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Ian

It Wasn't Me!

About Me

"Hello" from Dunbar, a smallish town on the east coast of Scotland looking out to The North Sea, birthplace of the conservationist John Muir who is pretty well known over the pond, California especially where his head is now immortalised on a coin..fff....freezing in winter, sss...sunny (usually) in summer, nice place to be, about 30 miles from Edinburgh.

My Interests

Music, photography, music, friends, music, cats and other furry things, snooker/pool, music, red wine, hot curry, painting, drawing, did I mention music? Oh! and Garfield ( though the film was crap, the sequel is certainly as bad, if not worse! ) and in case I forgot.. Music!How Persian cats evolved!"We've rarely had as big a reaction to any artist in recent years that we've had for Lizanne Knott" Bob Harris, BBC Radio2Check 'em out!One of the best reasons for watching (or listening to) Grey's Anatomy:)Brilliant!Uncle Earl's "Kung Fu" video for Streak o' Lean Streak o' Fat.. Good Fun:)..
This is Tiffany DeRose (Desrosiers) singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" isn't she just great!!!This is The Corries, best clip I could find, well! they were generally a bit more lively than this but this is a great song, written by Eric Bogle.This is probably about 20 years ago, Roy, the one on the left died, far to young, from a brain tumour in 1990, they were from Edinburgh and I pretty much saw every show they did at the time, totally brilliant multi-instrumentalists and Scottish Folk Music at it's best..This is a song "In Your Memory" written and performed by Kashy Keegan, it's here because he has just put into song exactly how I feel about Eva Cassidy.. Good One!One of my favourite songs ever " Sand And Water " by Beth Nielson Chapman, who is one of my favourite singers ever:)I love this thing called music:)and Thanks Hellie for finding this which I just stole:)

I'd like to meet:

Anyone on this page, or the subsequent pages, except for me, I met me already..

Music:

