Happy Easter

It's my Birthday today so can I just wish everyone else also a celebrating an eggciting Easter anniversary best of the day.

Birthdays do remind you not to over look what's under your nose so thanks to you all for your diversion and enlightenment over the past year.


In that spirit here's a reminder that this gem is on youtube in six glorious monochrome parts (including Otis's best performance ever! epi 4 onwards)

Oh and some Blue Nile too!

48 hour party people

On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet to chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

George Gordon Byron

If you will permit me one more gush of solipsism (apart from the rest of my endless virtual ramblings that is)
I’d just like to record the last few days in brief.

Being a spring baby I’m sure my mood improves even more when the clocks go forward and Friday was such a lovely day; after a little light shopping drinking the odd beaker in the sunshine with BLBW was a simple joy followed by Damned United and some more beakers all rather marvellous. On the train home I even got a song and a “alcopoppy” kiss from 2 other birthday girls on their way back panda eyed but happy to Kent, happy birthday ladies.

No party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
Desiderius Erasmus

The only down note for the whole weekend was TFL closing the DLR seeming without notice which was annoying but “work roundable”.

Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.

George Gordon Byron

Some thank yous: Thanks to everyone who came especially anyone who battled with the M1 (and then the DLR) or the National Express (on either tires or steel wheels!)
Thanks to everyone for just coming but also for being laden with good things I am guiltily happy and grateful.
Extra special thanks to A and L for cakes.

I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends. Nancie J. Carmody

Can I also make a plug for the Duke in Roger St. The term “gastro pub” is a much bandied around and frankly has become so devalued it may not be worth using but the food at the Duke is really good; perfectly cooked, decently portioned and not overly gussied up. If you just want a drink the beer’s good too (sorry there’s no black sheep left!) I’m told they also sell wine (never drink the stuff myself made in France don’t cha you know, nothing good will come of it). The Duke is a little 30’s gem in a quiet bit of town that’s well worth a (art) deco!

So anyway thanks & much love to everyone

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”
Tennessee Williams

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday- Altered Images
Originally uploaded by bltphoto

So there you go, it's my Birthday today and I think this is my 800th post which is a nice coincidence.
Anyway love to you all, take care.

I'm off to see some Russian spiky paintings at the TATE and see if Cloughie still wins the European cup on the years Bob Paisley didn't and probably have pint or two of pride.
If you want something fun to do today why no see how many great tunes you can play but only on coloured vinyl.
Managed 4 already.
squeeze, the undertones, spritualized, madness.
And to show willing (even though I've never understood why it's the way round it is) consider the following my virtual cakes in the office thing! I suppose if it was cake in would be faintly biblical in flavour something made with almonds and honey and perhaps a hint of Saffron. Sorry if it's a bit obvious but sometimes the best things are right under your noes.

Turn! Turn! Turn!: The Byrds

Noon update:the ever generous Mr Mondo sends proof that the 70's weren't brown or even black with this top vivid vinyl as always Pm good work fella. nice turntable mate makes my rega look a bit plain.

B'day update

As usual I thought my b'day was going to go like this

But it turned into this.

Amongst lots of other excellent presents I got this which had this recipe in it, the perfect hangover cure after going here (which is excellent BTW) and having too much of this .

Thanx to everyone as usual you have saved me from turning into Cartman or is it Kyle.

Cheers.

yours c

Second Post

Posties been and delivered this from Britain's Leading Beer Writer.

I couldn't find it last night. I love "grace under pressure" by ELBOW but this is my current fave. It makse me happy, it's sing along but not in bad Coldplay way. It has the phrases " holy cow" "chamois-faced" and "thin lipped" so what's not to love.

Birthday Special

It's my Birthday today (3rd) and as you should always do stuff you like , here's some tunes I'd play . This is just great and you can hear me singing in the crowd at the end.



Here's one present I got already it's in 3d and signed by the drawer! Alan Moore as we all know "knows the score"

I'm going to have some this for sure

If I'm being honest after all the fancy films I've watched and liked, I'd watch this on my Birthday, but it was on sunday so that save me a jobs and remember the villagers always win...



this always cheers me up!



somebody has to sing to the birthday boy!



here's my other birthday present Aretha singing my song


Later some of this may be taken.
and then we'd listen to Otis sing or maybe something new like this .
(I'm not going to come up with some fantasy party guest bit pointless as the women who plays the book stall owner in the "long goodbye" is long dead and I bet she wouldn't wear those glasses anyway. So it would be just the people I love and like.)


and what better way to drift off than this


Anyway please excuse the solipsism normal service will resume shortly.