richmond live 2018 and the black sheep frederick dickens

As it's nearly time for Richmond Live again, l thought l'd stick these up from last year, as l couldn't get on my blog at the time, so promptly forgot about them.
There was no competition for the band l enjoyed the most, as Darlington's 'The Black Sheep Frederick Dickens' ticked most of the boxes for the type of music l love. An electronic two piece with an operatic type madman of a singer, doing bleak gothic songs about Charles Dickens' alcoholic brother. What's not to like?. l have attached a small part of their set that l recorded.
The last two pics are the albums l bought after their set (One is an Avalanche Records compilation).
Once again...Enjoy.

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sorting through some posters

Despite it being a lovely sunny day, l've stayed indoors pratting about. One of the things l did was sort out some old posters, of which, there is a selection below. The Greek football one l liberated in Athens years ago, but have no idea who the teams are. The French one was liberated in Orleans after l had hitch-hiked there with an old girlfriend. Can't work out why some are the wrong way round, some of them are huge, and yes, l am a sad git with 4 ipods!

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bob dylan - the rolling thunder revue

It's been a week since Netflix released their Martin Scorsese produced Rolling Thunder Revue, featuring a 'Bob Dylan Story'. I've watched all of it three times since, and parts of it numerous times, and l absolutely love it.
The live footage has been cleaned up and looks amazing, and there's pretty much just the right amount of newsreel crap to emphasise the story. Dylan is on top form, and it's probably the last time he has been so engaged on stage. There's been a bit of a debate online about some of the interviews, as they are related to events or people that are made up, and that uses up time that could be spent showing more live footage, but that sort of obfuscation just makes me chuckle, as it's in the spirit of the Renaldo and Clara movie from the same period, and, although it would be hard to believe, amps up my  love for Dylan even more. I can't wait for the (hopefully) DVD and loads of extra footage
Here's the trailer, plus a couple of clips from it.
Witness the majesty of his Bobness (and Scarlet Rivera).
Avoid Jail, Go immediately to Netflix and watch the full film now!!







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the summer of love musical - darlington

I moseyed on up to see the Summer of Love musical at Darlington Hippodrome earlier this week, and it was actually pretty great song wise. All of the tunes chosen were excellent, but obviously some were better presented and packed more of a punch. I particularly enjoyed White Rabbit and Purple Haze, but there were quite a few excellent renditions. I would have guessed beforehand that they would probably finish with 'All You Need is Love', but it was a nice touch doing the acoustic singalong of 'Give Peace a Chance'.
I just wish l had been old enough to have experienced it all first hand in the 1960's, especially alongside the drugs and free love, although l did try and make up for it in later years.

And here's a short video



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mr parrot back to his normal self

Mr Parrot has not been well recently, but l'm glad to say he has made a full recovery and is back to trying to get attention from me, even when l am watching The Rolling Stones.

Hurrah! 

Maybe he will turn out to be indestructible like me. I certainly hope so.

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queen / the beatles - live at wenley / wembley

I don't know about anyone else, but l would be a bit dubious about purchasing this 3 cd set of Queen live at Wenley. I've got a sneaking suspicion that it may not be 100% legit.

I saw Queen many times back in their early years, but l don't remember them ever looking like this.

Are the pirates / counterfitters demonstrating all white people look the same to them? Bloody racists!

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the greenhornes - there is an end

I was reminded of this song when watching the 2018-19 end of season Match of the Day, as it was played over the closing credits and montage. Now l can't stop listening to it, and whoever chose it for use deserves a gold star.
Unless it drives me mad / madder.
From their Duel Mono album
Enjoy!



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scans and pics from the hamburg trip

Various scans and photographs from the recent short trip to Hamburg.
Lots of drink was taken by all (Hic).

 Manchester Airport menu

 Our room info

 Instructions from the German bar staff for the best places to buy tickets to see St Pauli (We couldn't get in but watched some of the game inside the stadium on TV in the supporters bar)

 Posh leather bound menu from Hamburg

Bill for our drinks at the top of Clouds (Robbo paid)

 My bill for a bottle of wine from Hamburg Airport which we sneakily drank on the plane, and got told off for when we put the empty bottle in the rubbish bag (Breaking the law, Breaking the law...)

A ticket for the game we couldn't get into (found in a bar later on)

 Chips on the return plane home

 Outside the St Pauli stadium

 View from the top of Clouds

Beans on Toast on stage and my signed poster

 Where we had to get off the train because one of our party was going to wee himself (It wasn't me or Robbo)

How l'm planning on looking in later life

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