Snakehips |
It seems my account of the Café de Paris has aroused memories amongst some of my more mature correspondents:
Guitarist Les recalls: "I played at the CDP in the Sixties and Seventies, playing tea dance...
Posted by Diva! on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:59:00 PST |
Paint and Stir |
I left one of my brushes at the Café de Paris on Friday Night (how's that for a casual namedrop?)
But that's not really the rationale behind this bulletin.
I was playing there with Heidi Jo Hines, a t...
Posted by Diva! on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:15:00 PST |
A pretty girl on Deptford Bridge |
I saw a pretty girl smiling as she walked alone along Deptford Bridge one night.
Nothing unusual in that, you might say, although Deptford at night probably isn't the most salubrious part of London (b...
Posted by Diva! on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:30:00 PST |
Ringo |
There are two sorts of people in this world- those who think Ringo Starr's a good drummer and those who don't. I fall into the former category.
First of all, remember he was "poached" by the other Bea...
Posted by Diva! on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:09:00 PST |
Please buy our cd record album |
Well it had to be done. After months of inane witterings comes the sales pitch.
Diva! has recorded an album! Ten lovely tracks ranging from pop through jazz, soul, funk and disco, all performed and ar...
Posted by Diva! on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:59:00 PST |
A wunch of bankers |
Well now, it's credit crunch time. If you've got a mortgage, it's going up. If you're lucky enough to be able to afford one, there aren't any to be had. If you've maxed out your credit card, you'...
Posted by Diva! on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:12:00 PST |
Sweet Green Icing |
Jimmy Webb is one of the 20th Century's finest songwriters. "Up up and Away", "By the Time I get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" - all great tunes, all great lyrics.
And all coherent. With one exc...
Posted by Diva! on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:36:00 PST |
Communications Breakdown |
It’s very strange. The more tools we have to communicate with each other, the more difficult it gets.
When I was a kid most of my friends’ parents didn’t even have a phone. You...
Posted by Diva! on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:47:00 PST |
There’ll Always be an England |
There has been some grumbling in the air concerning us English, some of it in the middlebrow press, some of it into my mailbox.
We’re supposed to have the hump because we don’t have a grea...
Posted by Diva! on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:17:00 PST |
Shaken and stirred |
I was watching the James Bond movie on the telly last night when it struck me. What a lousy job being a henchman must be.
The bad guys always have a small army of them. Funnily enough, the good guys d...
Posted by Diva! on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:06:00 PST |
