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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 4: With which great musician did Andre study when he was a little monkey? Andre was lucky enough to come from a musical family and picked up all sorts of instruments from his relatives. His love of drums began when he was just six, and his favourite uncle Mickey Dolenz bought him his first drum kit. Now, now, I know what you are wondering, and yes, Andre does have an extra drumstick that he uses with his tail. Oh! That wasn't what you wanted to know? Ah, I see, well truth be told his Aunt Jemima, (the electric one), was adopted. After her divorce from Uncle Meat in 1969, she hitched up with Mickey Dolenz, thus making him Andre's uncle. All clear now? Good, we'll press on. Uncle Micky is best known for missing out on the role of 'The Fonz' on 'Happy Days,' and as the Director of a Stage Production of 'Bugsy Malone'. When Andre was still a little monkey, Dolenz was a drummer in a band. Every Sunday he would take Andre down to Pleasant Valley, where they'd meet his friends and fellow band members, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Davy Jones. Yes that Davy Jones, better known to millions as David Bowie, but this was before his breakout single 'Let's Face The Music and Dance'. The guys would jam all day, and Micky would coax Andre and offer him much needed encouragement. "You've got to be a Believer in yourself Andre." Micky used to say this all the time, "All Day and All of the Night-time too. You can't just be a Daydream Believer." Micky liked to offer the young Andre advice, "You've got to make it on your own Andre, I'm not your stepping stone." Then he'd call people over and tell them to 'Listen to the Band.' Andre later acknowledged what a huge influence his uncle was on him. When asked about this in 1988 he said, "I was so embarrassed, I didn't know where to hide my face." Apparently he'd thought they were asking him about his coke addiction, back in the 80's, he could get through almost two 500ml bottles of cola a day. It was through Dolenz's connections with Micheal Nesmith, who owned Pacific Arts, that Andre made his first music video. Covering the classic 'Wipe Out' by the Surfaris, Andre's drumming was intercut with shots of stampeding shoppers in the Greyish Thursday sales. It became a cult classic after the video was used in a Brazilian safety film about the dangers of hot wax. Word Count: 410 |
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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).
