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Booze, news and views from a drunken opinionated fool who can't spell very well, may well repeat himself, and can't blame it on dislexia

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

art

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From the British Revolution facebook page toodle pip
Tuesday, 18 October 2016

utah saints - funky music

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After the tedium of last nights highly anticipated Manchester United versus Liverpool game, something to wake me up. Utah Saints - 'Fu...

chuck berry is 90

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It's amazing that, apart from Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, all of the original rock and roll legends are still alive, with Chuck ...
Saturday, 15 October 2016

graffiti on cancelled trains, and cricket deaths and sledging

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Two items in the news recently. First of all, there's been trains cancelled because of offensive graffiti on their sides. These have ...

okkervil river - john allyn smith sails and plus ones demo

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Another favourite song from a few years ago. Okkervil River with John Allyn Smith sails. Will Sheff, the main man in the band is hugely un...
Friday, 14 October 2016

stars - dead hearts

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An ipod favourite - Stars' 'Dead Hearts' toodle pip

latest footie bet

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My fortune awaits! toodle pip
Thursday, 13 October 2016

england fans drinks bill at the euros

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This is kind of old news, as it is a bill for England fans drinks at The Euros. Obviously very expensive, but l am more impressed with t...

england's new shirt

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If this isn't England's new strip soon, something has gone terribly wrong. Like the team. toodle pip 

darlington football club (darlington 1883) returning to town

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I'm rather pleased to say that work has started on resurrecting Darlington football club's iconic tin shed at their new ground at ...

bob dylan's nobel prize for literature, plus idiot wind, hurricane and it's alright ma (l'm only bleeding)

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Although l do think that novels, poems and songs are different, l also think that Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel prize in literature today ...

the levitating turntable

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Usually, the flasher and more expensive turntables and equipment gets, the more wallet punishing they are to repair, and, like cars, it...

savages - adore and husbands

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Something fairly recent for a change, just to prove l'm not a complete old fart when it comes to my musical tastes. Here's Savages...
Wednesday, 12 October 2016

the harry smith anthology of american folk music - david johansen and son house

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Two songs from The Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music , although the David Johansen one (Old Dog Blue) is from a celebratory tri...
Tuesday, 11 October 2016

roxy music - editions of you and live at music laden 1973

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Sometimes it may change, but his is probably my favourite Roxy Music song - 'Editions of You', from their 'For Your Pleasure...
Monday, 10 October 2016

gomorrha - l turned to see who's voice it was

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Something a bit different today, Gomorrha - 'l Turned to See Who's Voice It Was'. Two minutes of hippy religious singing, then ...
Sunday, 9 October 2016

scotty is a menber of the wrong army

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This photograph makes me laugh every time I see it. It's Scooty, son of Bez, both of whom are well known in the Catterick area. New arm...
Saturday, 8 October 2016

driving fast - claude lelouch's rendevous

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I know that l sometimes drive too fast, as evidenced by the fact that I've just had two speeding notices against me in the last month, ...

revolution - spacemen 3 and lord jamar, plus 'the night of'

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Two songs called 'Revolution' today, and neither of them is the famous Beatles one. Lord Jamar's version is pretty recent, and...
Friday, 7 October 2016

shack - hms fable, natalie's party and pull together

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I woke up at 4.35am last night and couldn't get back to sleep, so l stuck on the trusty old ipod and listened to Shack's 'HMS F...
Thursday, 6 October 2016

fracking goes ahead!

