At the risk of sounding like..........

So Chris and I have had a Saturday off together and we spent it brilliantly, headed to town, late lunch then cream tea with Ben and Rach before heading to see their new house (very nice!!). Then we spent the evening in front of the TV having a bit of a James Cordon marathon (not intentionally......it just so happened that the DVD arrived this week from Love Film and BBC3 scheduled this way.....I promise....we're not stalking him).

First off, 'History Boys' the brilliant adaptation of Alan Bennett's play. An amazing story and really well made.

Then BBC3 running all 6 episodes of the brilliant 'Gavin & Stacey'. James co-wrote this with Ruth Jones and it's a brilliant series. A really great love story without any cynicism a real treat (and one of the best church scenes I've ever seen!!). Anyway we watched the whole series with Matt & Chell when it was first on but missed the first half of episode 5. Well tonight we rectified that and watched the whole lot. However the start of episode 5 has a scene in which Gavin's mum Pam is singing and in walks Gavin's dad and joins in. The song......"I know him so well" from the musical 'Chess'. And suddenly y mind went back in time to this blog post (go have a read then come back......go on......I'll wait.....go on.....I'll give you a few minutes)

WELCOME BACK!!!!

Anyway it can only mean one of three things;

1. James read my blog and I inspired a scene from one of the best new comedies of the last decade (that's a big statement but it's up there with the best of them)

2. I have the same kind of comic mind as one of the co-writers of one of the best new comedies of the last decade (this is a good sign as Glyn and I are currently writing a comedy pilot.....I'll keep you posted!!)

3. This is a common occurrence for married couples in Essex (where G&S is set)

Whatever the case.....check out Gavin & Stacey it's being repeated loads on BBC3 but a BBC2 run cannot be far away.

Oh dear......I feel a restraining order coming my way......I wonder if he'll sign it for me!!

From a great height

Last night myself and the boys from electralyte headed to Brighton and when we got there they decided to go and pop in on Paul Oakley. Paul's a worship leader and songwriter and we had a great time with him and his family and got fed and looked after very well. A highlight of this particular visit was looking into Paul's office and seeing on the wall some gold and platinum discs including one for 'I could sing of your love forever vol.1' The reason the disc stood out to me was that it was the first CD of Christian worship music I ever bought. I had gone out to buy some stuff and found myself in the local Christian bookshop and saw this disc, picked it up and bought it. I wasn't really a massive fan of contemporary Chrstian music but thought I'd give it a go and I relly enjoyed it, music had a lways been a massive part of my life but now I was opened up to a whole new aspect f music in worship. Quite cool to see it hanging there as a gold disc and knowing that it had been a real turning point in my Christian experience.

Anyway back to Brighton, Jon had got us onto the guest list for MuteMath and we headed to the venue to see the band (just missing the support) it was a bit of Christian music Who's who in there, 3 of the original members of the band Steve, 4 of the 5 delirious? boys Paul and Cathy Burton and lots of new bands all hanging out to see MuteMath.....and they delivered!!

It was incredible!!

Great sounds, great show, great atmosphere and great band. It's likely they'll not do many more little pub gigs as there's a real feeling this year's going to be the start of something big in the UK for them.

Well worth checking out.

Here's their video for 'Typical' it's a great tune and a very clever video (they had to learn the whole song in reverse....singing and playing!!)

Enjoy

What follows

The next few posts are a catch-up of the last couple of weeks!!

It's safe to say the next few days are gonna be really exciting not least of all seeing Mutemath tomorrow night!!!!

I will blog all about it - they're awesome!!

Join the club

I had a meeting at London's commonwealth club last Friday, it's very nice in there. Great food and some exciting conversation!!

Back of the......

I had the chance to attend the Churches Media Council Conference as part of the Media-Net academy. This was a great 3 days and I met some amazing people including;

Jeremy - Director/producer of loads of great TV stuff
Simon - Former MTV now freelance filmmaker
Debs - Independent filmmaker and ace editor

These were my tutors for the course

Then there was;

Andy Duncan - Head of channel 4
Mark Browning - Head of Dream 106.2 London
Tony Miles - Radio chaplain

And loads of other top people!!

Some highlights;

1. Interviewing Andy Duncan in the midst of the whole Big Brother/Princess Diana thing (I didn't quite realise this when i started following him to his car asking questions - he was really nice)

2. Sharing our finished video with the conference;

They laughed at all the right moments!!

3. Staying up to 2am editing, finsihing and uploading the video.

4. Armado Ianucci giving a very funny presentation - the guy wrote 'I'm Alan Partridge' I really shouldn't have been surprised!!

5. Meeting some great delegates who were really up for some hard work and a good laugh!!

An awesome 3 days!!

Have congas will travel

Our Gospel choir travelled to London to sing at the Albert Hall.

I was playing percussion for some of the songs you can watch the whole thing here;

My favourite moment is in Part 2 where I'm giving it some of the congas!!

I'm so behind!!

Okay so it's been a long time!!

Some stuff to catch up on -

more to follow!!

read the one below first!!

1. Get married in my 20's
Photo taken on September 9, 2005. Matt White (aged 23)
2. Get a job in an office
This is my desk;
3. Buy clothes from a supermarket

I now own a pair of jeans bought in a tesco homestore!!

4. Play monopoly

I am addicted to monopoly!!

5. Join a gym

I've done this twice now.....I should probably change this one to 'Join a gym and attend more than once a month'

6. Go on a diet

Since September 2006 - I've lost 3 stone

7. Read a Kleeneze catalogue

I now read them, pack them, distribute them and deliver products......yes CHristina and I are now part of the Kleeneze family (I say 'and I' Christina's doing all the hard work I'm merely a pawn in her new empire)

8. Go for 'walks'

My wife, family and friends love walks and more than walks themselves they enjoy dragging me along for the experience.

9. Have a pet

This is Elfie
10. Enjoy gardening

This is a picture of what my garden looked like in October when we moved in
This is a picture of what it looked like on Saturday morning Okay a slight exaggeration.....but only slight!!

This was the efforts of me, christina, matt, chell and glyn and the end result on Saturday evening More surprising still - I Loved It!!!!!!

Anyway the point of this self examination??

I'm getting old.....but I wouldn't change a thing.

I think Jimmy Carr should be hosting this.....

A list of things that at one point or another in my life I said I'd never do;

1. Get married in my 20's
2. Get a job in an office
3. Buy clothes from a supermarket
4. Play monopoly
5. Join a gym
6. Go on a diet
7. Read a Kleeneze catalogue
8. Go for 'walks'
9. Have a pet
10. Enjoy gardening

More to follow.............