::UPDATE:: archive
::04 February 2004:: this may be the last time i'll be writing an update. kiddies, i love you all, but i just don't have the time or the drive to update all the time (even though it's not like i update at all now). no tears, my son. i'm still thinking, every once in a while, of new innovations to bring to the site...maybe you'll come back one day to find a new encarnation of your beloved site. maybe. hopefully. in the meantime, Velvet Goldmine never has ceased to be my favourite film, so keep on emailing me with questions, etc. it brightens my day!! i've made so many people into VG fanatics, it's lovely, really. but that aside, it's been lovely to be so well received by you all. let me know what you'd like to see, and one of these days i just might add it. in the meantime, i guess this is...goodbye. ::14 July 2003:: so it's been a while since i've updated, eh? if you haven't noticed, i've begun a new page for music. i'll be putting up info and reviews of various noteworthy bands. unfortunately, i have been rather distracted recently because of other endeavours, but callie has added a review of Rooney's self-titles LP, so check that out (not if you like pop-punk, in that case you might find it a tad offensive). so i'm basically giving callie free reign over that section, just because. it'll be mostly her work. i still have much to add on the ewan page, but that will have to wait until i have the time. till then, read the rooney review, and go to my mate Stella's page!! ::01 January 2003:: Happy New Year! yeah, so that's all. Just thought i'd say that, because it is now 2000 and 3. yippee! new White Stripes album, new Ewan movies...now that i'm excited, i think i'll do something else =P ::25 December 2002:: Happy Crumble!! truth be told, i'm a bit tired of Christmas by now. everywhere you go you hear f*cking carrols (is that how you spell it? either way). and i'm not fond of "family time," i'd much rather be...well, anywhere but with family. but a happy Christmas, anyway, and a happy boxing day, while we're at it (that's right, Callie, take your old boxes and dump 'em on the mailman). careful with handguns, you just my let your finger slip on the trigger... ::23 December 2002:: This isn't really an update, because anything i could possibly update would simply take more time than i have. I just wanted to say that i have the strangest urge to make a Newsies page all of a sudden. i reckon that has something to do with the fact that i'm listening to the Newsies soundtrack at the moment...ah, memories...anyway, i really wouldn't know what to put on a Newsies page, except perhaps song lyrics, the script, the few images i have, maybe some fan fiction...what do you think? give us a call (or, you know, an email, which really works just as well and possibly even better if i refuse to give you my phone number) and tell us (meaning me, roxy) what you think. should i waste my valuable time making a page for a movie which i haven't even watched all the way through in a few months, or are there other preexisting pieces of this site that badly need updating (the ewan and velvet goldmine galleries, like)? i don't think of these things, you see!! here's a tribute to John Lennon, because the 22nd anniversary of his death was on the 8th (i wasn't in the right state of mind to update, sorry):
::29 November 2002:: [sorry, i refuse to post this. it's really just a plug to a post a year ago, b/c i really didn't know what to say. read: George Harrison's deathday]
::29 October 2002:: this has absolutely nothing to do with anything. i just felt that this little tidbit should be posted: it's an article callie sent to me from her school paper (leave all prejudices at the back door, it's actually pretty good). for anyone who completely dislikes Eminem (::raises hand emphatically::) but is tired of all the cliché arguments of why he's so unbelievably horrible, read this and LOVE it. it's called Eminem: No Longer Tasty. more updates (on things actually pertaining to this website) to come!!
::UPDATES 02/08/02 and 11/10/02:: okay, so i was working on loading these updates here when my computer FROZE...ie i lost TWO UPDATES!! i am livid right now, absolutely livid. i only remember talking about how the aniversary thing had come and gone on 02 August and i'd only updated the A Life Less Ordinary page, and then i said "rip OX" b/c he'd died around then. in the other update i mentioned a load of bullshit that i can't remember, i reckon something to do with future plans for the website and how i wouldn't be able to massively update until late December, and i said "happy birthday John Winston Lennon 09 October 1940" b/c he was born then. i'm just so mad at technology right now, i...i...i'm at a loss for words. ::explitive::explitive::explitive::explitive...::
::UPDATE 28/06/02:: i've been working a lot recently in preparation for the ZOUNDS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANSA!!! but for now all i've updated is the group gallery in the VG section. i went from two pictures to 16, though, so it's pretty good =)
::UPDATE 22/06/02:: wow. it's been a long time, wouldn't you say? and i am profoundly sorry about that, by the way, but we all know that sometimes life just sneaks up on you and impales you with everything all at once, so what can you do? anyway, it feels so f*cking good to be back! i've updated the VELVET GOLDMINE gallery, but i haven't quite solved the email fiasco (it's a deathly long process, believe me), so always be sure to check when you're sending emails (very important, send them to [zounds_uk@yahoo.co.uk]). until then, i'll try to update as much as i can as fast as i can, and (if FF.n continues to be the piece of shite it's being at the moment) i may be forced to add Callie's 'NIGHTBLINDNESS' (heaven forbid!) to my decaying fan fic section. so, until then, i'll bid you adeu!!