WEEK I will change weekly, imagine that!!! so many great musicians here that even on that basis it would take forever to fit all in. So! Music, well the list is endless but Joni Mitchell has to be mentioned, Carter Family, Steeleye Span, The Corries, Sandy Denny, Eva Cassidy.... I have never ever heard such a beautiful voice and I don't think I ever will again, an absolute legend although unfortunately not in her lifetime:( Anyhoo, to move on : The Dixie Chicks... can Martie play that fiddle or what! ( Well! yes she certainly can but I have so many absolutely fantastic fiddle players on here now I need to share this out to them all, they are all totally brilliant!!! ), The Wailin' Jennys... just such beautiful voices/harmonies, The Cherryholmes .... Awesome, Uncle Earl... Awesome... Flat Mountain Girls also, others in some sort of alphabetical order :A Fine Frenzy, Abba, Acoustic Love Experience, Stephanie Adlington, Afferent Cue, Carol Alban, Albannach, Cindy Alexander, Heather Alexander, Leslie Alexander, Pauline Alexander, Tania Alexandra, Jenny Allinder, Altan, Zayra Alvarez, Lena Anderssen, Jessica Andrews, Keren Ann, Kristin Andreassen, Jann Arden, Susan Ashton, Athas, Audrey Auld-Mezera Allison Barber, Sara Bareilles, Charlie Barker, Emily Barker, Sally Barris, Barleyjuice, Lisa Bastoni, Perla Batalla, Battlefield Band, Jenny Beck, Kim Beggs, Bellowhead, Matraca Berg, Martha Berner, Annie Bethancourt, Sarah Bettens, Beulah, Bonnie Bishop, MJ Bishop, Heather Martin Bixler, Frances Black, Mary Black, Blaggards, Hannah Blaylock, Boca Chica, Bodixa, Suzy Bogguss, Bond, Deborah Bonham, Bounding Main, Bow Triplets, Katy Bowser, Paul Brady, Kate Bramley, Michelle Branch, Katie Brianna, Holly Brook, Jonatha Brooke, Elkie Brooks, Alison Brown, Joe Brown, Maggie Brown, Addie Brownlee, Margo Buchanan, Becky Buller, Vashti Bunyan, Emma Burgess, Clare Burson, Sarah Buxton Colbie Caillat, Calaisa, Caledon, Callaghan, Isobel Campbell, Kate Campbell, Laura Cantrell, Capercaillie, Edie Carey, Eileen Carey, Brandi Carlile, Kim Carnes, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kendel Carson, Carlene Carter, Laurelyn Carter, Eliza Carthy, Caitlin Cary, Karan Casey, Patti Casey, Hanneke Cassel, Toni Catlin, Causeway, Ceili Rain, Lisa Cerbone, Kasey Chambers, Beth Nielson Chapman, Laura Cheadle, Cherish The Ladies, Julie Christensen, Heidi Clare, Terri Clark, Tara Leigh Cobble, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Christine Collister, Shawn Colvin, Sadie Compton, Patricia Conroy, Elizabeth Cook, Cécile Corbel, Rebecca Correia, Laura Cortese, Rose Cousins, Cowboy Junkies, Martin & Lynn Craig, Crooked Still, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Kate Crossan, Phil Cunningham, Catie CurtisDAGA, Heather Dale, Amy Dalley, Marybeth D'amico, Doris Day, Danu, Kathryn Davidson, Skeeter Davis, Charity Daw, Jessica Dean, Deanta, Aselin Debison, Kris Delmhorst, Iris DeMent, Brigitte Demeyer, Dervish, Dani Desio, Tiffany Desrosiers, Krista Detor, Kristin deWitt, Bethany Dick, Barbara Dickson, Tina Dico, Dido, Ani Difranco, Cara Dillon, Mary Dillon, Celine Dion, Bonnie Dobson, Dochas, Sara Donaldson, Donna The Buffalo, Charlie Dore, Stephanie Dosen, Lisa Douglass, Connie Dover, Brid Dower, Kris Drever, Whitney Duncan, Antje Duvekot, Bob Dylan Stacey Earle, Steve Earle, Early Grace, Angela Easterling, Rachel Eddy, Judith Edelman, Kathleen Edwards, Susan Egan, Ana Egge, Eisley, Lindsay Ell, Joe Ely, Emerald Frequency, Emma-Lee, Emith, Tommy Emmanuel, Ennis Sisters, Enya, Sara Evans, Caitlin Evanson, Tim van EykenFairechild, Dana Falconberry, Nancy Falkow, Julie Feeney, Feist, Melissa Ferrick, Fiddlers 3, Fiddler's Bid, Fiffin Market, Fisher, Schuyler Fisk, Five2, Kat Flint, Flogging Molly, Flook, Leila Florentino, Rosie Flores, Ashleigh Flynn, Foghorn String Band, Folk by Association, Jessica Folker, FolkPort, Julie Fowlis, Bob Fox, Brooke Fraser, Kimberley Fraser, Louise Fraser, Fribo, Ari and Mia Friedman, Celeste Friedman, Nelly Furtado, Fusion FableGaelic Storm, Annie Gallup, Melody Gardot, Gary Stewart Band, Mary Gauthier, Sara Gazarek, Ashley Gearing, Marci Geller, Rayna Gellert, Georgia Wonder, Ruth Gerson, Susan Gibson, Gilbert & Sullivan, Sharon Gilchrist, Eliza Gilkyson, Jane Gillman, Thea Gilmore, Piney Gir, Dee Girdler, Girlyman, Andrea