It's
the end of an era: Meetup group Manchester Cool Bars and Clubs has
folded. Neither me nor Silvia were running events through there any
more, and when we did something always got in the way of a good night
out: either people didn't respond to the event, or they did, but then
didn't turn up, or they turned up dressed inappropriately or without
ID meaning we couldn't get into the clubs. It became more hassle than
it was worth.
Over
the past 5 or so years I've had some good times with the group and
met some great people. We went to many a celeb haunt, saw some
impressive DJs and singers perform, and bumped into a few other
famous types too. See the album.
Most importantly, we just had good nights out with good people.
There
are still plenty of Meetup groups active in Manchester, despite their
turnover. Many like Manchester Minimalists have disappeared too, but
Young Professionals in Manchester,
Socialising in the City,
Happy, and After Work Drinks
are still active. I've enjoyed their events, and may do again.
In
other news, I finished Cold Storage, the first novel from Hollywood
screenwriter David Koepp. After containing a deadly virus, Pentagon
worker Diaz locks it away in a storage facility for decades, only for
it to break out. Now, teaming up with a couple of mismatched security
guards, he must contain it again. The virus, Cordyceps Novus, takes
over any creature it can, dead or alive, zombifying it, making it
climb high structures or find other creatures- most recently humans-
and exploding it to spread itself.
A
story heavily influenced by movies like the 70s zombie trend, Night
of the Living Dead etc, plus also Dustin Hoffman film Outbreak, Cold
Storage has a very movie-like plot: gung-ho Americans with guns, a
short time period, an unconvincing attraction between 2 completely
mismatched characters, and lots of visual twists and turns. It's fun,
but hardly original and even clumsy in places.
I met Mr Koepp in September last year.
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