Halloween has always been an interesting holiday. An excuse for people to wander around wearing what they like (or in some cases what you wear in the bedroom…..) and I have always enjoyed it. Bobbing for apples, eating jammed up toast dangling from a piece of string, toffee apples. Strangely I never really got into the “dressing up” thing until a few years ago, where I decided to got at it hard. (I worked in a night club and its always good to make an effort.) My first year I dressed up as a musketeer, which worked as I had the full tash, sole-patch curly hair that would go with it. A year later I decided to go as Thor…..so I was ahead of my time. My piece-de-resistance was last years, I decided to go scary….I couldnt be bothered with all that make up so zombies were out. I wanted something that would strike fear into the hearts of those who seen me (it was that kinda night club) there was only one character I could be, and with my stature I managed to pull it off. Michael Myres…

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To keep in the spirit of things I’ve had a wee look about the internets for some amazing pumpkin carvings. (I can only take credit for the one at the top….) I think next year I may do a limited edition Halloween t-shirt? Enjoy!!

Manage to catch the Pasadena Scots Pipe Band’s paying us a visit this week at the Art School!

Pasadena Scots Pipe Band

You hear people talk of NEDS, Hoodies, Sunday Post Readers(steady, kidding!) as being the social groups relentlessly attacking our society.
Dragging us down, inciting such inner rage that we resort on occasion to vigilantism.
People, you are being deceived. There is a single venomous home grown threat, which continually tries to assault our civil liberties and that my friends is the Scottish Midge.

For my whole life I have served as the equivalent as fish and chips to these evil, pain inflicting, nasty little blood suckers……well I say……NO MORE MR MIDGE.
For friends…..I have found the answer.
SMIDGE

After spending 3 weekends in midge infested territory, I came home with the grand total of 4, yes 4 bites. To put this into perspective, I historically would have 4 bites on one eyelid. The rest of my freckled and now pink blotchy bitten self(I’m not getting a date after this I know) resembling John Merrick’s cousin Nelly, with around 100 bites per limb.

I’ve tried everything known to man, and I mean everything, from smearing hair gel on my peely walley pins, to trying to outrun them(read something in a novel once about going faster than 15 mph)…it doesn’t work.
So today, I would like to raise my hat to the geniuses from The Scottish Midge Forecast www.midgeforecast.co.uk who created Smidge.
Please let it be known Sirs and Madams that we at Urban Pirate heart you.

Smidge……buy it.