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I'm off snowboarding on 5th Feb. Guess how much I'm looking forward to that? Go on.. Now take the amount you thought of and multiply it by the amount that I have over-extended this illustrative point; now you're close. I'm under strict orders not to break any bones while I'm carving my way through tons of white powder (although frankly I'll have more chance of breaking bones while I'm snowboarding..) - Tim the Red Antennae drummer once broke his wrist snowboarding and we had to revert back to the laptop for the beats at a gig we played while he was in plaster.. I have a few gigs lined up upon my return so I'd better play it safe.

When I was about 11 I started skateboarding ALL THE TIME - I mean, it really was my life, and I carried on until I was about 15 (I was decidedly average; more of a street skater than a ramp skater) so I'm dying to turn my hand to snowboarding, which if not exactly like skateboarding is at least f*cking close. I haven't ski-ed before and looks like I would spend most of my week on the piste falling on my face (in which case, Müf fans, I would fall as hard as I can!) if I tried skiing, so I'm going to give it a miss and pretend to be a character (probably Psymon?) from SSX Tricky instead.

I just want to get into a halfpipe!!!! I know that I'll be putting myself in mortal danger, but every fibre of my being is straining to get down a halfpipe on a snowboard! I wouldn’t do anything elaborate, just the odd 180 / 360 turn (I may allow myself a few tweaked grabs too! Could never quite get a stalefish on a skateboard, wonder if a snowboard is any easier?) AAAAAARGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Only two more weeks..!

Like a close associate of mine said recently "Don’t try any über tricks!". SSX Tricky had an amazing soundtrack, Fatboy Slim had one on there which had a sample ".. and the sign said "long-haired freaky people need not apply" which was cool - think it was called "Don't let the man get you down"? Caesar's "Jerk it out" and also, as I'm bombing it - James Bond stylee - down a mountain I'll be thinking of Rahzel. "Uber me!"

"If *bompf!* your mother *wheeek!* only *bompf!* knew.."

Game soundtracks are the new hit-makers. Fifa (you can keep Pro Evo; it is much better in some respects but Fifa 2006 is amazing and I like to display brand loyalty: plus, who the hell are "Manchester Reds/Blues?" call yourself a footie game?? May as well have Melchester Rovers in there!) has always had some wicked tracks on there - the new one has a banging hard-beat reggae tune which goes "My style is the bomb to the bang.. diggy-diggy!" which is a ridiculous thing to sing at the best of times, but it's a wicked track! Games producers are obviously more clued up and style-conscious than the dickheads running the music industry, perhaps the future of music promotion lies in the hands of EA games/sports? I hope so, I have far more confidence in them than I do in those 50yr old ex hipsters working for major record labels, deciding what is "cool". I think that is my new goal for 2006 - get a tune on a game soundtrack! I worked with Rob Bloomfield (Rebus drummer and all-round production Jedi) on a tender for a game soundtrack that wasn't used but the rejection note said that it was the games producer's favourite submission. They were after something light and refreshing to sit in the background while the game was played, I think our submission probably outshone the game itself. As I recall it was a warp-speed metal guitar rendition of "The Can-Can".

I grow to love Lewis Taylor more with each passing day. "Stoned Pt1" is currently glued inside my car CD player, like a disk-shaped slice of blissful, melodic ecstasy. I have decided that I want to marry him and make him happy. Love sees no boundaries. Lewis, you've stoned me baby. And I don’t think I'll ever be coming down. Boo-dom bom-bom bom-bom ba-daa, etc. How you made a mess like this, I just don’t know. Did I crumble? Like a 10,000 year old apple bake, mate.