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Only a day after the Conservatives said they were the party to stand up to the rich and powerful, with lots of talk about equality, they ha...

the army - stop recruiting kids

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Although the website behind the 'Stop recruiting kids to the Army' campaign is American, l have been arguing this for many years ...

coincidences

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I can't remember where l copied this newspaper article from, but if it's true, there are plenty of coincidences contained within. ...

the caring tories, plus thin lizzy and the sex pistols

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Theresa May has stated earlier today (yesterday now) that The Conservative government will 'Stand up for the weak...Up to the powerful...
Wednesday, 5 October 2016

a baby panda

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Ever seen a really small baby panda cub with an adult one before? I hadn't, but l sure have now. Altogether now.......AAHHhhhhhhhhhh ...

the punks put on a show

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You can say what you like about a lot of the old punk bands and music, but one thing you can't deny, is that some of the shows were a ...

nevermind by nirvana is 25 years old

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The ground breaking masterpiece that was Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album is now 25 years old. The time has flown by, and if the pas...

breaking regulations with a new kettle

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We've just had a catastrophe at work, as the kettle that is in use more or less constantly, gave up the ghost and puffed out it's l...
Tuesday, 4 October 2016

billy fury, ricky nelson, and deep purple

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Two tracks by a couple of the early Rock and Rollers. First, the silky voiced scouser that went by the name of Billy Fury with 'Wondro...
Monday, 3 October 2016

the soup dragons and the rolling stones - l'm free

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And on the note of being free in the last post -  Here's The Soup Dragons , with their version of The Rolling Stones'  'I'm...

free records to take away

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Well, l've been out and about the last few days, but it's back to normal now, so here's the first blog for a few days (so much ...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016

the new bob dylan live 1966 box set, and neil innes - protest song - plus hancock and oasis!

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Well l have a pretty good idea what l will be listening to over this Christmas - the new Bob Dylan box set of the 1966 tour. A mere 36 disc...
Tuesday, 27 September 2016

frank - the movie

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I haven't posted about movies or books for a while, but one of the recent films l enjoyed was the 2014 one by Lenny Abrahamson -  '...

stoned nudists

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Nudists made from stones.  What's not to like? Insert your own jokes about them being 'rock hard' etc. toodle pip

yougov poll from 2013

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I know this Yougov poll is out of date, as it is from 2013, but let's face it, the public's perception will still be pretty skewer...

luna has entered the world, and simon and garfunkel - patterns

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 To demonstrate how time is flying by, one of my sisters girls (Kelly) has just given birth to her first baby, who her and her partner Ja...

strawbs - the man who called himself jesus

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Another oldie, with some vocal mannerisms similar to Kevin Ayers. The Strawbs with 'The Man Who Called Himself Jesus'. Mostly known...
Monday, 26 September 2016

kevin ayers - shouting in a bucket blues

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Kevin Ayers - Shouting in a Bucket Blues. A man who's later lifestyle l may try and emulate - living abroad and drinking lots of wine....
Sunday, 25 September 2016

hoagy carmichael - song bonanza!

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While watching the Keith Richards TV Takeover on BBC4 this weekend, he showed a clip of Hoagy Carmichael , and related the tale of speaking...

steve jones defacing in flight magazines

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When Steve Jones gets bored on long haul flights, he defaces the in flight magazines. Good man. I only wish l had thought about doing thi...
Saturday, 24 September 2016

marshall feedback

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An inspired and hilarious response in the feedback section for Marshall amps. toodle pip

todays sky bet

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Fingers crossed! toodle pip

self help books by lynda field, and paul mckenna making you happy

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More stuff found while cleaning up. All of which belonged to the FPO. Some of the exercises in the self help books have been completed, bu...

sonic youth - sugar kane and victoria

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Two tracks today from Sonic Youth. I love them both, but prefer the raucous version of The Kinks'  'Victoria', from the 1988 Jo...
Friday, 23 September 2016

lambchop - up with people

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Today's video. Lambchop - 'Up with people', an old favourite, from their Nixon album. It grows on you the more you hear it. ...

the ron mueck exhibition in edinburgh 2006

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Also found while cleaning the spare room. Coincidentally, it was 10 years ago to the day that the FPO and myself went to Edinburgh to drin...
Thursday, 22 September 2016

old badges

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While trying to sort out some crap in the spare room today, l came across this little lot, a load of badges from gig going many moons ago....
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