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

my favourite things ... ten versions in no particular order

John Coltrane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI

Pomplamoose

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

Julie Andrews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM

J rabbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BqRoCwkH0M

Brad Mehidau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gClg7L_vqes

Sarah Vaughan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dusavln6Cjw

Dave Brubeck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43T0HdVNOD8

Bobby McFerrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wqplKtzWpI

Jessica Roemischer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvi10mmwAFk

Stephen Hough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pih_W62LOVc

remember, lads ... as long as you wash the cheese grater thoroughly after the pedicure, she'll never know ...

peddunts' korner ... two accademias sepparayted by a kommon langwidge

... my blood boiled ! wouldn't yours ?

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4676

shopping hell ... of course, you ageing rock stars already knew that chappell's of bond street is half a mile away in wardour street

... i arrived at the same time as some rich folk who indulged their daughters, aged six and eight i'd guess, by setting them up with a karaoke machine and some posh speakers ... they jumped in to a gleeful rap whose punchline was "you're just a dirty old pervert" ... management soon arrived to adjust the volume control and have a little word

http://www.chappellofbondstreet.co.uk/index.php?page_id=-200000000

clash of the alienated titans ... from conversations at the workface ( part 99 )

sez burly and heavily-stubbled fork-lift driver ...

     "If you think i'm unloading this now, you can kiss my arse"

reply from self, equally unkempt ...

     "Wot ! With MY stubble ?"

recorded in the year i was born ... and probably the first song that "moved" me, five or six years later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjvHg9cBriw


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Wind_Southerly

i pass this sign most days in ashdown forest but it is besides a fast stretch of road and i never felt i could spare five minutes until today

today's applied geography tutorial ... tread softly ... or you tread on my dreams

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/map-us-mexico-migrant-deaths-border























http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohono_O'odham

http://humaneborders.org/news/documents/hb_all_deaths_20120428_tabloid_download.pdf

and this link to a fine photographer, David McNew ...

http://www.davidmcnew.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=1&a=0&at=0

other people's heartaches, even italians 'ave 'em ... "pickaxe, beat softer ... "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXN-fwl-5s

http://www.italyworldclub.com/italian-songs/regional/liguria/piccun-dagghe-cianin.htm

sunday morning multi-tasking ... writing a letter to Linda whilst perusing Ruari McLean's Thames & Hudson Manual Of Typography ( ... as you do ... )

...NB. not every lexicographer has a clean certificate of mental health ... my online dictionary suggests the existence of an hyphenated adjective ... QUASI-PERUSABLE ... well ! I ask you ... would you adam and eve it ?