Dominic Keating and Skindred.

I actually met him yesterday. Sat next to him on a train, with my friend, Rich. Thought he had a familiar face but didn't recognise him as an actor - the name rang a bell when he told me though.

Had a good chat with him - he wasn't afraid to swear whilst talking to me, a complete stranger, but I have no problems with that! We joked about the train food cart pusher looking like Lurch from the Addams Family, then after I asked politely where he was heading (he asked me if the train, from Bangor, terminated in Chester, to which I replied yes!) he mentioned he had been filming for a Guy Ritchie production of Sherlock Holmes in Bangor, where he had been playing the villain! We thought this was great, and upon asking more about his life (London, Los Angeles, university etc.) he mentioned he'd played a major role for about 100 episodes of Star Trek - Malcolm Reed. Not being a Trekkie fan, I didn't understand the significance! But having looked him up on IMDB, I remember him from Buffy and Heroes... shame I didn't think to get his autograph!

He was a terrific bloke - he actually initiated all the conversation with us, and had a wonderfully interesting history and stories to tell! He's got a little goatie at the moment and reminded me so much of Gary Oldman in his younger days :P so I nearly wet myself laughing when he mentioned Gary was one of his favourite actors! But all in all, a really pleasant man, friendly, really quite humble, and funny, with a story to tell about pretty much anything!

On an unrelated note - Skindred were AWESOME live. As expected. Ending with 'Cause Ah Riot' was just the perfect D&B icing on the ragga/metal cake. Some of the tunes played: Trouble, Rat Race, Bruises, Nobody, Pressure, Selector, Destroy the Dancefloor, Rude Boy For Life, and a few off their new album. The support bands were Karnivool and Dead by April, both superb! Brilliant evening :D