Bev Bevan - October : that was the month that was

Friday 3rd

Emailed my September 'That was the month that was' blog to the Sunday Mercury.

Sunday 5th

At 11am drove to the David Lloyd Fitness Centre in Shirley for the book launch of "MK Lifefite", a personal training academy book, written by personal trainer Matt Kendrick, an old friend of mine.

Amongst the other guests there were Matt's lovely wife Sally, Warwickshire cricketer Dougie Brown, Jasper Carrott and my old mate and former Black Sabbath colleague Tony Iommi. We posed for a few photos for the Birmingham Post and Solihull Times.

Thursday 9th

Signs that winter is coming as today is the last Charity/ Celeb Golf Tournament of the season - at the splendid Forest of Arden course near Meriden.

Played pretty well, but again not well enough to win

Saturday 25th

An interesting three-hour meeting at the "Garden House" on the Hagley Road in Birmingham discussing the possibility of getting involved with an internet radio station.

Monday 27th

Emailed off a bunch of CD reviews to the Sunday Mercury for my weekly column "Bevan's Heaven". Every week I receive in the post CDs from various record companies to write up my opinions on.

They are mainly retro re-releases. There's some lovely box sets released, too, from time to time. The ones I like, I keep and my collection of CDs (and vinyl albums and 45's), is now beginning to totally take over my office and study!

Wednesday 28th

Telephone interviews with BBC 3 Counties Radio and also with a German Rock magazine to plug the new Move 4-CD box set, which is now in the shops.

This box set has been many, many months in the making and I must say it really is excellent. A lot of my friends will be getting copies as Xmas presents this year!

The box set (titled The Move - Anthology 1966-1972) is getting some terrific reviews in the press with 4 and 5-star ratings. Of the hundred or so re-issue type CDs I have seen and heard this year, I'd say this compilation is the best of the lot .

But then I would say that, wouldn't I?

Thursday 29th

Drove into Birmingham to the (now, sadly, virtually deserted) ITV studio complex in Gas Street to record a TV interview for "Television Junction" on "Great School Movies" on which I talked mainly about the movie voted number 5 in a top ten survey recently, "School of Rock", starring Jack Black.

This programme is going out between December 9th to the 21st on Teachers TV (Virgin 240, Sky Guide 880, Tiscali TV 845 or log onto www.teachers.tv).

This movie critic lark is a piece of cake. If the BBC is looking for a new presenter to replace Jonathan Ross on "Film Night" I'm your man!