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So here it is.. a blog. Repository of some of my present musings and interests. Sometimes things pop into my head that should probably stay there - it is possible I shall share at least some of them here. (Naturally I shall filter out the ones about my sordid obsession with the culinary dark arts, one has to protect the innocent!) Please feel free not to take this too seriously, much of it could wind up being snippets of things that amuse me. Yesterday I came up with this: Few politicians can be considered first class, but not a few are number twos. What can I do with it? Nothing springs to mind, except perhaps blog it. Perhaps in some other life I'm a failed stand-up comedian. I have the beginnings of an idea to introduce another player into the Mr Moonlight story, a nice visual has occurred to me, and a summoning gone wrong seems appropriate. When I finish up here I shall literally put pen to paper. I find writing at least initially longhand helps my ideas flow. When I type up what I've written, I give it a first revision at the same time, and as a bare minimum check my spellings and grammar . I do want to keep tabs on my current reading here. I usually have several books on the go at the same time. Currently I am working through 'Pyramids' by Terry Pratchett. I reread Pratchett's books over and over - usually at work where they provide much needed amusement whilst I eat breakfast. 'The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle', by Stuart Turton was loaned to me by a friend who shares a love of murder mysteries, (especially Agatha Christie's works). It is a new take on the genre and very very clever. The protagonist occupies different bodies - a selection of the guests at the house where Evelyn is murdered. Each day he spends in a different guest, and he has been tasked with discovering the murderer - or maybe saving Evelyn from actually being murdered, it is hard to tell. The book twists and turns and is quite intriguing. 'New Science - Principles of the new science concerning the common nature of nations' is an English translation by David Marsh of 'La Scienza Nuova' by Giambattista Vico, published in 1725. Not far into this yet, I had to find a copy of the frontispiece online, as it wasn't included in the Kindle edition. The first part of the book explains the idea - and uses a detailed description of the frontispiece to convey this. So being without it would have made things somewhat harder. 'The Complete Works of Michael De Montaigne' is again a translation, this time by Donald M. Frame. Montaigne's Essays are famous, I kept reading about them, so treated myself to a nice hardbound copy to dip into - usually just before bedtime. So there we have it - a blog entry - enjoy! (whispers almost inaudibly 'Bon Appétit). |
| Prompt 1 (March 2nd) What instrument does Andre play, why and with whom has he performed?. A true musical polymath Andre can, and has, played many instruments, memorably ghosting as the entire Count Basie Orchestra on The Bonzo Do Dah Dog Band's "The Intro and The Outro." Andre of course having actually played with the Orchestra live in Birdland NY, back in 1961. His real passion though has always been for drums. It was Andre who created the simian snare sound so popular in the Sixties and Seventies. During this fruitful period he jammed with some of the greats including Strawberry Jackson, Joe Blackberry, Marmalade, and the inimitable Miss Apricot Jones, Andre indeed provided the drum backing for her breakout album "Spread Thin." Andre has often contradicted himself in interviews about his music, giving the impression that he enjoys being both mysterious and mischievous. Perhaps his most honest answer was given to fellow musician and part time politician Wiliam Clinton asked "Why drums Andre?" to which, with typical laconic aplomb, Andre replied " The rhythm." He was a little more forthcoming in his autobiographical "Swing Low, Swing High." Whilst describing his early years he recounted what happened when he attended a voodoo ritual in Burbank CA presided over by Walt Disney. "Suddenly I knew, I was the king, you know, the jungle VIP. I had to reach the top and never stop." Andre later voiced the character of King Andre in Disney's "Jungle Book", and co-wrote "King of the Swingers" with Robert and Richard Sherman. Sadly the song was retitled "I want to be like you" and re-recorded with Louis Prima after Walt and Andre fell out of a balloon together. Forming his own band "Aliquet Skin", Andre embarked on a series of unlikely, yet enormously successful collaborations, knocking out hit after hit with the likes of Kraftwerk, The Wombles, Boney M, and Dolly Parton, amongst many others. His biggest hit was undoubtedly the concept album "Petre", a heavy metal/thrash re-imagining of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf." The album was light years ahead of it's time. Andre's 37 minute drum solo was released as a single and immediately topped the charts everywhere but Finland where Terrific Mythic Frog's "He Dun Croaked" still held sway. Word Count: 358. |
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). I mostly reject that. I'm eating rice with an egg this morning but Pannya just brought me chocolate milk from 7/11 (bless him; I really don't need it).
