A post from The Landlord Law Blog:
[Ben Reeve Lewis reflects on being a tenant.)
Frazzy and I are coming up to the end of our fourth year as tenants. Renting a 1 bed flat in London.
We are g… Read More
A post from The Landlord Law Blog:
[Ben Reeve Lewis reflects on being a tenant.)
Frazzy and I are coming up to the end of our fourth year as tenants. Renting a 1 bed flat in London.
We are g… Read More
Birthdays
1902 - Son House (d. 1988)
1940 - Solomon Burke (d. 2010)
1943 - Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) (d. 1995)
1941 - John Boylan (75)
1945 - Rose Stone (Sly & the Fam… Read More
The flu, technology and utter laziness… Three recent enemies of this blog.
As my computer wiped photos, Michael Livesley (right) kindly recreated our meeting with Rod Slater (left) at… Read More
Last week's magpie went down well, so here is another bird.Oh! Wot a Dream is about Kevin Ayers' friend Syd Barrett,the founder of Pink Floyd. I detect the influence of Lewis Carroll and Viv… Read More
In the first of what will hopefully be a series of regular features, Darius Drewe looks at twelve (because ten is never enough) of the greatest songs in the catalogues of several underrated… Read More
Birthdays
1902 - Son House (d. 1988)
1940 - Solomon Burke (d. 2010)
1943 - Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) (d. 1995)
1941 - John Boylan (76)
1945 - Rose Stone (aka Rose Bank… Read More
This blog's musical hero Steve Winwood is interviewed in the current issue of Uncut.The interview takes us through his career competently, though there is not much mention of the Spencer Dav… Read More
Michael Livesley (left) and Rodney Slater, Lords of Parrotopia
“Why should I talk to you?” I asked Rodney Slater, formerly of the Bonzo Dog Do0-Dah Band and Michael Livesley… Read More
Broadcast between 1967 and 1969, Do Not Adjust Your Set was an ITV comedy series for children.It starred three-fifths of the Monty Python team in the shape of Michael Palin, Terry Jones… Read More
Birthdays
1902 - Son House (d. 1988)
1930 - Otis Spann (d. 1970)
1940 - Solomon Burke (d. 2010)
1941 - John Boylan (77)
1943 - Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) (d. 1995)
1944… Read More
Embed from Getty ImagesThe heir to the throne as risen in my estimation because of this story in yesterday's Daily Mail:Prince Charles proposed Vivian Stanshall, the eccentric leader of the… Read More
Michael Livesley has been reviving the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s Vivian Stanshall’s iconic show Sir Henry at Rawlinson’s End for nine years with s… Read More
Michael Taylor makes the case for trade unions: "As a lifelong member of first the National Union of Teachers and then the University and Colleges Union, I can assert with authority that wit… Read More
One the most extensive videos on the Paul Is Dead conspiracy ever presented. Mike Williams steps through the Masonic machinery behind the creation of the Beatles and the replacement of Paul… Read More
I would like to sincerely thank the character of Vivian Stanshall for the voiceover and assisting me in explaining why comments are either disabled or require approval. Long live Viv! Please… Read More
Why do nations sometimes commit spectacular acts of self-destruction? Tom Scott argues that strange fervour that seized the Xhosa people of South Africa in the 1850s may shed light on… Read More
Thank you to Viv for taking the time to offer his perspectives and insights into the current state of Paul Is Dead research. Long live Viv! * Order the new Memoirs (direct): http://www.billy… Read More
Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.” ~ Confucius Many thanks again to Viv for his insights and perspectives. * Buy The Memoirs of Billy Shears (direct): http://w… Read More
Birthdays
1902 - Son House (d. 1988)
1930 - Otis Spann (d. 1970)
1940 - Solomon Burke (d. 2010)
1941 - John Boylan
1943 - Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) (d. 1995)
1944 - Gaye Ab… Read More
“An outrageous talent,” is how Stephen Fry described him.
“Bellowing, manic chutzpah,” said Robin Ince.
“Brilliant! Berserk! Simply wonderful!” wrote the… Read More
From Arlington Public LibraryMore recently I found a WGTB program guide from April of 1978. This is [LINK] It's very rare to have such a long series of college radio schedules so well… Read More
These being different quotes will inspire you. Being different, not of the same kind, partly or totally unlike.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging being different quotes, bei… Read More
These sausage quotes will inspire you. Sausage, an item of food in the form of a cylindrical length of minced pork or other meat encased in a skin, is typically sold raw to be grilled or fri… Read More
Over the decades, there have been a significant number of album projects that, due to one thing or another, got lost in the sauce and were never released by their respective record labels… Read More
When you think of Capricorn Records, what type of music comes to mind? Southern Rock, right – Allman Brothers, Sea Level, Marshall Tucker Band et al?
When label head Ph… Read More
2LP vinyl and CD also available • Quick pre-order link Mike Oldfield's seminal 1973 album Tubular Bells is being reissued for its 50th anniversary and amongst the formats is… Read More
"The self-styled free market task force seems to be yet another dark money outfit in British politics – led by senior figures from US and UK free market think tanks who have been funde… Read More
Since 2016 Bluedot has offered something truly unique, since it’s based on the Unesco World Heritage site that is Jodrell Bank Observatory, a few miles outside Macclesfield. On top of… Read More