Russell James' Blog

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Reading is not an activity I do very often. In fact, I can possibly count the books which I have read in the past few years on all the digits on my body (that is less than 20 in case you are wondering). I tend to read books which appeal to my interests directly; ones which tick all the boxes which will stimulate my mind. These boxes to be ticked can include: radio, radio, radio, radio,comedy, radio, satire, radio, and sometimes television. This had meant the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly books have been my Twilight over the past number of years due to this lack of interest in literature. Why? It rips the piss out of the south side of the city, and as a northsider who secretly would rather live in another part of the city (as I am deeply unhappy with where I live), this makes me laugh. The fact is I know many people from over the years who could be casted as cameos rather than actors if they were ever to create a television version of the series. Read the rest of this entry »