Changes 69--06

Its coming up to the 37th anniversary of the fantastic Changes 69 tour Featuring four bands...including Love Sculpture http://www.geocities.com/a_milnes/ ... with David Edmunds, who were in the charts with "Sabre Dance "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/l/lovesculpture/ ..and Samson http://www.answers.com/topic/samson-band http://www.freakemporium.com/site/artist/Samson%20(60s)/artistpage.html But the act at the very bottom of the bill and , consequently the first live act I ever saw , was David Bowie http://www.davidbowie.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie who came on half naked and blew my mind with his songs ,looks and charisma.. I managed to get back stage at the Manchester Odeon...which ,of course stand for Otto Dix Entertains Our Nation...and talked to David,who was so kind and lovely ,he signed my programme and smiled as I praised him..apparently he had a real bad time on the tour..being booed and ciggs thrown at him by the freaks and boogie merchants..so that might have been a brightspot for him However then Steve Marriott

http://www.stevemarriott.co.uk/

and Peter Frampton

http://www.frampton.com/flash.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-herd-uk-band

walked past.. and I ran off to talk to my heros..they had , afterall , been on my bedroom wall since 67..!!

David stayed in the corner..alone and ignored..arms folded and a puzzled expression on his face..pondering on my idea of a Rock God called Wiggy and his band of ants from Saturn, doing a last concert..!!!

Watching them all now I am so pleased that my Mum let me go to the concert with my neice..as we were both not even teenagers...!!

It also taught me how easy it was to get back stage, so I carried on meeting many of my musical Gods..

oh,by the way ,its slightly harder now...!!

Boogie on

Do the Zidane

Zidane has started a craze that I hope does'nt catch on...!!

Rush's stag party

Whats going on Rush.? http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0706062rush1.html Viagra..? All male parties...? What would your avid listeners think... Or what would you say if it was someone else instead of YOU.. http://www.rushonline.com/ Maybe you were just "blowing off " http://mediamatters.org/items/200405050003 Whoops http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/10/rush.limbaugh/

Alfa9 to come

Following the sad demise of Broken Social Scene, I now have a fav new band..I have only seen them live once and heard no recorded music yet,but Alfa9 's long space jams got me buzzing.. http://www.alfa9.co.uk/gigs4.html

Geneva rules

At last the Bush Administration has agreed to treat Guantanamo prisoners according to the Geneva Convention http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1818027,00.html Lets see what happens..

What on earth

However do we want the future http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060711-110038-9719r When the present is so sick http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202889,00.html

The future beckons

I always loved the jucstaposition of this picturesque cottage on the canalside in central Manchester...now with the futuristic Beetham Tower http://www.aidan.co.uk/megaphoto/ManPanSgi6629/level1/678.html http://www.aidan.co.uk/photo5637.htm http://www.whathappenedlastnight.net/Manchester/developments/beetham%20tower looming in the distance ..the future is here... http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10602 http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2004/11/24/high_rise_living_hys_feature.shtml http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=132 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetham_Tower,_Manchester

Manchester darkens

The skies darken for Syd ..as we celebrated my mates birthday the sky went a gothic black as Syd Barrett http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,804928,00.html http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/ went to that great gig in the sky..

Flickr fanatic..random choice

Im so impressed with the images on Flickr Ive presented some of the ones that have most impressed me this week...

Did the Nazis teach nothing

A depressing web page reveals the same lies told by the Nazis about the Jews in the 1930's , is still being said about Gays by the religious right NOW... http://www.hatecrime.org/subpages/hitler/hitler.html http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/nazisandgays.html Whoops.. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,564899,00.html http://www.remember.org/6/hitler-gay.html http://gaylife.about.com/cs/gay101/a/gayhitler.htm