Chorlton Street Photography 20th May 2012

I went to Chorlton Arts Festival at the weekend and it somehow turned into an epic quest and a street photography excursion. I’ve never been to Chorlton before but almost turned up there a few months ago to meet my friend who pointed out, just in time, that she was actually going to be in Chorley. Some research revealed that these were in fact very different places. The thing to remember is that Chorton is home to the famous TV dragon, whilst Chorley is land of the famous high-fat pastry-cake.

A Chorley Cake Vs. Chorlton and the Wheelies

The Diary of a Frivolous Monster: 13-18 May 2012 – Family and Local Celebrity

Diary, Diary, don’t know why I bother, most of my views now are from German and American porn spammers. In the past month alone I’ve had more than a thousand google hits for naked pictures of that woman who was in Sherlock. Yes, I know her name, but just to utter it again here and now is likely to open me up to untold punishment and I’m already on the WordPress edge now I can no longer view new blogs. The Diary of a Frivolous Monster etc, etc…

The Diary of a Frivolous Monster: 04-12 May 2012 – Crime and Punishment

In a resistance of futility I continue, for now, although I don’t know why as since WordPress have disabled the tag search thing for finding new blogs my reader count has gone through the floor. It’s been suggested that people didn’t get readers that way, but that’s how I used to find new blogs…  On the forums the official comments, such that they are, don’t seem very friendly. So I don’t know what I’ll do, but for now The Diary of a Frivolous Monster continues…

A Foreigner’s Guide to the State Opening of Parliament

Former Colonials, members of the Commonwealth, Britain is a thriving modern country and not at all anything like what I know you believe it to be, i.e. Hogwarts, so allow me to welcome you to the home of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal for a foreigner’s guide to the State Opening of Parliament 2012…

Although to be honest I don’t imagine it’s changed much in the last several hundred years…

And if you have no clue as to what really goes on in this country then I imagine that you’re probably in for a bit of an eye-opener.

 

WordPress Finds

I’m at a quandary about posting too much more stuff on here as WordPress have disabled the tag-search system meaning that when I wrote my last blog post not even I could find it listed. This means that if I can no longer find posts on topics I’m interested in then sure as hell no-one else can find anything I write. It’s like this new community just got a lot smaller.

So maybe it’s time once again to highlight to my subscriber-list the finds I’ve made whilst blogging as, until WordPress put things back, it’s not as if you can find them on your own.

The Diary of a Frivolous Monster: British Democracy and Penguins

A week of mulling over expensive haircuts and penguins. A week of late-night cat tending and bare-knuckle dog fighting. And a week of showing people around the world why western democracy is better than their own hackneyed set-up… The Diary of a Frivolous Monster continues…I’ve really got to get a better catchphrase.

Manchester Street Photography – April 2012 – Part 02

The second half of my Manchester street photos from April. Street art, mannequins, buildings and I’ve pushed the boat out to include more real people.

The Manchester Reservoir Dogs (Cropped)

Contains urban foxes and urban nudity.

I tried to include the pictures as taken, but I had to crop a few.

Coffee Shop Harridans, Sirens, and Milfs

I’ve been churning out these coffee shop observations and overheard conversations for a while now and it could be said that I’ve now finally scraped the bottom of the barrel.However several of these have only recently been found as they didn’t originally contain the name of a coffee shop chain, or the word coffee, so my file searches didn’t turn them up when I scoured the hard drive. That and there’s even been enough time to write some new ones as well. So here are coffee shop tales of Harridans, Sirens, and Milfs.

The Diary of a Frivolous Monster: 21-28 April 2012 – Banksy and Flying Bears

The diary entries that show that just walking about unaware is when the best things happen: From discovering priceless artworks, to witnessing priceless comedy in the supermarket; From the beginning of journeys for some, and the end for others; And, of course, there’s a flying bear who’s obviously not a Bill Hicks fan. The Diary of a Frivolous Monster continues…

Manchester Street Photography – April 2012 – Part 01

More Manchester city centre street photos from April (mostly the nineteenth) which I’ve split into two lots. Mostly they’re shown as taken, but sometimes it was necessary to crop as I’ve been trying to follow the lead of others who have gone before me and portray real people (without getting beaten up or arrested) and there’s no time to stand, contemplate, and zoom… Although they’re mostly in part two.More interesting buildings, freaky mannequins, some really odd finds, and more street art including another Invader (Space Invader) piece and a real and genuine Banksy on the streets of Manchester.