Music? What music?

I started to make a list of the LP’s I wanted to work through but gave up after a few minutes. there are far too many to list. Having said that there *are* a few highlights to mention, for example, Johann Sebastian Back “Overtures 1 – 4” played on ‘original instruments’ by Concentus Musicus Vienna, … More Music? What music?

Vale Marcel Marceau

At age 84 the man who was possibly *the* best known mime artist around the world has finally died. Marcel lost his father to the invading German forces in WWII and joined first the resistance and then the Free French Army. It wasn’t until 1946 that he finally began to study acting and mime but … More Vale Marcel Marceau

Lonely Pumpkin

Why on earth could a lovely little girl like this be abandoned on a railway station and have *nobody* come forward to identify her or know who she is? Temporarily named ‘Pumpkin’ because of the ‘Pumpkin Patch’ clothes she was wearing, she was found wandering on a Melbourne railway station fifteen minutes after the man … More Lonely Pumpkin

Late Great John Peel

Just visited Kat’s Karaven and found a post from May 2007 which carries the MP3 of John Peel’s first Top Gear on 1st October 1967. It’s 60 mb but I couldn’t resist it. Quite amazing. It’s carrying *live* tracks from people like Traffic, Nirvana, Floyd etc. Some of this stuff I’ve either never heard before … More Late Great John Peel

Did McCann do it?

Uncomfortable reports are surfacing around the globe about ‘confirmed’ DNA testing that ‘shows conclusively’ little Madeline McCann missing now for over 4 months was given sleeping tablets in a sufficiently high dose to kill her! The DNA that produced these results is said to have been found in the boot of the hire car the … More Did McCann do it?

Clare Oliver dies

Most people will never have heard of Clare, but she died today after losing her struggle against skin cancer. Clare used a tanning solarium around 20 times in her early 20’s but three years ago was diagnosed with a particularly malignant form of cancer. She was operated on, but the cancer returned and yesterday it … More Clare Oliver dies