It seems that things are 'back to normal' around the blogs.

 But, there again, what is normal?

I won't give a breakdown here. Just use our LINKS service to have a look. You'll notice that a few links (like The Blue Guy) are gone. 

However, to help some of our quieter links 'resurface' we're going to feature them on Richard's Bass Bag.* To get things going, today we'd like to feature that ever popular Aucklander Phillip Edward Nis and that connoisseur of the arts Akish the Philistine.

Let's kick off with Phillip.

"Hi all and a big welcome from Auckland. It's good to see that things are settling down a bit around the blogs. I know that I've been a bit quiet, blogging wise, lately but I can assure you that you'll be hearing more from me in future. I can almost see those smiles on all your faces! Yes, I can! I have been looking around the blogs but I've also been busy giving lectures on such topics as Good Taste, How To Make Your Name Stand Out In A Crowd, Hi, I'm Phillip Edward and Let's Take A Cruise To Pen Island. 

These lectures have been very popular in the big city, and I have also done some further north. I must admit that Whangarei was a bit of a flop but, hey, that's Whangarei. They set me up in a tennis club and I was asked to talk about Good Taste. I think a lot of punters were disappointed because they thought it was going to be about different things you could have for breakfast. I did point a lot of them towards The Curmudgeon's blog, but they didn't seem keen. One punter even called out, "Send him back to Wellington!" I guess you can't please everybody.

I'll sign off there for today, but you definitely will be hearing more from me!

Have fun and don't hold back for silly religious reasons."

Now let's hear from Akish.

"Yeah, hi. The last post I wrote was last year. I called it 'Church art makes me fart'. You can reread it by using the LINKS service on this blog.

Today I'd like to talk about abstract art.

Actually, for abstract art, this one isn't too bad. Some abstract paintings are real shit - like sending a cellist in to do the job of a double bassist. Christ! The first thing an abstract artist needs to do is forget how to paint or draw. Then he can just throw paint at the canvas.

One good thing about churches is that they don't usually have abstract art. Imagine if the abstract example above was labelled, "Mary ascends into Heaven." Is that Mary standing on the right hand side of a glass door? Hardly ascending. Maybe it's a lift?

Okay, that's it from me for today. Keep an eye on my blog if you want to hear the real facts about the arts.

Have fun but stay away from abstract art galleries." 

Well, that opened your eyes to the exciting bloggers that we will be presenting here for your reading pleasure!

Ciao tutti.

* the original bass bagging site