Its Diller time

Im so pleased to discover that one of my all -time favorite comedian's ...Phyliss Diller http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=19188&inline=nyt-per is in one of the films I am most looking forward to in 2006.."What happened to the electric car.." http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/movies/28kill.html?th&emc=th I think we all know who will be the baddies in this movie.but its always good to have your worst fears confirmed..

Arifaderce ,Martin

Sad to hear of the death of Arif Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_on_Broadway His producing work with Bowie, Queen and ..The Bee Gees etc..earns him a place....

Radio Radio

I have always fantasized about having my own Radio station ever since Fab 208 was my only bedsheet companion.. Now ,through the digital age, its possible to make your own radio station..!! Imagine..no inane chat , senseless ads,annoying jingles or hated music... Just your own choice..and what the music genome project can delight you with..Bliss http://www.pandora.com/ Im already grooving to their many suggestions ...which I haven't heard before.. I will be opening Supermarkets and Fetes soon.. Im currently mixing The Orb with Hawkwind, so I doubt it..

A decade of death

The chilling , bare statistic of 50,000 US young men and 3 Million Vietnamese killed in around a decade... Will we ever learn... At least its comforting to know that some GI's rebelled ... And still wars don't change ..nor does the opposition.. http://dailywarnews.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_dailywarnews_archive.html http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/071005X.shtml http://www.chicotown.com/

The killing forest

When I visited Leningrad in the 80's I never realized..because it was a state secret till 88...that the near-by forest had 7million of Stalin's victims buried there

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stalin_joseph.shtml

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/stalin/

http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/stalin.html

Somme battles are bigger than others

Its 90 years since the barbaric waste that was the Battle of the Somme..20.000 British youth were butchered ..IN ONE DAY...!! http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWsomme.htm Gained..10 kilometers of grass Lost... 800,00 lives..!!! For me this battle sums up the futility of war ..are you listening Tony and George... http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/battle_somme.shtml http://www.cdli.ca/beaumont/somme.htm

Come on America...

That bastion of advanced liberal democracy known as the Philippines..!!... has got rid of the death penalty today.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5112696.stm Showing up the USA..and leaving the country in the company of some extremely dodgy countries,such as China , Saudi Arabia ,Yemen and the Congo... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment But with George "The Killer " Bush in power its doubtful..he will hang anyone..including kids and the mentally ill.. But we can only hope...and shout.. http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-index-eng http://www.derechos.org/dp/ http://www.aclu.org/capital/index.html In the spirit of openness and inclusively..lets see what the pro death penalty killers say http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/ Depressing ,yes but they are out there...

A dialectic

It was only a few short years between those clips...but a world of difference musically....

Friends

I like Bruce on politics..not sure about his friends tho..!!

Common sense for Bruce

Promoting a tour ..and incidentally one of the best gigs of the year , for me...Bruce tells it like it is...

Canadian Social Scene

This Canadian Supergroup , Broken Social Scene , spearhead the new Canuk revolution..excellent live..with up to 14 members, create a busy stage....

Korea:The first not so Cold War

The Korean War,which started today in 1950, was important for many reasons. http://www.panmunjomtour.com/english/war/war_1.html It was the first major conflict since WW2 and , for many , started the Cold war . It involved literally millions of troops..inc 1 million US troops..imagine that number in Iraq...and 3 million Chinese....Mao was up for a long fight...and had no regard for human life.However its always interesting to see the other viewpoint of the War.. http://centurychina.com/history/faq1.shtml#1 Of course it invoked the usual atrocities of war http://www.fantompowa.net/Flame/usa_massacre_in_korea.htm Its impact ,and its lessons not yet learnt,from Vietnam onwards ,has only grown..even if MASH is off the air..!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/coldwar/Korea_USA_01.shtml The echoes are everywhere.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/26/wnkor26.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/26/ixworld.html http://www.kimsoft.com/kr-war.htm http://www.iwar.org.uk/military/resources/aspc/text/excur/kor_sum.htm http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/stanley/thesistitle.html http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0828118.html http://www.studentstopwar.org.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=345

Godalming rocks

What an area... the last public execution http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/godalming-m.htm and the first to have street lighting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godalming Its quiet appearence neatly disguises its contribution to modern culture.. http://www.surreyproperty.com/godalming-aerial-photographs.html Charterhouse school..home to early Genesis... and the town bore the genius Aldous Huxley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huxley With Paul Weller and The Stranglers near-by..the area influenced H,G,Wells ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(novel) Im not surprised that John Lennon decided to live in nearby Weybridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weybridge http://www.knowhere.co.uk/3388_heroes.html ..probably to be near Charlie Drake ...

Bickershaw festival

This wet 3 day extravaganzas was the first festival I ever attended in May 72..A bewildering array of stars capped off the 60s,rather than projected into the 70s..Although a lot of bands I saw then still stay on my I-pod now...Hawkwind,Beefheart,ISB, Donavan,Grateful Dead,Flaming Groovies and the Kinks.... http://www.repfoto.com/repproductions/bickershaw/index.htm Even the organiser ..Jeremy Beagle..!!...couldn't stop the site and stage collapsing in the rain..It was on the top of recently disused Mines after all..!! http://www.iowrock.demon.co.uk/bickershaw/ However the friendliness and camaraderie of the crowd always stayed with me..A brief glimpse of the dying hippy community ..Sharing food and anything else..!!! Superb.. http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/bickershaw-menu.html You must admit the Greatful Dead gave VFM with a 4 hour set, esp as most people didn't pay..Or paid 50p like me to a deranged security guard... Happy trucking..

Albert's pride

Albert Square,Manchester looks impresive on a sunny day....Gothic glory mixed with the modern...with the new Beecham Tower and the G~Mex Convention Centre beaming in the distance....

Lord Of The Rings..The Musical..!!

Musicals...!!The Lion King, Mary Poppins and now this..

Just leave the classic alone,already...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060622/wl_Canada_nm/canada_arts_rings_col

It will be The Twin Towers :The Musical next month

I'm going to bed dreaming I'm here ..above.. in Times Sq on a barmy Summers night.. Meanwhile here is a great bed-time read http://www.theonion.com/content/index Have fun..

Neil young the diplomat

Always good to see our old heros teilling it like it is...

Fall Colors, North Carolina

Fall Colors, North Carolina, originally uploaded by dougb61.

Magical coloures..it looks like a Coral Reef rather than Trees..I hope I someday take a pic that spellbounding

The Bronx

This is how all the Bronx ..and indeed all the world would look if I had control..!!!

The Green Fairy

I only tried Absinthe once ..It was very strong and wild..and certainly gave me pleasant dreams.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe not for the faint hearted however.... In the meantime I thought I would put a pic of my lawn as Im so pleased with it..Thanks Mike...

Klimt mania

I have a passion for Klimt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt and todays record sale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Adele_Bloch-Bauer_I .. has such vivid sensuality and light..one can appreciate in these bland times why he is so popular...

CEMETERY GATES ..AND FRIENDS

Walking past Southern cemetery..The site of the Smiths song..I spotted great flowers..And visited superb friends...Despite the rain ..Its great to be back..