Posted on May 31, 2008 by bigrab
My thanks to the lovely Karen McKay who took these and other great photos of Harmonica Lewinsky last Sunday. Clicking on Karen’s name takes you to her Myspace site (I’ve just had a look – she’s nuts!)
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Posted on May 31, 2008 by bigrab
That was a comment left by a poster on this video featuring the Cannonball Adderley Sextet. I must dig out the Paul Jones solo version of this with just harmonica and vocal which is superb. Meanwhile this is the full Adderley band with Worksong.
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Posted on May 31, 2008 by bigrab
Aye remember him? Rolls Royce driving record “producer” who every so often would release “novelty” records like “Una Paloma Blanca” and “Leap up and down with your knickers in the air” etc just to annoy the hell out of us. Discovered Genesis and 10cc, was a big fan of Maggie Thatcher’s and sang the vocal [...]
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Posted on May 31, 2008 by bigrab
To me it’s never been the same since the days of Mary Hopkin, Lulu, Cliff Richard and Clodagh Rodgers when if Britain didn’t win there was a steward’s inquiry. I just can’t believe though how much attention has been given to this over the last week in the media. Terry Wogan saying that the whole [...]
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Posted on May 30, 2008 by bigrab
This is from BoingBoing. Just one thought, why is one tribe member so different in colour to the others? Also I have a theory that there are similar isolated tribes in the Overtoun Woods in Dumbarton.
This photo released yesterday depicts members of a tribe in the Amazon rain forest firing arrows at an airplane. Apparently, [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by bigrab
Aw naw! I hear you say! Has he no’ gone on aboot this enough? Please gentle reader bear with me! I am pure dead excited so ah um about these two gigs coming up. As is my habit I was having a wee strum on the guitar tonight and a wee tootle on the moothie [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by bigrab
From the latest Private Eye
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Posted on May 29, 2008 by bigrab
My correspondent Claire points out that the Ticketmaster/ Edinburgh Playhouse measures to stop ticket touting for Tom Waits have failed. The link below gives you the opportunity of parting with £650 for a ticket. I hope the bastard has them confiscated.
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