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Category Archives: Music
So this is Christmas…
Well it isn’t yet… but it soon will be so I thought I’d try a Spotify Christmas play list. Big mistake. What are they thnking of? They have some of the good songs, but not necessarily sung by the right … Continue reading
Deeply dippy – the perfect egg
Multi-Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal knows his stuff, right? So his allegedly fool-proof way of perfect soft-boiled eggs the Heston way must work? Reluctant, though I am to give any credence to a man with the same name as a … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Music, Watery things
Tagged egg, egg timer, Heston Blumenthal, perfect boiled egg, Soldiers, Steve Miller Band, The Joker
9 Comments
Orchestral manouevres
I’m not sure how many people go along and support local orchestras but more people should try it. The musicians may be amateur but they are excellent and it’s a very affordable way to enjoy live classical music. The price … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Borodin, Glazunov, Gloucestershire, Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky
4 Comments
Great Balls of Fire
“Let’s all get up and dance to a song which was a hit before your mother was born” sang the Beatles. And it came to pass yesterday that Great Balls of Fire exploded from my car radio with that rat-tat-tat … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Music
Tagged Abercarn, Beatles, families, Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis, naan bread, nan, Newport, The Everly Brothers, Wales, Your Mother Should Know
2 Comments
Mainly fair with occasional rain blog – 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blatant Falsehoods, Cats, Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Cycling, Dogs, Food, Music, Ridiculous Tosh, Science, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Cycling, dogs, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, kittens, Orange P7, snorkelling, Trek, Wales
6 Comments
The Miracle of Kingsholm
There was a kind of miracle at Kingsholm, Gloucester last night. The rugby ground, scene of many hard and sometimes-bloody clashes between England and Wales, morphed into joyous chunk of Wales. As 11,000 or so jubilant people poured out of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Music
Tagged Cherry & Whites, concert, gig, Gloucester, Kingsholm, rugby, Sir Tom Jones, Stereophonics, Wales, Welsh flag
7 Comments
Steve Winwood
When I first heard Steve Winwood’s voice, I thought it was a great voice; distinctive flexible and powerful but I didn’t think it was the sort of voice that would last. In a different way, I thought Andy Fairweather Lowe’s … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged '60's, 70's, Big Top, Blind Faith, Call on Me, Carly Simon, Carole King, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Eric Clapton, Eric Prydz, Hammon B3 Organ, James Taylor, Keep On Hiding and They'll Never Find You, Keep On Running, Lord Lucan, Spencer David Group, Steve Winwood, Traffic, Valerie
17 Comments
Snapshot of Hong Kong
I suppose it was when we’d nipped out for a break from watching the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament and two guys strolled past dressed as bananas, that it struck me that I’m warming to Hong Kong. I was with … Continue reading
Posted in Coast, Countryside, Current Affairs, Cycling, Food, Music, Seaside, Watery things
Tagged Central, City Hall, dim sum, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Mid-Levels, Peak Tram, rugby, Shek O, Stanley, The Dragon's Back, The Sevens
14 Comments
Hijacked by nostalgia
It’s weird when your own brain takes you by surprise. You might be moseying routinely along answering a letter, tidying the desk, removing a cat from a printer tray, when out of the blue something happens which, without so much … Continue reading