Tuesday 27 October 2015

Ee bah gum, ecky thump ......

you don't hear many Yorkshire accents in Cambridge, but last night.... by eck it was the dulcet tones of non other than Richard Hawley ..... aside from his singing, a couple of things about Richard Hawley ..... is that in fact he is not a strong toned Yorkshire man, and coming from Sheffield he doesn't actually say by eck very much, but he does like to use the word fuck alot in his sentences ....

I like a man who swears, on the basis of how much I like swearing ..... not offensive rude in your face swearing, but swear words used in the normal context of a sentence, not to shock but to give a gritty tone ..... but I didn't go to the Cambridge Corn exchange to hear Mr Hawley, swear [nor to exchange any corn] .... no it was much fucking better than that .... it was to quite simply to hear him sing and belt out a good tune .... back to blokes and guitars I suppose ......






So ....... as it is Tuesday PM,
what better song than this
for today's Tuesday PM SoD ......

 


Here is a couple of other cracking tunes
he belted out last night,






Whilst they may appear as 
thoughtful ballads
he did give the strings bit of bashing
with all his renditions

Admittedly anyone under
the age of 45 yrs old stood out in the crowd
but this was by no means a sit down
with ya cardi and pipe gig ...

This was a foot tapping, guitar ripping, drum bashin, full volume gig

So if you fancy accepting a recomendation 
from a stranger
if you like these tunes
buy ya sen a ticket
and get thee sen to a Richard Hawley gig

There are still plenty of dates left, and for sure
 of those dates still to play
my first choice would be
The London Roundhouse, Camden

I am very tempted ......

[Postscript: When I finally do fuck off to the live the life of a recluse in Italy, I won't miss emails, mobile phones, or even blogging for that matter, but I will sure miss seeing live music acts at great venues..... better than watching any footie match for sure]

Thursday 15 October 2015

Don't choose a life ...... live a life .....

As part of my preparation for Operation Pompeii, I was drawn to the Movie ...... The Way

It chronicles the tale of a father's quest to complete the pilgrimage of El camino de Santiago .... all as a result of his son losing his life on the first leg of his own attempt of the journey

In real life the man playing the father ..... Tom Avery ..... is non other than Martin Sheen who has completed the pilgrimage ..... he did it with his own grandson.

Martin Sheen first came on to my radar in one of my all time great movies ....... Apocalypse Now..... don't you just love the smell of napalm in the morning ? ......

But in this movie ..... The Way...... he plays a wonderful role.

It is true, the movie is short on fast car chases, there are no rampant sex scenes and the violence is well .... almost not there, but what a gentle wonderful tale of the coming together of different lives.

To once again, steal the line from Mitch Albom ...... There are no random acts.... you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate the breeze from the wind ......

So if you fancy accepting a recommendation from a stranger ..... then seek out the ..... The Way ..... and let the real world drift over you.

I can't imagine I will ever complete the El camino de Santiago..... but I can see myself riding a bike to Pompeii .... If the sound track for my trip is half as good as in The Way .... then the ride will be to be enjoyed .....

First we have
from his sublime first album
[aren't all first albums sublime]
It's non other than .....



Then we have a former SoD
the very very naked
but blurred in all the wrong places
Alanis.......




and to end with, we have

the ethereal Nick Drake

Nick came along and was lost too soon
Then along came My Elvis to replace him, but he too was lost too soon

But at least wonderful {not of this world} songs of the day
like this one
were left for all time ....



as a bonus track and whilst not from the movie
it is yet a beautiful Nick Drake rendition




Tuesday 13 October 2015

Cancer is shit .....( part VII )

Carey Lander succumbed to cancer this past weekend ...... 
Carey Lander ? I hear you ask .....


Saw them at Shepherd's Bush Empire, great gig, great band, great songs ...... 

33 years old ....


Friday 2 October 2015

But surely that would make her ......


a Girl Saturday ? wouldn't it ?



As for animals and biscuits ...
I love chocolate biscuits
but tend to find cats a bit chewy...


Still any excuse to play 
a bit of Bowie...
Davey ! Davey ! I've got
Friday on my......