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- Welcome to GrumpyDaddy. Here you'll find the trials and tribulations of me - Harry. During the time writing this blog I've been a single bloke, married, father of newborn twins and widower, husband and father again. A professional writer by trade, this is the place where I exorcise (and exercise) all my personal nonsense, most often (but not limited to) my experiences as a husband and father of three children. Note - not all the grumpyness is genuine.
Random Ramblings
- Spelunking Melancholy Greens (1995)Walking down the street, dodging penguins' plastic feet There's a man, banner in hand, trying to make a stand Radical style, gotta get away, gotta stop, gotta shop Can't win, can't lose, gotta hurry up and choose Rainy day philosopy, please no surea…
- Waiting and Waiting and Waiting…Waiting for something to arrive from Ebuyer is really like pulling teeth. How a company can take two weeks to deliver an item it had in stock I don't know. I ordered my item on June 15th and it was scheduled for delivery on Thursday 22nd June – a long t…
- Spider WaspI'm terrible with art packages, but I just managed to scare myself so much trying to create the mythical Spider Wasp that I couldn't actually continue and finish it. So no chance to polish my effort or add wings. I outputted the image as a jpg then dele…
- What Are You Looking For?It's rather interesting looking at the site stats and seeing how people have arrived here via search engines. The most popular search seems to be for my name and seeing as there aren't many of them in the world I'm guessing most folks who look have f…
- The Best Albums of 2011?2011 has been a great year for rock music, in particular for progressive rock and melodic death metal. While I still hold that 2009 was the best rock music year of recent times I still think there are plenty of great records that should be on your shopp…
- Spelunking Melancholy Greens (1995)
Latest from Grumpyrocker
- Black Moth - The Killing Jar ReviewOne of the most anticipated releases to reach the Grumpyrocker offices is the debut album from Black Moth entitled The Killing Jar. The problem with hyping any album is that it will never quite live up to your expectations. After finally managing to coa…
- Villa Rise - Wastelands ReviewMaking your movement from Sydney, Australia to England in order to try and make your name in the music scene is an impressive step to take, but that's the step that hardcore punks Villa Rise took and Jimbo reviews their six track EP Wastelands after the…
- East Island City - Me and What Army? ReviewEast Island City are from Dublin and have only been around since 2010, but Me and What Army? is described a mini-album, although their debut EP received 15,000 hits so hopes are high for Me and What Army? Jimbo checks out what all the fuss is about.…
- Films of Colour - Running ReviewWith the inevitable build up to their debut album release, Films of Colour release new single Running off the back of some already favourable reviews on this site for singles Capital and Slow Burn. Read Jimbo's thoughts after the jump. Films of Col…
- Anison - Memory Flashes ReviewAnison are another new band and with their debut album Memory Flashes they promise a rush of melancholy that engrosses through its many layers, ignited by the delicate intro that comes as a calm before the proverbial emotional and sonic storm so Jimbo w…
- Black Moth - The Killing Jar Review