Hope and hard times
Hello folks. I wrote this piece about Dusty Rhodes, the professional wrestler who died last week. I figured that I might as well share it here with you all. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
May 1, 2015
Friday Jukebox: The Loop
Joined-up blogging! I wrote a post called The Loop and now here is a song with the same name! And the aforementioned post was about trains, and this has a sort-of-train-like rhythm! This blog isn’t just thrown together, you know… Read the rest of this entry »
May 1, 2015
The Loop
There are three railway lines that run through Greenwich and Bexley Boroughs. Each runs east to west, or west to east, if you prefer. They run parallel, near enough – the Greenwich line to the north, Bexleyheath line in the middle, and the Sidcup line to the south. So, it isn’t that easy travelling north to south, at least if you wish to go by train. Read the rest of this entry »
April 24, 2015
Friday Jukebox: Bang Chhub Thveu Khos Hoeuy
So, after a surprisingly positive response to Soviet jazz-funk last week, I figured I’d try some Cambodian psych rock. Earlier in the week I read this piece about lost Cambodian rock and roll and the documentary that has been made about it – Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten. The film chronicles Cambodian pop and rock in the 1960s and early 1970s, the terrible effect of the Khmer Rogue regime on those who created that music, and how those musicians have been rediscovered in recent years. It is right up the top of my ‘to watch’ list now.
This track is by Drakkar and is just great fuzzy, kind of scuzzy rock, sort of languid and just really cool. It looks like I’ve got another genre to delve into, which is no bad thing at all.
Oh, and here is the trailer for the documentary:
April 17, 2015
Friday Jukebox: Soviet Jazz-Funk
I’ve had a lot more visitors to this little place than usual, so I thought I’d keep everyone engaged and all those other buzzwords with some Soviet jazz-funk. Because that is just the sort of thing to keep people interested. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 