::UPDATE 31/03/02:: i just wanted to wish Mr Ewan Gordon McGregor a very happy 31st birthday!!! so everyone go listen to lots of Oasis and feel free to get perfectly shitfaced, because remember this is a special ocasion...a really special occation, my school's on holiday right now in honour of today...the Christian church even gave today a special name: Easter. i think the 'E' is for Ewan, but i don't know about the rest lol so happy Ewan's birthday, everyone, and keep in mind that the email links ::still:: haven't been updated, i've been swamped lately and will do it soon, so keep using [zounds_uk@yahoo.co.uk]. i'll leave these backgrounds here for now, i just love seeing them when i open this page =)
Queen Mum RIP [GOD SAVE THE QUEEN]
::UPDATE 08/03/02:: well, i just wanted to inform everyone that darcy's profile is now up!! you should see the link above...for anyone who doesn't know who she is, darc is one of my best friends, and it was my divine plan that we build this site together, but alas she never helps!! but she still provides moral support, so what the hell. next up: callie, and beware the Americanisms now!! remember that the email links still haven't been updated, i'm kind of busy meself, so keep using [zounds_uk@yahoo.co.uk].
::UPDATE 27/02/02:: sorry, i thought my last update was pretty important and honestly my favourite song today is 'Needle In The Camel's Eye' from the VG soundtrack, so...anyway, i made a few backgrounds/wallpapers/whatever a while back, and suddenly felt like posting them so i'd have that wonderful sense of accomplishment that i hardly ever feel anymore (especially since the whole email thing...) so here they are, i'll post them in the VG section asap, i promise!! remember, tho, these were all made by ME and only ME so please inform me if you want them and if you put them on your site please give me credit!! that's all i ask!!! anyway, here they are:
all right, then, that's all you get for now. and remember my email address!! don't even TRY to use the old one, it won't work ;) and just for the record, i'm in love with Todd Haynes (toddie, you're my hero!!)
::UPDATE 25/02/02:: okay, this is really quick but i'm uber-upset right now because my dear, sweet, wonderful email address (you know, the one plastered all over this site) no longer works!! they took it away, the bastards, and now i have to take some time to figure out what exactly i'm going to do. i'm mad, grr and hrumph. so for now, just send everything to the site's address [zounds_uk@yahoo.co.uk], and i'll probably just use that from now on, but if i don't have to i won't (don't ask me why, i'm crazy like that). but anyway i still have to fix all the email links on this site...::save me please::...so i'd better get to work...
::UPDATE 11/02/02:: oh, look what i did! i put up a sort of pseudo-profile page!! so go look at that and find out a bit about your truly =) also, if your bored you should go check out Boy Meets Boy, the most addicting online comic ever! i'll link it *officially* asap!! but for now i'll just go back to whatever it was i was doing and talk to you all very soon ;)
::UPDATE 02/02/02:: wow, i didn't notice how weird today's date was until i wrote it down! i've been a bad girl, i know, not updating in nearly a month, but i've done some stuff now!! all of the VG soundtrack lyrics are up, i'll have the non-album tracks up asap. i posted the members of the studio bands (Venus In Furs and Wylde Rattz), so it's looking nearly complete!! also, i did a little something on the Ewan filmography page, they're called peeps and they're way cute! well, gotta go to rehearsal now, i'll talk to you all very soon!!
::UPDATE 04/01/02:: --- (i accidently erased this one before i got a chance to add it here!! woops...)
::UPDATE 13/12/01:: this is such a sad excuse for an update! Darcy wanted me to put this thing i made on the site, so i figured i needed to do something more than that, so ::drumroll:: i added some lyrics from the TRAINSPOTTING soundtrack! this is mostly because i still have Darcy's copy of it (which i've had for at least 3 months now...woops...maybe i'll get it for Christmas, then i can give it back hehe) and i've been listening to it and it was the first thing that popped into my mind. so enjoy those, you can get to them by going to the TRAINSPOTTING page in Ewan's filmography! i also randomly added three more pictures to the Ewan gallery (i'm just in Ewan-mode today!) so those are nice, go look at those (and, coincidently, the black and white shot that used to be there--the one with Shallow Grave hair--has been replaced with a wicked Trainspotting-esque wallpaper!). oh, and here's the thing i was updating for: ewan banner. very reminiscent of the Sex Pistols' Nevermind the Bullocks..., if you ask me! =P ::UPDATE 10/12/01:: all right, i have some bad news for all you fans of the colour orange...the Christian Bale page has a whole new look! very sleek and stylish, i like it. oh yeah, and IT'S NOT ORANGE!! check it out, it looks pretty cool... ::UPDATE 07/12/01:: i finally updated some of the links (notice the colours and hover effects, ooh la la!), although i still have to fix the majority of the VG pages and all of the CB pages. but i did put up what i have of the Baleheads page, which isn't much (only the 'who we are' page is really up, the rest are still coming) but it's a start. also, i put a new feature on the mailing list that you all might find pretty wicked, i added the lyrics to all but one of the SONG OF THE DAY songs (i couldn't find the Japanese one) but you have to join the mailing list to get them unless you email me