Depression + Illness = BLOG!

I'm feeling really ill and down right now so I fealt like it was time to blog.

Project statuses:

Novel: Good
Reviews: Good
Short Fiction: Good
Poetry: Good
Recaps: Not even started

Now that's out of the way I wanna talk to you about a bizarre film I caught at The Sage's (Newcastle) Americana festival. It's called The Devil and Daniel Johnston and was quite possibly the most moving documentary (hence lack of a review. I don't do documentaries) I have ever seen.

It's about a rubbish (at least in my opinion. The film calls him "cult") musician named Daniel Johnston. He has manic depression and quite possibly one of the worst life stories ever. I recommend you check it out. Although, it's not for the faint of heart.

As for Johnston's music; have a listen. I don't like it but music is exceptionally subjective. He's on tour later this year. I implore you to only go and see him if you like his music. Don't go to take the piss out of him. I do like the tour's artwork though:

Yeah. I think it's a frog. I honestly might buy the collectable toy.

I've been losing a lot of followers on Twitter recently. I have no idea why, I've been updating as normal. If anyone would like to explain what I'm doing wrong send me a tweet.

Alright then.

I've been adding content to the website for a while now without blogging properly. Weekly reviews are back, my novel's going well (9,000 words) and I'm prepping to release some video-type content. I've got no idea how I'm going to record my audio commentary on Jason X, I think you might have to wait until August for that. There will be a short film up soon. I finished editing it recently and I've been lucky enough to get it shown at a cinéma. Unfortunatley, it's a one time showing and tickets aren't for sale without invitation.

Also, if you would like to help me in any way: head on over to TGWTG.com and look James R. Bell in the blog area. Vote high; I'm hoping to get picked up for the website's article section.