Glass, Haley Glennie-Smith, Goldfrapp, Beck Goldsmith, Holly Golightly, Deena Goodman, Leela and Ellie Grace, Gracia, Grada, Kathleen Graham, Kara Grainger, Gram Rabbit, Tracy Grammer, Amy Grant, Great Big Sea, Kate Green, Greenwillis, Grey DeLisle, Patty Griffin, Rachel Griffin, Grace Griffith, Nanci Griffith, KC Groves, Emm Gryner, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Maria GuttesenLisa Hannigan, Christine Hanson, Bella Hardy, Sarah Harmer, Rachel Harrington, Angela Harris, Emmylou Harris, Sharon Hassan, Sophie B, Hawkins, Edwina Hayes, Hazel and Alice, Laura Healy, Imogen Heap, Anne Heaton, Maria Helen, Hem, Caroline Herring, Carolyn Hester, Isobel Heyworth, Lou Hickey, Laura Higgins, Missy Higgins, Faith Hill, Kim Hill, Whit Hill, Anne Hills, Beth Hirsch, Susanna Hoffs, Lily Holbrook, Jolie Holland, Donna Hughes, Shannon Hurley, Hayley Hutchinson, Meg HutchinsonIncredible String Band, Indigo Girls, Inga, Isambarde, Eileen IversAlan Jackson, Kate Jacobs, Jaiya, Elana James, Janine Janson, Jaymay, Molly Jenson, Joan Jett, Jewel, Ma Jie, Jim & Jennie, J'Nae, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Diana Jones, Nic Jones, Norah Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, Tresa Jordan, Vanessa Jourdan, Juanita Family, Judd & Maggie, Joanne JuskusAmanda Kaletsky, Susan Kane, Lucy Kaplansky, Karma, Eva Katzler, Danny Kaye, Dolores Keane, Charlotte Kendrick, Eilis Kennedy, Traci Kennedy, Moira Kerr, Nancy Kerr, Jennifer Kimball, Will Kimbrough, Kari Kimmel, Kaki King, Ellery Klein, Jess Klein, Lisa Knapp, Lizanne Knott, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chantal Kreviasuk, Kukuruza, Pauline KyllomenLady Antebellum, Seth Lakeman, Miranda Lambert, Dawn Landes, Brianna Lane, Lux Land, Patty Larkin, Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun, Late Tuesday, Nadine Laughlin, Leahy, Christine LeDoux, Julie Lee, Jenne Lennon, Holly Lerski, Alana Levandoski, Jenny Lewis, Laurie Lewis, Líadan, Toby Lightman, Lijie, Likewater, Listing Ship, Little Big Town, Little Country Giants, llangres, Lisa Loeb, Liz Longley, Mary Lou Lord, Laura Love, Patty Loveless, Cara Luft, Lulu, Luminescent Orchestrii, Lunasa, Donal Lunny, Claire Lynch, Lisa Lynne Lauren MacColl, Amy Macdonald, Norma MacDonald, Natalie MacMaster, Martina McBride, Lila McCann, Lydia McCauley, Anne McCue, Sandra McCracken, Katie McD, Reba McEntire, Colleen McFarland, TJ McFarland, Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle, Kirsty McGee, Tia McGraff, Dosia McKay, Lori McKenna, Loreena McKennitt, Jacqui McKenzie, Susan McKeown, Linda McLean, Brian McNeil, Tricia McTeague, Julie Mack, Mad Tea Party, Madviolet, Mary Beth Magallanes, Frances Mai-Ling, Tommy Makem, Karen Mal, Malinky, Michelle Malone, Kimber Manning, Lisa Manning, Samantha Marais, Catya Maré, Wil Maring, Annie Marleau, Martha's Trouble, Sinead Martin, Mary Lee's Corvette, Kathy Mattea, Julie Matthews, Judy Mayhan, Mary Beth Maziarz, Meiko, Liz Melia, Katie Melua, Natalie Merchant, Tift Merritt, Ingrid Michaelson, Theresa Miele, Lynn Miles, Agnès Milewski, Julie Miller, Anais Mitchell, Julie Moffitt, Irene Molloy, Michele Monte, Shona Mooney, Christy Moore, Allison Moorer, Jim Moray, Morgan Le Faye, Lisa Morgan, Shelley Morningsong, Lisa Moscatiello, Moulann, Samantha Murphy, Trish MurphyAnna Nalick, Terra Naomi, Karen Nash, Leigh Nash, Nathan, Jennifer Nettles, Tara Nevins, Carrie Newcomer, Joanna Newsom, Juice Newton, New Blue Yonder, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Nickel Creek, Sara Niemietz, Keri Noble, North Cregg, Ruth Notman, Alecia NugentMollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Sinead O'Connor, Trisha O'Keefe, Lorraine O'Reilly, Jackie Oates, Meli Olivarri, Ophelia, Joan Osborne, Sara Overall, Over The RhinePaisley Close, Nerina Pallot, Angie Palmer, Caryl Mack Parker, Luan Parle, Jennifer Parsignault, Kat Parsons, Niamh Parsons, Ellis Paul, Mieka Pauley, Alice Peacock, Danielle Peck, Penda's Fen, Pentangle, Mandi Perkins, Gretchen Peters, Tom Petty, Katy Pfaffl, Adrienne Pierce, Piper's Creek, Ulla Pirttijärvi, Rose Polenzani, Karine Polwart, Wyckham Porteous, Karen Poston, Kelli Rae Powell, John Prine, Maddy Prior, Rachel Proctor, Chris Pureka QueenAmy Raasch, Emerald Rae, Bonnie Raitt, Rallion, Marcia Ramirez, Tammy Raybould, James