a letter arrives with a picture of george best ....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22455873

someone with a paintbrush has done their best ...

but they've failed to capture the heathcliffe/celtic blackness of his hair and eyebrows and the comparative pallor of his usual complexion ... and, to steal a phrase from a proper writer ... the lovely bones



















i saw him play a couple of times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_EjrlAIBY

i saw jimi hendrix play a couple of times

hendrix was better value for money

pitter patter-patter, pitter patter-patter ( i )

pitter patter-patter, pitter patter-patter ( ii )

lissenup ...

1.      Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcHxS7cLEjc

and ... some clever french people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxLWK_TC1tA


and ...  The Cascades

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPwqeQE3xY


and ... Dinah Washington

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvB6rrnzDM8

and ... The Eurythmics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9OhK2Ovw0

and ... Johnnie Ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uCsvWgmjwg

and ... the Everly Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U3xWcDicGo


and ... Carole King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbKE0gJETA0


and ... Peter, Paul and Mary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCnHNk2Hac


and ... Philippe Fouquet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62wLZbwGibI

and ... Debussy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0V6Agy_aY


and ... Gene Kelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKU7oYOECAk


and ... Idir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgAJMneX8uU


and ... Bambi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCni2Z87hbs

and ... the Weather Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geC2gHZ6m2g


and ... Buddy Holly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeZof1wGps


and ... Travis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXatLOWjr-k


and ...  Jane Morgan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wJiQRsOCZw


and ... Adele

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwlpHwHTZlY


and ... Mikael Sapin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsUHg-5TWUE


and ... The Fab Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJbriVSn9o


and ... Ludwig van Beethoven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIs2zIGl59o


and ... Bebu Silvetti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv0GD3gyMLk


and ... Tino Rossi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsgjk6kSmUk


and ... James Taylor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txj9Y-OIia4


and ... Counting Crows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55MU9fMWd8


and ... Hugh Laurie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpk5X-RxZfw


and ... Pablo Camara

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqmeKOQQQC8


and ... Audrey Hepburn AKA Julie Andrews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmU3iANbgk


and ... Prof. Emilia Mihailova and Assist. Prof. Valentina Seferinova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCJLEUMcos


and ... a-ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-WPexVEujg


and ... Bryan Ferry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYoUQjttak


and ... Prince and The Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYOLEF-N3oQ



and special thanx to dame laura knight for painting this once upon a time

alvi is two

what a star ! ... rory stewart, a tory who really does know, biffs the foreign office, who can only pretend to ... fast forward to his speech at about one hour and thirty minutes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-commons-22891120

walkabout

http://www.agentprovocateur.com/beach/view-all/info/mazzy-swimsuit~tutti-frutti