Giglamps rambles

First off, I hope everyone's new year has gotten off to a pleasant start. In this house, 2026 has been a rickety one so far. Ended up taking a longer time off than originally planned for personal reasons, sank a lot of time into various things but came out the other side with fuck all to show for it and gave some serious consideration to sacking off doing art for about the millionth time, but we're not getting into that. In other news, I chucked a cranberry-scented fizzer in the bath one morning and accidentally summoned the ghost of fucking Countess Bathory . In the nothing-much-happening lag after the new year, I also checked out the early 2000s version of Randall and Hopkirk Deceased and, to put it bluntly,  fucking hell, it's bad . My interest was piqued because Reeves and Mortimer were involved, but not even they could shore up that program. In an effort to be fair to it, I stuck it out for three episodes, hoping that it might find its stride, but if anything, that jus...

  Part one with versions 1-50 can be found here . Continuing with this endeavour now, to find as many versions of Twa Corbies as possible! After some thought, I decided to divide it up into multiple posts, 50 a time, to make it a little bit easier to manage. (Also the previous one was wrapped up around t'arse end of last year, so it felt nice to start a fresh post in the haze of a new year.) As with the previous entry: this is going to be a continually evolving list, so if you know of a version that needs to be included, or if you've recorded one of your own, then by all means, let me know. You can put a comment here or e-mail me at looksinnocuousnenoughchaps [at] gmail [dot] com. The artwork here is by Robert Burns, found on the  National Galleries Scotland website. Let's continue! 51. Alfred Deller and Mark Deller - This is the Three Ravens variation, but it still fits the criteria, being closely related to Twa Corbies, albeit a bit cloying in comparison to its darker a...

It's New Year's Eve, and despite supposedly taking a sabbatical, some cats caught my attention, and next thing you know, there were enough of them for another post. It's been quite some time since the previous entry in this series; if you've seen the posts from earlier this year, then you'll know what to expect but if you're new to this series... well, let's get straight to it and end 2025 in questionable style. Woohoo! I'm quite drawn to this charmer 'ere and there have been maybe a few too many of these long-necked cats in previous posts, but the astonished expression is still funny. This one looks pretty normal, maybe its worst crime is that it's a bit on the bland side, but the fact that it's fucking boss-eyed amuses me. Of course, we need a palate cleanser to finish up with, and then it's on to some celebrations. This bunch of legends 'ere, apparently gathered 'round for a piss-up. (Incidentally, there is Famous Grouse in ...

Pagan Santa. Just look at that legend with his bowl of booze and his lusty expression. That's a geezer who's off for a grand old time after he's delivered everyone's presents. Fuck yes, Pagan Santa. Fuck. Yes. Also, while we're here, this was a running joke all the way back in the heyday of DeviantArt (!!!) but no holiday celebration is complete without a beautiful musical interlude from The Shaggs. Enjoy! Why, even Dracula will be there! On that note, now I'm definitely off to do festive things. Have a lovely Christmas, everyone!

Right under the wire for the holidays, Laid Back Logos has returned, same MO as the previous ones, a cosy little video collage of retro TV snippets, but this time, in the words of Noddy Holder... IT'S CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAAS!!!!!!! ... Indeed. The mainstay of this video was put together back in August but between one thing and another, I got tangled up with other things and only just got the title and end card art done the other day (on the solstice, no less!) and here it is, ready for its close-up, complete with exciting celebrity guests! First off, here's a look at the title and end card art, without the text. It's probably fairly obvious I didn't have much time to spare for these, but it felt better to get them done than to leave it for next year. (We'll just casually sidestep the several episodes of Spooky Shenanigans which have been in the works since 2023...) To open with, there's Danae, Goldie and Jean-Paul posing a clear and present danger to a sizeable Chri...

First off: The trailer for Control Resonant has landed and in short: yes please, give it to me, I am going absolutely fucking rabid mad-bastard feral over here; it looks so compelling!  It's also a pleasure to see that there appears to be more of an emphasis on melee combat this time 'round; much as I love the original Control, that's more for its engaging storytelling, varied and interesting characters and of course, its surreal atmosphere - the combat was the lowest point, really. However, there are two minor bones of contention to address. First, it looks like my deep-seated desire to see Dr. Casper Darling give us a rousing rendition of Starlight by Supermen Lovers is increasingly unlikely to ever come to fruition (for the record, there is a precedent for this  and you never know, maybe he'll serenade both of the Faden siblings at some point, in the interest of fairness) and if owt bad has happened to Fra Mauro, then there's nothing for it but to let loose the ...