Friday 7 August 2015

500 posts.

 This is a milestone I never seriously expected to reach.

 I started this blog in December 2011 as somewhere where I could talk about things that interested me - books, comics, films, whatever - without people backing away nervously.  Maybe I'd add some pithy social commentary along the way. 

  Like most bloggers I had high hopes that I'd get hundreds of pageviews daily and my own adoring fanbase but realistically, I was pleasantly surprised that people were actually reading what I wrote. 

  Almost immediately the blog veered off into directions I hadn't foreseen. Me vaguely wondering how many Metal songs I could find that had Metal in the title resulted in this blog becoming the internet's biggest collection of  Meta Metal songs.  1200 songs and counting
  Another idle moment flicking through my music folder made me realise how many metal album covers were apparently drawn by somebody using  a pencil taped to their nose. When I ran out of the ones I had, I went looking for more only to find that there's an awful lot of album covers featuring beautiful women in impractical clothing. So I started posting those instead. 

  I was honestly expecting to write more book reviews that I have. Considering how much I read, I'm amazed that my list of book reviews is so tiny.  Same with manga/anime. I don't write about those anywhere near as much as I thought I would.

I have, however, watched enough low-budget sci-fi/horror movies to make a sane man beg for mercy and can confidently report that there are way too many supid shark movies out there. I saw the trailer for 3-Headed Shark Attack last night. 

God help me. I think I'm going to end up watching it. 

I do this so you don't have to. 


 So by way of celebration, I'm going to revisit some of this blog's greatest hits. 

My most popular post.  Yet More Womens Wrestling Pics

 I admit it, I'm a big fan of womens wrestling. clearly I'm not alone. 

The Post I'm Most Proud Of: The Dog Who Loved Apples
The most personal thing I've ever written. 

The post I wish more people knew about: Big D attempts to explain Heavy Metal Genres 

Since writing this there's been (approximately) another 178 sub-genres invented and I still have no frigging idea what Djent is. 

The film review I put the most effort into: Sand Sharks


The Best songs I found via The Metal Project. Ten Of The Best

My Favourite Album covers that feature Women With Swords Album Covers And Warrior Women

Let me know what you liked and maybe I can do more of it. See you in another 4 years for post #1000.  


PS. I'm not kidding about "3 Headed Shark Attack". Here's the trailer



Oh dear.

That's all folks. 

2 comments:

  1. Hi Big D,

    Congrats on reaching such a milestone. I've enjoyed the "metal" - and I am glad there's another Ten fan out there (oh - and Skin)!

    :o)

    Cheers

    PM

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  2. Glad you liked it PM.

    Ten have taken to using "women with swords" as the theme for their last 4 album covers. I am not complaining in the slightest.

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