Defiance of God confirmed for Patrick Jones CD

Gothworld is still and almost silent.

The halls are quiet and I have returned to my nan in Pontypridd. It's a mix of comforting familiar and sickening commerial horrors, but frankly at least I'm not in that hell hole of Uni. The last week was unbearable. I managed to avoid Rob my tutor for the entire week, doing all the work he's asigned to me. It's the only way at moment. Keep my head down, keep myself on my course and hope that sanity returns in the New Year and then, maybe I'll be able to keep the band going and stay doing my degree.

I've had some interesting news. Patrick Jones has agreed that Defiance Of God will appear on his new CD. Yeah. How cool is that! We're gonna do a track or even two on his new record. I'm sure this is gonna cause a ***t storm in the new Year since he's the one everyone is trying to ban, but most agressively Christian Voice are after his blood. Given our name - Defiance of God, well I'd guess the X Voice barmy army are gonna blow their load so to speak... www.myspace.com/defianceofgod

Anyway. I did get a card from Steve. And two texts from Ade and Mark. So maybe the God will get their ass together for 2009. Myspace has the lastest intstrumental - Good Dream Bad Day so who knows we might must up some interest.


I'm gonna post till Tuesday and then as befits all rock stars - I'm gonna have a day or two off. Eat turkey, watch nan and grand-dad stuff their way through Turkey sarnies and if my mood lifts, I'm gonna cook some Turkey Curry! How rock and roll is that!

Craig gave me a present. Some lovely perfume - he's headed back to Surry for Xmas with his Stepdad - seems we've got a fair bit in common after all. Dunnoh - he's still the one ***k I regret from this year.

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The Alarm - Rock Out!

This is getting way out of hand.


Tried to speak to Steve - he didn't answer any of my calls.


All is not good in gothworld. www.myspace.com/defianceofgod


Strange how things you think are ss***** are actually good. the Alarm. yeah - big hair in the 80's - Welsh u2 copyists. Ade lent me their new cd - Guerrila Tactics - AWESOME. Pure punk rock - like Nirvana and Sex pistols. Strange - I grew up in Wales and this is the first Alarm Record I've every heard! apparently they're doing a gig in Cardiff this thursday, At The Point. Who knows, maybe I'll go. Getting into this networking thing - with Patrick Jones etc.

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Christian Voice - Nazis for the Naughties!

S***. Another crap day I can't hear, taste or smell anything and it's a pretty shi**y sunday.

Cancelled band practise for tonight. Trying to Sing would be like learning to levitate.

One positive note. I was angry at the whole censorship row that I fired off a couple of lines to Patrick Jones on myspace - he's a really cool guy and so sensitive. Why are these ***ts at Christian Voice trying to ban him? Is it because they fear the truth? Anyway - seems like Pat and yours truly have similar tastes in music. I'm gonna stay in touch with him and who knows maybe Defiance of God will collaborate, or perhaps support him in some way.

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Chinese Democracy - Patrick Jones

Gonna dive right in with some weird ***t. Read a book yesterday - Fuse - by a Welsh poet, playwright, Patrick Jones - there's a connection to Manic Street Preachers - Patrick is Nicky Wire's brother and sometime collaborator with the manics. His writing - Patrick's was really angry very now and highly polemic. Just like my own in Defiance of God. www.myspace.com/defianceofgod

Anyway - today I hear via the web that this guy - Patrick Jones was scheduled to do a reading of his new book at Waterstones in Cardiff and it's cancelled - cause some right wing Christian fundamentalists had objected to the subject matter. Anti War - pro life - anti religion. Like are we living in Berlin 39 or what. Freedom of Speech - it's gone. He's a writer a poet a playwright, surely his mission is to enlighten and inform - and this is Wales - not the mid West of American. The Hayes in Cardiff, Waterstones - where Bill Bryson and Terry Pratchet have signed copies of their books. It's madness - a Welsh creative mind censored by the religous right wing! Dunnoh. I just lose any faith in humanity when stuff like this happens.

Guns N Roses are about to return with Chinese Democracy their first new disc in 15 years - looks like we have a chinese democrary here in Wales.

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