle & Sebastian at The Forum on Saturday night, and I thought it was a pretty damn good show.

I didn’t see them last time, and I’ve been kicking myself since. So having secured tickets months in advance, I wanted to make sure we had a good spot. Knowing the Forum has a row of booths just beyond the main floor, Nao and I got there deliberately early to nab one.

After a counter meal at the Duke of Wellington, we joined a quickly forming line outside the theatre. Plaid and paisley abounded. A sea of scarves and argyle knee-high socks. Stockings with flat shoes, and peacoats as far as the eye could see.

I was expecting the set list to be saturated with material from the latest album, and while it’s a pretty fine album, I wanted to hear them play some old stuff too, but they came through with a fair comprimise, including The State I Am In and my favourite Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying.

The encore began with Stuart nearly breaking his neck climbing atop the decorative architecture beside the stage, which prompted the band to start playing Van Halen’s Jump.

Sorry about the crap quality of the video.

All in all, I’d have to say best show I’ve seen this year. Or last year.

Posted by Luke at 10:32 AM | | Comments (3)