Damn, I wish I could play like this! |
Bert Jansch, Martin Simpson and Davey Graham. They make me feel like the amateur I actually am. I've nothing but admiration for these guys who inspire me to pick up my acoustic almost every day and ke...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:12:00 GMT |
Sesame Street had great tunes. |
Sesame Street was for me, as it was for many, a fondly remembered part of my childhood. In it's heyday it was essential kids viewing. The colour and vibrancy of the programme, not to mention the humou...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:44:00 GMT |
To my friends who don’t live in Britain..... |
...you would not believe what a crappy summer we've had. Nothing but grey skies and pissy rain for nigh on two months now. It's depressing everyone. We don't have winters anymore either, just one long...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:26:00 GMT |
Costa Rica has no army. |
It's in their constitution. It is, by all accounts, one of the most stable, enduring and honest democracies in the world, if not the most. I've just found this out. I'm mightily impressed by any count...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT |
Keith Moon |
I'm posting this blog as my little tribute to Moony who happens to be one of my favourite musicians, any genre, of all time. His energy, flair, idiosyncratic style and his visceral creativity are, for...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:41:00 GMT |
Scaramouch! Scaramouch! |
Here'sBAD NEWS!!!
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:11:00 GMT |
Punch & Judy Pt. 1 |
Ok, so today I tuned in to, as I do most weeks, to PMQ's, or Prime Ministers Questions, which for those who don't know happens every Wednesday at mid-day, lasts for half an hour, and is supposedly a c...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:25:00 GMT |
Propoganda. |
I really wish that the Bush administration would stop busting a gut to try and prove how "bad" the Iranians are. They aren't a threat to anybody. Fact. And Bush's constant sabre-rattling is just perp...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:43:00 GMT |
Ivor Cutler |
Is a genius. The more I listen, the more I'm convinced of this. And a completely idiosyncratic genius too. My brother introduced me to him earlier this year and so I downloaded a load of his stuff. An...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:36:00 GMT |
"I couldve bin a contender...." |
So I stayed up until 5 o'clock to listen to the Ricky Hatton/Floyd Mayweather fight on the radio(I can't afford such luxuries as pay-per-view at the moment) because I, like many people, had been...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:14:00 GMT |
