Mark is married to Jo and is a 23 year old youth and schools worker based in South Cave (near Hull). Mark spent 4 years as a youth worker in Peterborough whilst studying for a degree in youth work & ministry with Oasis.
Back in 2001 as a family we tuned into ‘Popstars’…a new concept as far as TV Shows went…as the weeks went on we went from seeing people audition to finally ending up with ‘Hear Say’. The show continued introducing us to the band as they recorded their first single and filmed their first music video [...]
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Sermon Swearing
On August - 1 - 2010 1 COMMENT
Yesterday as we boarded the ferry to journey back to France after a week’s honeymoon I purchased ‘The Sun’ in order to catch up with the news in a format that my 5 hours-worth-of-driving brain could handle and it wasn’t the ‘coming out’ of X-Factor flop Joe McElderry the caught my eye (although his coming [...]
The iPhone 4
On July - 4 - 2010 2 COMMENTS
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m quite an Apple fan…I converted to Macs 2 and a half years ago and would never look back…my iPod has kept me company through many-a-journey and nothing out there compares to the Apple operating system and mp3 players. However the one product I was never sold [...]
Ipad Review
On June - 5 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Ever since back in January when Steve Jobs announced the iPad after many rumors anticipating the tablet device (I blogged on this here) I have been eagerly awaiting the chance to actually try one out. In my originally blog my initial thoughts of the iPad were mixed…you may remember me blogging: Whilst I think the [...]
Film Remakes
On May - 2 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Last night I finally got around to watching the 1950′s version of ‘House of Wax’ which I got on DVD a few months back. The 2005 remake is one of my favourite horror films both with plot and production so I was curious to see how different it was from the original. The original and [...]
The Rise & Fall of Five Iron Frenzy DVD Review
On April - 21 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Back in 2003 the Christian band Five Iron Frenzy called it a day…played their last gig at Filmore (USA) and the 9 piece band separated…I was 17 and had never heard of the band. It wasn’t until I was introduced to them by Ben & Hayley individually in 2004 that I eventually purchased their EP [...]
Day 44: Alkaline Trio – This Addiction Review
On April - 1 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
I’ve been aware of the punk rock band Alkaline Trio for a few years no but I’ve never got around to listening to them…I don’t know why but for some reason it never happened…until last week! I stumbled across a video of them playing their new single ‘This Addiction’ on the Letterman show so thought [...]
Day 33: Arty Me
On March - 21 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
I’m not a big fan of cultured stuff…sit me with a Shakespeare play or in front of the Mona Lisa and I’ll complain about the old fashioned language or say ‘right what’s next…’. When it comes to things arty I am not someone who appreciates fine art. However this does not mean I don’t like [...]
Day 16: What happened to Nu-Metal?
On March - 4 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Picture the scene…it’s the 90′s…I was 14/5/6 with dodgy hair and limited to the Sky Channels that were free and along came ‘The Chart Show’ channel and ‘P-Rock’….whilst p-rock was awesome all the time The Chart Show had moments of awesomeness…mainly in the form of their twice daily ‘Nu-Metal’ chart featuring the likes of Sum [...]
Day 11: Mixing
On February - 27 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Over the last few years I’ve been gradually recording a series of songs which I’ve written and they’re at the place now where it’s really just a matter of recording the odd vocal track and mixing them. On a personal note it’s quite interesting to see the journey these tracks have been on, 3 years [...]
Day 10: Phones and iPhones
On February - 26 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
A year ago when my phone was upgraded I remember looking at the various options including a variety of shiny touchscreen phones on the market and I just wasn’t sold to them…partly because I wanted something that would sync with my Mac but mostly because there was a lack of buttons and I was used [...]
Chrome?
On December - 16 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything amazingly serious and this isn’t going to be especially serious just geeky! Since Google released their Chrome browser on Windows I’ve been waiting for the Mac version and finally it’s arrived! I’ve been using Chrome for a few days now and have some initial thoughts on it. [...]
Dear Jack – DVD Review
On November - 21 - 2009 1 COMMENT
Long term readers of this blog will know the love I have for Andrew McMahon’s band ‘Jack’s Mannequin’ having seen them live earlier this year and putting their ‘Everything in Transit’ album into my top 5 albums (and to this day it probably remains there). Those who don’t follow the band may not be aware [...]
Wii Fit Plus
On November - 6 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Back when I was living with the Pummells before they departed to New Zealand I experienced a Wii Fit and my little Mii experienced some tough exercising and some running injuries from the comfort of my home (the running injuries were also experienced by the real me!) and alongside this games such as Shaun White [...]
Album Review: Sorry for Partyin’ (Bowling for Soup)
On November - 1 - 2009 1 COMMENT
As I mentioned the last week on my Bowling for Soup live blog I’ve been following Bowling for Soup for years and they’re music often reminds me of times gone by (in particular Benvolio singing loudly to ‘a hangover you don’t deserve’ on the way back from Norwich many-a-sunday night). Their previous album ‘The Great [...]