Britain Under the Snow from Space

Amazing satellite picture of our island almost completely under a layer of snow this week.

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/2010007-0107/GreatBritain.A2010007.1150.1km.jpg

Via benmorrisillo

DWM 417 Cover - Matt Smith IS the Doctor !

Not sure I like their use of the new logo (or rather BOTH new logos) but the contents look rather special.

The photo is also available as a lovely desktop wallpaper



Meanwhile, unlike those wimps on Coronation Street yesterday "Doctor Who" made it into work in the snows of Cardiff


(slight spoiler)





Though I'd say the quilted overcoats are well essential at the moment ...

location photos courtesy of Scootyboy

Wonderful World of Webcam

I'm probably a bit late to the party but, thanks to a mention in a Digital Spy thread yesterday, I found a very diverting webcam site called cam4. I'm not completely new to the world of webcams - my laptop has one inbuilt though I've never really used it, as I'm much more a voyeur than an exhibitionist, plus I don't think I make the grade. I also used to occasionally dip into a gay specific site some years back, but it didn't really hold my interest as it was full of lots of disembodied fumbling - basically it was rare to see a head shot and the footage was grainy and murky.

But I learnt yesterday that things have moved on. We've obviously had some advances in the average resolution of webcams and the rollout of broadband speeds. Many users have also learned to iron out the basic presentational errors such as low light and framing the shot for your audience. The biggest change I noticed though was the casual lack of anonymity, which now appears to be the default. Now this may be because it isn't a gay-specific site - all the guys are in one place, with the girls (plus groups and trans) in another, though you can bring all of them up, but I think few people do. Actually though, even they guys defining themselves as bi-curious, bi or gay seemed to be just as likely to show their face (amongst other things) as the straight guys.I admit there's a definite extra thrill watching the straight guys get down to business and put on a show, and there's not that many of them that actively plead for 'no men' - it's not as if they can do much about who logs in to see them. I'm sure some of the straight guys probably enjoy showing off to whoever - I've always thought that was the sign of a true exhibitionist - and I've noted that they will even fulfill requests from guys.

I wondered also though whether the culture has moved on even on those last few years and whether people's reluctance to be identified has been worn down by the spread of the 'surveillance society' where we feel we are being watched or monitored all the time anyway, or by the equally omninpresent influence of reality tv and talent shows - are people putting on a performance in a competitive way? The coolness with which the straight guys deal with their gay audience doesn't quite seem to tally with stated opinion in 'public' - something else I discovered on the very same Digital Spy thread - so perhaps this doesn't seem a public arena somehow, more of an intimate community? Equally, from my experiences of trying to find models to photograph, you really wouldn't say most guys wanted to get their cock out for a stranger, let alone finger their arse on request or cum on camera. So that's a bit of a puzzle to me.

Another thing that seemed somehow positive to me was the international nature of it. Though it's obviously limited by the different time zones and the times of day you're willing and able to be on webcam, most of the time you'll get a big range of countries represented. Last night, when there was a large amount of UK guys on, I was also also able to watch guys broadcasting their bodies from Peru, Angola, Italy and India. So this is a shared culture across the planet.

Mind you, not sure it's always to be encouraged. Two I've seen this morning (one in Norway and one in Italy) were wanking off in the office. Worse still, as I write this I'm watching one Italian guy who's driving a lorry! He even took a mobile call on cam. He's still not given in to everyone's requests to unzip his jeans, but maybe that's just as well . I have a horrible fear in the back of my head I'll be seeing a motorway crash live on cam ...



(Just in case non-one believes that last one)

Holiday Meat to Please You - Colin Cole - ADULTS ONLY!

This is the last of the 'holiday' bonanza, but expect a couple per week in the rest of 2010.

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/9a468c243a95aecea9b01e4b2d226d30/

Sunday Joint - 3 January 2010 - ADULTS ONLY

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/1b76cc573e61bf1d5f32e1ecec06e3f0/

Holiday Meat to Please You - Diogo Sioux - ADULTS ONLY!

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/f9e41d5e97c753f296fb559e1bd52d7d/

Doctor Who - 2010 series preview

I'll be back later with my contrasting thoughts on "The Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time". It's not going to be pretty I'm afraid.

Holiday Meat to Please You - Chauffeur Kurt Rogers - ADULTS ONLY!

One of my favourite pornstars of recent times - Kurt Rogers. Though regularly presented via Men At Play and UK Naked Men, I'd hazard a guess he hails from South Africa. This is one of my fave solo sets of him, and I dare say we've all needed a chauffeur of late ;-)

Those similarly impressed by Mr Rogers will be pleased to know he features in tomorrow's Sunday Joint too ...

