@whisht

Bugger about the work sitch. Hope it resolves itself in the direction of new work sooner rather than later (especially given the horrors some of our pals here have had to face at the hands of the jobsworths).

@janetteB

Watched the Kylie special for the first time in an age the other night. Much stronger than I remember, and the only…[Read more]

@Whisht sorry to hear your news. I hope that the employment situation is soon rectified. 2016 has not been a good year. the world is a mess and on the personal front we too have lost a family member which is casting rather a cloud over our Christmas preparations. But the trees are up, the lights are on and my SO has but five days of work then a…[Read more]

@whisht

YUGE Tom Waits fan!  Thanks !  Here’s 1 of my favs for you

Hi @Whisht @Pedant @Arbutus @Craig @Puroandson

I’m still recovering from “Hell-ection night in America” 👿

 

2016 OFFICIALLY SUCKS BALLS!!!

@Whisht       Great choices.  🙂  Stan Rogers died far too young in a plane crash, so his career was cut short after only a few recordings, but he is much loved as his songs really reflect traditional Canadian culture, from sea to sea to sea (although he was an easterner himself). Barrett’s Privateers doesn’t actually reference a specific hi…[Read more]

@Whisht

As with Brexit, people have voted for ‘change’.

Older white people have voted for change; but turnout was the worst since 2000. Trump got fewer votes that Obama x 2, Bush x 2, Romney, McCain …. and Clinton.

There is no groundswell of support for him, just a very, very broken electoral (and political) system – much as over her…[Read more]

@whisht @cathannabel @thane15 @pedant Have always loved Billy Bragg and when I bought my guitar I bought the “Back To Basics” chord book (which included ‘It says here’). I think the lack of studio reaction is because they didn’t realise he would say “tits” at 8am! He’s as good a comedian as a musician and the book came with a ‘learn to play…[Read more]

@thane15 @whisht  Billy Bragg is a great favourite of mine – was lucky enough to see him live at Sheffield’s Tramlines festival in 2015.  Very powerful, emotional performance but also with lots of humour.  I was reduced to tears of my own when he did ‘Levi Stubbs’, and also ‘Between the Wars’ which always gets to me.   He also wrote a very inte…[Read more]

DISCUSSION ABOUT CLASS - SPOILERS...

@Whisht

Oh, that is splendid! When the BBC still had some balls.

@ichabod;

I’ve thought that about Steven too. You only haver to see how he sits on a chair, with a sort of swagger. *grins*

He is quite sure of his own genius and doesn’t mind showing it but I don’t care, the man is brilliant.

Finally saw the video, thank you so much ichi, loved it.

@denvaldron: Although i shall keep out of the ongoing d…[Read more]

@Mudlark

@toinfinityandbeyond

@Whisht

@pendant

Thanks, I understand now. Thank you for the welcome!

<waves at @Whisht in return>

Yes, I haven’t forgotten the Who Forum and all you good folks on here – life has just been busy, and there has been no new Who to get our teeth into!

I’m pleased they’ve launched Class, however. We’ll see how it unfolds.

Thanks for the article link about the 50 years since regeneration 1 – I saw that on the Grauniad…[Read more]

@puroandson

Great Tom Lehrer number. My husband grew up in the Boston area, and his dad was a Harvard grad who was tone deaf but had a fondness for Lehrer’s humour. As a result, Mr. Arbutus grew up on his songs. I would have to think that some of them were pretty inappropriate for a little kid to be singing along with, but I don’t think my…[Read more]

@Whisht @puroandson

Mr. Arbutus sends thanks for the birthday wishes. Wine and tea were certainly had, and pie because he likes it better than cake.

Nice tracks! I have the Bags & Trane recording, isn’t it gorgeous? I think inspired duets are one of the greatest things you can get in a jazz performance. I have fond memories of Boogie Nights from…[Read more]

@puroandson   Okay, I was actually going to post something rather different last night, but I had to go away for awhile to recover from your epic post.   🙂   It’s hard to follow something like that, frankly.

@Whisht     Yes to Sun Ra! I can curl my tongue, but that’s it for my skill set (and how I wish I could raise one eyebrow, that’s su…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave       Thanks for that. I admit I looked them up after watching @Whisht‘s clip. There was an amazing amount of creative energy flying around in those days, wasn’t there?

@arbutus

Here is a bit of context to @whisht‘s wonderful post.

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band was created by a group of art school students in the 60s, with the premise of satirizing (and simultaneously celebrating) pop music. The principal involved was Vivian Stanshall, an amazing artist and self made eccentric, who produced a wonderful body of…[Read more]

@Whisht         Okay, that’s just… astonishing. I have no response.   🙂

@pedant     No, I got that from @Whisht‘s posts from yesterday. I actually meant that no one from The Band has died lately (although several of them are sadly no longer with us).