Stonking
Winter fires
NZ’s performance thus far at the Football World Cup
The Now Show and other audio comedies that makes bob smile in the wee small hours
Comfort food on cold nights
Old skool rave mixes
Watching movies in bed
Wearing socks on ones head
Friends
Amusing diversions
Donking
Winter
Politics and the media
The Rugby World Cup
The failure of capitalism
Corporates that don’t serve humanity (I think thats all of them ain’t it?)
The Music Industry
Friends having  not the best of times

TRES AMAZING
First runs of the year scored via a `DLF maximum’
Second scoring shot of the year was another half dozen
Actually getting 2 mixes done, shock horror.
Above said mixes not being utter shite
Summer knocking on the door
BMP numbers are up for summer
Dog’s leg is better
End of our `winter of discontent’

RATSHIT
Friends family sorrows
Springs 4 seasons in 1hr
Our `winter of discontent’

Things that excite me:
Fantastic summer days
Balmy evenings
Cold beer in the fridge and me belly
Friends
Being home alone for a week
The resulting Bob’s week of Meat
Antony &  The Johnsons
Music mixes on the bob pod
Finally filling the bobpod and now culling rubbish
Ian M Banks – a recent reading plunge that has come up trumps
Being set loose to DJ at a friends 40th birthday party
Gigs worth attending – almost too many right now
Good people getting hitched (Cath & Dylan, Damien & Sarah)
Friends starting new jobs
BSG starting again… oh yeah 10 fresh episodes to dull …

On a slightly different spin on Hot vs Not, here’s my personal 2008 roundup of good vs shit
Hot
- Four Months of not working over Summer: ’nuff said.
- The Stax Records Documentary: without a doubt the highlight of this years Auckland Film Fesitval…I’ve never walked out of a movie theatre with a massive smile, feeling so damn good about everything, and with a strong desire to immediately break into all the local music stores to try and collect all the outstanding music that I had just sampled. Props to the Ninja for …

Well, today is the last day before chrisbo…
I’m at work. Everyone else is either on holiday or on the other side of the world.
I am bored to tears.
So I am gonna make some inane list to occupy my time
Best Music of 2008 not from 2008!!!
Fave Mix I heard this year not from this year?

Prins Thomas RA Podcast
Wow, how did I miss this again?
A live mix that just rulz from yay to nay.  Featuring and extended mix edit of `that’ LCD Soundsystem tune.
Fave Lp’s I heard this year not from this …

Inswing
Finishing the half Marathon!!
Cricket season started and I am ruling already!

The new Carl Craig/Moritz Von Oswald classical thingee, the C2 is gonna be my fave tune of the year!!

The Chainsaw song! (Roar – Patrice Baumel)

Santino Marella!
Outswing
Running a half marathon. 21km is a looooooooong way!
Smashed thumb and shin splints for the start of the cricket season.
Elections, sooo over it all.
Work. Why do I do this to myself??

All the Ak based BMP members were in attendance for Jazz/Funk legend Roy Ayers’ gig on saturday night.  I don’t know if the others have much to say about it. 
 
Instead of a review here is a hot or not as I am at work and don’t have time.
Hot:
Nearly beating the ninja at ‘burnout 3: takedown’ despite his supposed superiority.
Lengthy and mostly good set from Mr Ayers and band, hitting on his most well known songs early on (We live in Brooklyn, everybody loves the sunshine, running away) and continuing on …

Hotties
Spring
Arab billionaires buying Man City!!
Robinho!
Luciano in Sydney!
Bmparty this Friday
Appleblim
BMPodcasts, Setting a high  standard so far!
Cricket season getting close

Notties
Being the only AK based bmper not going to see Luciano.

I feel like stinkfinger is sitting comfortably between the ramblings of a group of friends and a slightly more professional music blog – so I don’t have any problem with diverting immediately from the topic at hand and dialling back the night a few hours.
We start the night off at a resturant with some excellent dinner – along with my friends Daniel and Ayako I eat various sashimi, some fantastic beef tataki, something delicious and rubbery that I hope was octopus, a large piece of cooked tuna, crumbed and fried …

Shit Cooking
Dubstep Allstars Vol 6 by Appleblim http://www.discogs.com/release/1348634
BMP hats
Nike Slippers
BMP long weekend in Berlin
Scat Night thurs @ Laboratory http://www.lab-oratory.de/index.html
My new mix cd

Just shit
Over 40hrs of travelling in Cattle class
No DC10
People talking about computer programs