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/3906a995b689b044957eff28f4295049/

Radio 2's Great British Songbook - the tracks of the decades

. THE SIXTIES - presented by Cilla Black and Tony Blackburn on Monday 28 December
.
. Sandie Shaw — Puppet On A String 

. 
The Move — Flowers In The Rain 

. 
The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup 

. 
Petula Clark — Downtown 

. Jackie Trent — Where Are You Now My Love? 

. 
The Beatles — She Loves You 

. Peter & Gordon — A world Without Love 

. 
Gerry & The Pacemakers — How Do You Do It 

. 
The Kinks — All day And All Of The Night 

. 
Sandie Shaw — Long Live Love 

. 
Cream — I Feel Free 

. 
Adam Faith — Poor Me 

. 
The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 

. 
The Dave Clark Five — Glad All Over 

. 
Tom Jones — It’s Not Unusual 

. Barry Ryan — Eloise 

. 
Engelbert Humperdinck — The Last Waltz 

. 
Helen Shapiro — Walking Back To Happiness 

. 
The Troggs — With A Girl Like You 

. 
Herman's Hermits — There’s A Kind Of Hush 

. 
Shirley Bassey — Goldfinger 

. 
Donovan — Catch The Wind 

. 
Lulu — Boom Bang-A-Bang 

. 
Billy Fury — Once Upon A Dream 

. 
The Tremeloes — Here Comes My Baby 

. 
The Yardbirds — For Your Love 

. 
The Beatles — All You Need Is Love 

. 
Procol Harum — A Whiter Shade Of Pale 

. 
The Rolling Stones — (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 

. 
Cilla Black — Step Inside Love 

. 
Small Faces — Lazy sunday 

. 
Dusty Springfield — I Only Want To Be With You 

. 
The Moody Blues — Nights in white satin 

. 
The Who — My Generation 

. 
The Scaffold — Lily The Pink 

. 
Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Summer Holiday 

. 
The Zombies — She’s Not There


THE SEVENTIES - presented by Kiki Dee and Noddy Holder on Tuesday 29 December

. Queen — Don't Stop Now 

. 
The Undertones — Teenage Kicks 

. 
Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 

. 
T. Rex — Children Of The Revolution 

. 
Lynsey de Paul — Won’t Somebody Dance With Me 

. 
Black Sabbath — Paranoid 

. 
10cc — I’m Not In Love 

. 
Fleetwood Mac — Don’t Stop 

. 
Sex Pistols — God Save The Queen 

. 
David Essex — Rock On 

. 
Pink Floyd — Money 

. 
Squeeze — Up The Junction 

. 
Slade — Cum On Feel The Noize 

. 
Elvis Costello — Pump It Up 

. 
Wizzard — See My Baby Jive 

. 
Led Zeppelin — Stairway To Heaven 

. 
The Clash — London calling 

. 
David Bowie — Life On Mars 

. 
Status Quo — Whatever You Want 

. 
Sweet — Action 

. Elton John & Kiki Dee — Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 

. 
Electric Light Orchestra — Mr Blue Sky 

. 
John Lennon — Whatever Gets You Through The Night 

. 
Elton John — Rocket Man 

. 
Joan Armatrading — Love And Affection 

. 
Rod Stewart — Maggie May 

. 
Kate Bush — Wuthering Heights 

. 
Bee Gees — Staying Alive 

. 
Cat Stevens — Oh Very Young 

. 
Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody



THE EIGHTIES - presented by Nik Kershaw and Chris Tarrant on Wednesday 30 December

