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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 2. What is Andre's favourite genre? Does he have a favourite artist? Who and Why? A conno-sewer of so many musical genres, you might think it impossible for Andre to have a favourite. He's done blues; ragtime; punk; industrial; electro-pop; bubble-pop (electric); and naturally, Celtic Rock. But his first love is always for Jazz. He loves the highbrow, rarefied and downright intellectual aspects of Jazz. Experiments with tempo, technique and even on one strange occasion tea, all give Andre goosebumps. Being the consummate drummer he is, he has been in demand to play with many of the greats. Never one to name drop, Andre keeps photos of himself with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald in prominent displays around the Banana Bar. Pride of place however goes to a signed picture of Andre's favourite artist Cab Calloway. Mr Calloway as the better educated amongst you will already know, was a master of scat. How could Andre fail to love the guy. Cab even had a hit with 'The Scat Song'. Andre loves scat, and if you think about it, how could it be otherwise? Calloway is best known for his song 'Minnie The Moocher', which he performed so memorably in 'The Blues Brothers'. Andre and Cab got on like a house on fire and according to unsubstantiated rumours on more than one occasion literally burned down a house. Following Cab's death in 1994, Andre performed a stark acoustic version of 'Minnie The Moocher' on the Jimmy Kibble show. 'Pretentious Percussion Magazine's Wilberforce Cherryblossom described it as being: "A performance full of raw sewage, scatological beyond belief, Andre has just flushed his career down the pan." But the public loved it and called for more. Andre obliged, and teamed up with Snoop Dawg. Together they released a tribute album, with newly recorded versions of Cab Calloway classics. On the back of the album's multi-platinum sales they funded a Robot Chicken project 'Monkey Poop Island, The Musical'. Based loosely on Snoop's ten second appearance on the plastic puppetry's deeply philosophical examination of societal norms and responses to diverse stimuli, the show hit Broadway like an ocean going liner, and promptly sank. Word Count: 348 |
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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).