specifically asking for one. oh, and in case anyone was wondering you can still get to the George Harrison and John Lennon tribute backgrounds by looking the the UPDATES archive! ps: if you're looking for a good laugh, rent Eddie Izzard's Glorious or Dressed to Kill. i haven't seen DTK yet but Glorious is HILARIOUS!! a bientot ::UPDATE 30/11/01:: this isn't a very impressive update. as you all may know, i'm one of the biggest Beatles fans you will ever meet, and when i turned on the telly only to find out that George Harrison, who i often refer to as my favourite, passed away today i felt like my whole world was collapsing from under me. George was an amazing individual. Most people tend to think that he was overshadowed by John & Paul, but he's been noted to say that he didn't want to be famous at all. He's the shy one =) But did you know that, when they broke up in 1970, George was the first Beatle to have a #1 hit? Did you know that Frank Sinatra recorded "Something," a Harrison song, and that the Chairman of the Board (aka Sinatra) also said that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," another Harrison song, was one of the best songs ever written? "Here Comes the Sun" has always been one of my absolute favourites, and George wrote that one, too. I could go on and on with George's songs and their significance. Band Aid, Live Aid, the Tibetan Freedom Concerts...George put on the concert for Bangladesh way before any of those came along. AND he produced "Life of Brian," often regarded as one of the best Monty Python films ever made. George was a remarkable man. So let me offer some encouraging words on this sad, sad day, words that George himself came up with: "Here comes the sun, and I say it's all right." George led a great life, and will be dearly missed. Here are two wallpapers i made, one for George that i made this morning, and one for John Lennon that i made a year ago (his deathday was 8/12/80). I LOVE YOU, GEORGE, RIP. ::UPDATE 11/11/01:: attention all you fanfic lovers) i've started the VG fan fiction page! at the moment i only have one story of mine up, but that's why i need everyone to start sending me their Velvet Goldmine fan fictions! submit a story here...in the meantime, check out my first VG fanfic, Glam Rock Casualty (D'arcy, don't even think about that one line!)! i'll finish the CB page asap, i still have to get all the links and everything ;) ::UPDATE 07/11/01:: i finally made it! the Christian Bale page is up!! i've only completed 3 of the 5 pages, but at least it's there! i'm very proud of myself now =) remember to pick up EOTS (Empire of the Sun) on dvd...ta hehe ::UPDATE 01/11/01:: okay, i added something completely random...it's on the Velvet Goldmine page if you'd like to take a look...it has to do with Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and that's all i'm gonna say...i'm almost done with the Christian Bale page, i've made a background for it and like 20 thumbnails! i'll try to finish it asap...i'm thinking of adding fan fiction to the VG page, so start sending me your stories!! that's all for now... ::UPDATE 19/10/01:: all right, i know i haven't updated in forever, but i'm in the process of making an anime (Japanese animation) page, mostly for Tenchi Muyo!cuz it's my favourite...also, my dear *silent partner* (moral support my arse) D'arcy is finally starting her page, which should be up soon!! CARRYIN' THE BANNER!!! (sorry, just had to get that out, hehe newsies is wonderful) ::UPDATE 05/10/01:: okay, i *finally* added the promotional gallery to the VG page. that's all! i'm tired, leave me alone!! PS] i love Sean Lennon!! ::UPDATE 03/10/01:: actually, i did this all last night, but that's beside the point. i added the Ewan links page, finished putting colours on the VG soundtrack & gallery pages and, if you haven't already noticed, started the Christian Bale page!! it's no where near ready yet, though, so keep checking back!! ::UPDATE 02/10/01:: this is just a quick note to those of you in America, if you missed the concert special Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, Dedicated to New York City and Its People, it's replaying on TNT (Turner Network Television, i think) Thursday night at 11P. My sister, who goes to school in Indiana, was *supposed* to record it for me, but the channel she was recording it on was playing a baseball game instead! so, no matter what reason you have for missing it, you get a second chance (oh, aren't we lucky!)! JOHN LENNON LIVES ON!! ::UPDATE 01/10/01:: under the suggestion of Sasha's guestbook entry, i have added a bit of colour to the Velvet Goldmine page (in the gallery and soundtrack sections). also, if you haven't already noticed, i've joined quite a few webrings in the past week! i've only been admitted into two of them, but i'm hoping that more will accept the site soon enough (that especially goes out to Natural Nylon [c. Ewan page]). well, sign the guestbook and have fun on the site! ps) KaZaA rocks my world!! ::UPDATE 26/09/01:: well, the Velvet Goldmine page is up and running! i've put pictures in the galleries, and i've added some lyrics on the soundtrack page. of course, there's the VG QUIZ!! (everybody stop and cheer for me)...anyway, the ewan page still looks great, don't forget to check out the 'Trainspotting' (i added a copy of the 'choose life' monologues!!) and 'A Life Less Ordinary' minipages, hidden within the filmography! if you didn't notice, we now have a *guestbook* as well, so don't forget to sign that...well, okay that's all i have for now. keep checkin in cuz D'arcy should be making her page soon! =P