stuff in the british museum

tell me where is fancy bred ?

a feller that i deliver stuff to in crowborough has the most distressing black-eye

in reply to the inevitable enquiry, he says he was sweeping at a ball that lifted and came up from the edge of the bat

i then wondered what the scorer entered on the sheet

"retired, hurt", of course ... but there was some consolation ...  a "sixty, not out" score does wonders for his batting average at this stage of the season

so hubris and nemesis are still the inseparable twins

and what will you be nibbling at sunset ?

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