Month: April 2013

Cry God for Harry, England and St George!


Today is St Georges Day

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Why isn’t today a national holiday ?

After all, this is our national flag featuring “The Cross of St George”

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RIP Ritchie


Richie Havens has died, of a heart attack, at the age of 72.

Who can forget the intense and frenetic performance of “Freedom” that he gave, opening the 1969 Woodstock festival.

Seems to me we are losing to many of our music icons. I know that this is selfish of me, that none of us live forever and that we will always have the musical legacy that such as Richie leave behind.

My thoughts are with Richies family and friends.

Thanks to youtube we are able to relive those classic moments so here are a couple of reminders of his talent.

http://youtu.be/fA51wyl-9IE

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth II


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Today is the real birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Happy 87th Birthday

PartyAnimalsTry to keep the noise down during your party. Think of the neighbours.

Storm Passing


Storm Thorgerson, designer of the iconic album cover for Pink Floyds “Dark Side Of The Moon”, has died at the age of 69.

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Thorgersons 40 year career started at Hipgnosis and he was responsible  for the album artwork for other Floyd albums e.g  Atom Heart Mother,  Wish You Were Here and Animals. Much in demand Storm also created the cover art for other artists such as Led Zeppelin’s “presence”, 10CC’s “How Dare You”,  Black Sabbath’s “Technical Ecstasy”, Peter Gabriel’s “Scratch”, Muse’s “uprising” and many, many more.

Storm has left the world an enormous legacy.

My thoughts are with his  friends and family.

Courtesy, Respect and Consideration


Lets hope that, today, Maggie is given the courtesy and respect that she and her family deserve. Let’s hope that the protesters show some humanity and stay well away from todays funeral.