Still pretty quiet here... recovering from busy times down south and just getting on with this and that. Managed to catch the beautiful snap (above) one morning after dropping a girl and her saxophone at school (it's a big case, she's still a small girl). Managed to catch up with some great bits of recorded TV whilst doing what seemed to be a neverending pile of ironing (an old Arena with Amy Winehouse, an old Imagine with Jeanette Winterson, an excellent live show from comedian Simon Amstell called "Numb"). Here's a bit of the latter:
It looks like the whole show is on youtube though I imagine not for long. I loved it... maybe not all of it... but the bits I loved I really loved... and, on the whole these days I find stand-up comedians fairly tiresome. Amstell even makes a poet joke in this show - excellent!
Been listening to a lot of music too... a lot of radio. Enjoyed this song on the Lauren Laverne show on 6 Music the other day (it was a January Blues special):
The song sounded familiar (it's been covered a lot) and eventually I worked out the version I knew was one by English musician Johnny Dickinson (great guitar player, been very ill of late, played our folk club here in Montrose a couple of times). The above version though is the original by Jackson C. Frank and, goodness, if you want to read a sad story go and read about his life.
Nothing else to share right now... may your January Blues be gentle ones...
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4 comments:
Beautiful photo. Trying to envision a wee girl and a saxophone...then again, she is growing up. :)
January blues...today it's trying to break a record for HEAT! Weird. Today, my husband's "little sister", who was 11 when I met her, turns 50. That seems weirder than the weather. :)
No heat here!
One of my brothers turns 50 this month too... yes, hard to believe!
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Beautiful post not just for the image, but also for the following:
a) your girl plays the saxo; my son, too! And yes, he might be fifteen (today, as it happens) but it's bigger than he is.
b) you watch telly whilst you iron!:-) Welcome to the club. That's my Sunday routine. In fact, I've just discovered that I've got Catch-up on Sky Arts 1 and 2 n my Virgin Media Freeview. Now, my ironing takes a couple of hours minimum! :-)
Greetings from London.
Oh yes, the ironing is really just an excuse to watch something interesting! You don't find me in such a hurry to do other housework...
She's been at the sax since September so it's still quite new. Going well so far though.
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