I was talking to someone about a film the other night, but I couldn’t remember what it was called
I’ve remembered the name of the film now, but I can’t remember who it was I was talking to
Day 22 Day of the Micro.blog photo challenge - hometown
This is the High Street Gate of the Cathedral Close. I think I’d been running when I took the photo, which might explain why it’s a bit wonky
Day 21 of the Micro.blog photo challenge - silhouette #mbjune
I took this at a (London) tube station - you can probably guess which one!
I was pleased to learn that Marc Bolan was a nice bloke and that Bowie had a stupid sense of humour
Rick Wakeman in Mojo magazine
One week you were so skint that Marc Bolan asked you to play piano glissandos on Get It On, just so you could get the session fee?
He did. I was nine quid short on my rent, so I went in to do Get It On. He said, “All I want is… when I nod at you, do a gliss.” After, I said, You could have done this. He said, “You needed your rent. I could have lent you the nine quid, or given it to you, but you wouldn’t have taken it.” I loved Marc. All the guys around Trident Studios were absolutely fantastic.
Later, I got a call from Tony: “I’m at Trident Studios with Gus Dudgeon and David Bowie. David desperately wants the mellotron to go with the other strings, and nobody can keep the effing thing in tune.” So I walked into Trident and met David for the first time. He said, “Gus and Tony say, for you, this is a piece of cake. Ever played a piece of cake before?”
Day 19 of the Micro.blog photo challenge — equal
This stone is about a mile from where I live. It’s beneath Old Sarum, and marks the fact that until the Great Reform Act, Old Sarum (population: 3 people and a dog) returned two Members of Parliament, whereas Manchester returned none. #mbjune
Of all of the good days of the year, fixture list day is one of my favourites.
A day of hope and optimism, of innocence and expectation
Every Premier League player saying their own name, twice
The Chelsea players start at about 21minutes
(‘recommended’ on The Rest is Entertainment podcast)
I’m watching Soccer Aid and was reminded that comedian Alan Carr’s uncle Willie was the guy who did this ‘donkey kick’
It was retrospectively declared illegal
📸 #mbjune day 15 - tie
A cup tie we went to. FC Noah are from Armenia, and are named in honour of the Ark landing there
I watched some rugby today. I’ve no idea why the players were doing the things they were doing, but pleased for my chums that support Bath
📸 #MbJune Day 13 pathways
This ornamental pathway represents the route of the Summerlock stream, which is a few feet underground, at this point
As Churchill would have probably said if he’d worked in IT
“Anyone can reverse ferret, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-reverse ferret.”
I was thinking about last week’s Mastodon #JukeboxFridayNight subject, which was #OtherLands, and it crossed my mind how lucky I am to be able to hear music from around the world.
My grandparents' generation would have grown up only really hearing hymns and English folk music and pub songs
I like all that music, but I’m grateful to be able to hear music from the Americas, and Europe, etc.
My Grandad would, possibly, only have been exposed to any of that when he went off to war
I was thinking about last week’s Mastodon #JukeboxFridayNight subject, which was #OtherLands, and it crossed my mind how lucky I am to be able to hear music from around the world.
My grandparents' generation would have grown up only really hearing hymns and English folk music and pub songs
I like all that music, but I’m grateful to be able to hear music from the Americas, and Europe, etc.
My Grandad would, possibly, only have been exposed to any of that when he went off to war
“One day I’ll tell them all about their grandad, and what happened to them, but just not yet”. A very sad line from Patrick Kielty’s stand-up show on the BBC…but the rest is very funny. Information, education and entertainment in every line.
If you’re interested in the politics and history of Ireland, or the UK it’s a good listen
And it’s got a very rude Mo Mowlam joke.
Borderline: A postcard from the edge of the Union
📷 Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 12: Hidden #mbjune
This is a “Green Man” on the Victorian building that houses Salisbury’s Wetherspoons.
I feel like the Green Man is the ancient, English, possibly pagan, equivalent of Disney’s Hidden Mickey
There was a thing in Harry Potter where someone said don’t trust a magical object if you can’t see where it keeps it’s brain.
I feel you shouldn’t trust a website unless you can see how it makes it’s money.
Well….I might be overstating a teensy-weensy bit, but THERE’S A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR PEOPLE WHO CHANGE MY SHORTCUTS!!! 🔥🔥🔥👿👿
#mbjune micro blog challenge day 11: brick
Two brick-y buildings with musical connections. I’m very much a fan of one, but not the other
📸 #mbjune Micro Blog Photo Challenge Day 10: Rail
This is John Betjeman, at St Pancras station
He wrote a poem about a local station, Dilton Marsh Halt
“Was it worth keeping the Halt open, We thought as we looked at the sky Red through the spread of the cedar-tree, With the evening train gone by?
Yes, we said, for in summer the anglers use it, Two and sometimes three Will bring their catches of rods and poles and perches To Westbury, home for tea.
There isn’t a porter. The platform is made of sleepers. The guard of the last train puts out the light And high over lorries and cattle the Halt unwinking Waits through the Wiltshire night”