. Erasure — A Little Respect 

. 
Fine Young Cannibals — She Drives Me Crazy 

. 
Wet Wet Wet — Sweet Little Mystery 

. 
Phil Collins — In the Air Tonight 

. 
Kim Wilde — Kids in America 

. Untitled
Go West- We close Our Eyes


. 
Adam and The Ants — Prince Charming 

. 
The Smiths — How Soon Is Now 

. 
Bananarama — Love In The First Degree 

. 
Rick Astley — Never Gonna Give You Up 

. 
Yazoo — Don’t Go 

. 
Dire Straits — Money for Nothing 

. 
Mike + The Mechanics — The Living Years 

. 
Michael Jackson — Thriller 

. 
George Michael — Faith 

. 
Ultravox — Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 

. 
Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas 

. 
Depeche Mode — Just Can’t Get Enough 

. 
Joy Division — Love Will Tear Us Apart 

. 
Labi Siffre — Something Inside So Strong 

. 
Kirsty MacColl — A New England 

. 
Queen — A Kind Of Magic 

. 
Tears for Fears — Shout 

. 
Prefab Sprout — The King of Rock n Roll 

. 
Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams 

. 
Nik Kershaw — Wouldn’t It Be Good 

. 
Duran Duran — Girls on Film 

. 
Spandau Ballet — Gold 

. 
Madness — Our House 

. 
Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls 

. 
Marillion — Kayleigh 

. 
The Police — Every Breath You Take 

. 
The Jam — A Town Called Malice



THE NINETIES - presented by Melanie Chisholm and Zoe Ball on Thursday 31 December

. Supergrass — Alright 

. 
Babybird — You’re Gorgeous 

. 
Take That — Back for Good 

. East 17 — Stay Another Day 

. 
Suede — Animal Nitrate 

. 
The Beautiful South — A Little Time 

. 
Travis — Why Does It Always Rain On Me 

. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions 

. 
Oasis — Live Forever 

. 
Gabrielle — Dreams 

. 
The Boo Radleys — Wake Up Boo 

. 
The Verve — Bittersweet Symphony 

. 
Underworld — Born Slippy 

. 
Massive Attack — Unfinished Sympathy 

. 
Lisa Stansfield — Change 

. 
Simply Red — Stars 

. 
Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity 

. 
Cornershop — Brimful of Asha 

. EMF — Unbelievable 

. 
Spice Girls — 2 Become 1 

. 
Manic Street Preachers — Everything Must Go 

. 
Blur — Girls and Boys 

. 
Annie Lennox — Walking on Broken Glass 

. 
The Divine Comedy — National Express 

. 
Robbie Williams — Angels 

. 
Radiohead — No Surprises 

. Longpigs — On and On 

. 
Pulp — Common People



THE NOUGHTIES - presented by Nadine Coyle and Alan Carr on Friday 1 January

. Take That — Shine 

. 
Amy Winehouse — Back to Black 

. 
The Feeling — Fill My Little World 

. 
Leona Lewis — Run 

. 
Sugababes — Hole in the Head 

. 
Kaiser Chiefs — I Predict A Riot 

. 
Elbow — One Day Like This 

. James Morrison — Wonderful World 

. 
Adele — Hometown Glory 

. 
Arctic Monkeys — I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 

. 
Duffy — Mercy 

. 
Richard Ashcroft — A Song For The Lovers 

. 
Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out 

. 
Paloma Faith — Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful 

. 
Craig David — Fill Me In 

. 
S Club 7 — Reach 

. 
All Saints — Pure Shores 

. 
James Blunt — You're beautiful 

. 
The Streets — Dry Your Eyes 

. 
Kylie Minogue — Can't Get You Out Of My Head 

. 
Basement Jaxx — Do Your Thing 

. 
Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground 

. 
Robbie Williams — Rock DJ 

. 
Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 

. 
Keane — Everybody's Changing 

. 
Lily Allen — Smile 

. 
Snow Patrol — Set The Fire To The Third Bar 

. 
Dido — White Flag 

. 
Muse — Starlight 

. 
KT Tunstall — Other Side Of The World 

. 
Will Young — Leave Right Now 

. 
Coldplay — Viva La Vida

I've not included the 6 or 7 montage tracks played at the start of the programme, only those played in full (though Reach was sung over dreadfully). Actually I'd put a health warning on the last programme as seldom have two people whose voices so strangulate vowels been put together. It was certainly the most annoying of the five shows and not because of the music.

Anyway, if you want to hear them all in full on iPlayer go here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q3f6y

But beware the shows start to disappear on Monday as they only last 7 days.

What I listened to in 2009 ...

At least according to last.fm. It's more reliable than iTunes for two reasons: firstly it kept hold of my previous data when the laptop crashed in February and secondly because it includes my Spotify streaming, which I'm doing increasingly. Though I think all of these Top 15s hail from my iTunes collection ...




Only "The Night" reappears from the 2008 last.fm list.

It's odd that none of the top 15 artists appear in the top 15 tracks - does anybody else get that?

Handsome First Footers for 2010

Well as the west coast of America has only hit the new year in the past half hour I think it's not too late for this gesture. These young gents hail from the site LadsFeet, which has a particular fetish you might be able to guess (some models are shared with Sting Pictures)

Holiday Meat to Please You - Leonardo Oliviera - ADULTS ONLY!

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/5ffd057f430b2478373416a84de4c268/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!