Raynard, Meg Rayne, Eddi Reader, Katie Redding, Lisa Redford, Flora Reed, Jenna Reid, Melissa Reiner, Rose Reiter, Kimmie Rhodes, Lou Rhodes, Tony Rice, Miranda Lee Richards, Stephanie Richards, Kim Richey, Rilo Kiley, Lindsay Ritch, Josh Ritter, Robinella, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Emily Rodgers, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Carrie Rodriguez, Alli Rogers, Linda Rondstadt, Eileen Rose, Simara Rose, Beth Rowley, Jaime Rt, Bic Runga, Runrig, Kate Rusby, Tom Rush, Tom Russell, Cathie RyanJennie Saunders, Karen Savoca, Ann Savoy, Martha Scanlan, Pauline Scanlon, Lissa Schneckenburger, Libbie Schrader, Patti Scialfa, Vivien Scotson, Searson, Eve Selis, Amanda Sena, Anoushka Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Eleanor Shanley, Del Shannon, Sharon Shannon, Maia Sharp, Victoria Shaw, SHeDAISY, Cosy Sheridan, Jennifer Sherrill, Sheva, Richard Shindell, Michelle Shocked, Ali Shumate, Jane Siberry, Mia Silva, Silverwheel, Sirocco, Sarah Siskind, Ricky Skaggs, Wendi Slaton, Sarah Slean, April Smith, Emily Smith, Erica Smith, Laura Smith, Mandy Smith Group, Mindy Smith, Valerie Smith, Marla Sokoloff, Solas, Sophie Solomon, Naomi Sommers, Sonas, Songs of Shiloh, Maddie Southorn, Southwind, Regina Spektor, Amilia K Spicer, Spiers & Boden, Delia Spiers, Jo Stafford, Sarah Stanley, Wendy Starland, Jennie Stearns, Gwen Stefani, Brittany Sterling, Angie Stevens, Beth and April Stevens, Still River Band, StitchCraft, Alison Sudol, Sugarland, SullivanBurton, Suntrap, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Sunny Sweeney, Jesse SykesJune Tabor, Alicia Tait, Heidi Talbot, Tannahill Weavers, Abi Tapia, James Taylor, Jane Taylor, Marah Taylor, Vienna Teng, Chris Thile, Molly Thomas, Rosie Thomas, Alexis Thompson, Adrina Thorpe, Kathryn Tickell, Martha Tilston, Tin Tin Lady, Paula Toledo, Linda Thompson, Claire Toomey, Trespassers William, Triflemore, Triniti, KT Tunstall, Catherine Tuttle, Shania Twain, Mary Sue Twohy, Judie Tzuke, The Albion Band, The Andrews Sisters, The Audreys, The Bangles, The Barra MacNeils, The Be Good Tanyas, The Biscuit Burners, The Bittersweets, The Bootcuts, The Bowmans, The Brooks Sisters, The Burning Leaves, The Byrds, The Cast, The Chapin Sisters, The Chieftains, The Clancys, The Corries, The Corrs, The Cottars, The Cranberries, The Crooked Jades, The Decemberists, The Devil's Interval, The Ditty Bops, The Dubliners, The Duhks, The Eagles, The Everybodyfields, The Forge Mountain Diggers, The Ginn Sisters, The Greencards, The Gruff, The Handsome Family, The Kennedy's, The Lonesome Sisters, The Lovell Sisters, The McCalman's, The McDades, The Midden, The Milroys, The Peasall Sisters, The Pogues, The O'Byrnes, The Rankins, The Roches, The Sandcarvers, The Shadows, The Stairwell Sisters, The Starlings, The Steeldrivers, The Sweetbush Revival, The Waifs, The Waterboys, Sara Watkins, The Watson Twins, The Webb Sisters, The Weepies, The Wilders, The Wolfe Tones, The Wreckers, The YearlingsCarrie Underwood, Rachel Unthank(and Winterset) Un-ReconstructedMarina V, Idgy Vaughn, Denise Vasquez, Jennifer Vazquez, Suzanne Vega, Molly Venter, April Verch, Gina Villalobos, Rhonda Vincent, Victoria Vox Martha Wainwright, Mare Wakefield, Kristi Warner, Nikki Warner, Abigail Washburn, Heather Waters, Waterson Carthy, Sara Watkins, Lori Watson, Tonya Watts, Emma Weiss, Gillian Welch, Katherine Wells, Corinne West, Sara Westbrook, Hayley Westenra, Coles Whalen, Samantha Whates, Cheryl Wheeler, Chris While & Julie Matthews, , Joy Lynn White, Darcy Whiteside, White Wire, Lindsey Whitfield, Sarah Wilfong, Chelsea Williams, Dar Williams, Holly Williams, Kathryn Williams, Lizzy Williams, Lucinda Williams, Kelly Willis, Winterpills, Winter Storm, Gretchen Witt, Kate Wolf, Lee Ann Womack, Cindy Woolf, Roddy Woomble, Chely Wright, Robin Wynn, WynonnaXYZ Rachael Yamagata, Trisha Yearwood, Yonder Mountain String Band, Adri Young, Adrienne Young Diane Zeigler, Shanna Zell, Kathy Zimmer, Andrea Zonn, Natalia ZukermanAoife anybody:).... Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all..In Remembrance: .. Sandy Denny, Karen Carpenter, Roy Williamson, Kate Wolf, Eva Cassidy, Amie Comeaux, Laura Branigan, Alice Martineau, John Denver, Dusty Springfield, Dave Carter, Sandra James, Kirsty MacColl, Tommy Makem..

Movies:

Not into movies much these days, they all get this big promo, effects are pretty awesome but the story lacks a lot... comedy wise, not seen a Laugh Out Loud movie in a long time, the old ones are still the best, Marx Bros., Cary Grant, John Wayne, Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers even, although I do rate Songcatcher ( excellent film ) The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Shrek, Shrek 2... Shrek the Third ( Shrek 3 ) is also very good, first is usually best and probably is in this case but 2 & 3 are pretty good, and compared with the "guy with the idiot friends" movies which are now ten a dozen, well! there is no comparison. Wallace and Gromit ( just lurv that dog ) Tristan & Isolde very good as is Chronicles of Narnia, certainly worth a mention. Pirates Of The Caribbean, excellent, great fun, weird but good entertainment nevertheless.. but still not Laughing Out Loud... well! possibly maybe @ Shrek :)"Funny Games" I thought Naomi Watts was more than excellent in this enjoyable but very disturbing film.. and one of the "finds" of the year for me "Heavenly Forest" .. Japanese film which was just beautiful, but you do need the subtitles:)

Television:

I don't watch TV because quite frankly it's a load of crap!!! I do however rate the following and do eventually manage to see them by one method or another:)and adding Xena Warrior Princess... great action, good fun and very often raises a smile.. no longer on TV, I don't think, but that's where we met all these years ago..

Books:

Whisky Galore, cost 3 shillings and 6 pence, obviously I have an original here:)

Heroes:

My Mum, always there, sadly no longer, Dad now also:( no-one else... "Superstars"!!! no such thing in my book:)