1. Baby I love You - The Ramones
2. Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
3. Baby Love - The Supremes
4. Baby It's You - The Beatles
5. It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Bob Dylan
Tex (Dad for the 2nd time - if you fancy buying me a drink mines a large malt - cheers)
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Mary Isabella McNiven - 23.06.10
Her name was Mary, Mary
Plain as any name can be
But with propriety, society
Some will say Marie
But it was Mary, Mary
Long before the fashion came
For there is something there
That sounds so rare
It's a grand old name
Well done TEX - X
Plain as any name can be
But with propriety, society
Some will say Marie
But it was Mary, Mary
Long before the fashion came
For there is something there
That sounds so rare
It's a grand old name
Well done TEX - X
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Five For Friday
1. Scooby Snacks - Fun Lovin' Criminals
2. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
3. One To Another - The Charlatans
4. California Love - 2 Pac
5. Good Sculptures - The Rezillos
Tex
2. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
3. One To Another - The Charlatans
4. California Love - 2 Pac
5. Good Sculptures - The Rezillos
Tex
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Memory GAAP No 4
Remember the custard pie is always primed. Ridicule is nothing to be scared of….aye right…
On a recent Saturday evening I had the pleasure of attending a joint 40th Birthday celebration. The married couple in question decided for reasons only known to them that it should be 80’s fancy dress theme. The 80’s – the decade that time forgot…
So K and I arrived dressed as Axl & Slash. I was Axl. Our prized mucker Big JD was Dj-ing. In his cut-off shirt and Robert Smith fright wig he looks just like he did 25 years earlier. We wave over and take our seats next to ‘shell suit’ couple and generic ‘blues brother’ guy. Suddenly Adam Ant and Cyndi Lauper take to the dance floor. I decide that a large Malt is the order required.
Later on I was at the bar speaking to my good friend Ian. I didn’t know Ian would be here, didn’t know that we were mutual friends with the couple. He had chosen not to dress up explaining that as he was 40 he didn’t think he had too. I thought to myself that ‘had to’ was pretty strong but had remembered other fancy dress evenings where I had chosen not too and felt odder than if I had done. Apart from anything else dressing up seems to increase the alcohol content of everything so in short it’s worth it.
The bar was outside the function room so you could hear the music but you could talk easily and you didn’t have to shout at the barman for more. As we talked Ian was also being sort of chatted up on the other side from me by ‘Madonna’. Big JD was on fine form but he picked this moment to play a song I wrote in the 80’s – ‘She Got Old’. The version he played was a reworked version from a couple of years ago produced by Mr. Molenz and me. Sounds pretty good at high volume I like to think. Hearing it unexpectedly like that took me back to old rehearsal rooms and gigs in crappy bars. Frankly it was hugely enjoyable recollection.
I said to my friend at the bar ‘Christ almighty – that’s me’. ‘What?’ said Madonna. ‘That’s me. That’s my song’ I said. Ian explained that I used to play in bands blah, blah, blah. ‘Prove it’ said Madonna. So I sang along for a few bars. She seemed convinced and quickly went back to chatting up Ian.
The next morning lying in bed I tell K the story, about my song being played and that ‘Madonna’ seemed impressed. ‘Aye’ says K ‘a heard JD play it…Why did he play it?’ ‘Well’ I say ‘perhaps he likes it and thought it would go down well’. ‘I suppose’ she says thinking… ‘Och right!…it was during the buffet….’
Tex is thinking of Arizona
Remember the custard pie is always primed. Ridicule is nothing to be scared of….aye right…
On a recent Saturday evening I had the pleasure of attending a joint 40th Birthday celebration. The married couple in question decided for reasons only known to them that it should be 80’s fancy dress theme. The 80’s – the decade that time forgot…
So K and I arrived dressed as Axl & Slash. I was Axl. Our prized mucker Big JD was Dj-ing. In his cut-off shirt and Robert Smith fright wig he looks just like he did 25 years earlier. We wave over and take our seats next to ‘shell suit’ couple and generic ‘blues brother’ guy. Suddenly Adam Ant and Cyndi Lauper take to the dance floor. I decide that a large Malt is the order required.
Later on I was at the bar speaking to my good friend Ian. I didn’t know Ian would be here, didn’t know that we were mutual friends with the couple. He had chosen not to dress up explaining that as he was 40 he didn’t think he had too. I thought to myself that ‘had to’ was pretty strong but had remembered other fancy dress evenings where I had chosen not too and felt odder than if I had done. Apart from anything else dressing up seems to increase the alcohol content of everything so in short it’s worth it.
The bar was outside the function room so you could hear the music but you could talk easily and you didn’t have to shout at the barman for more. As we talked Ian was also being sort of chatted up on the other side from me by ‘Madonna’. Big JD was on fine form but he picked this moment to play a song I wrote in the 80’s – ‘She Got Old’. The version he played was a reworked version from a couple of years ago produced by Mr. Molenz and me. Sounds pretty good at high volume I like to think. Hearing it unexpectedly like that took me back to old rehearsal rooms and gigs in crappy bars. Frankly it was hugely enjoyable recollection.
I said to my friend at the bar ‘Christ almighty – that’s me’. ‘What?’ said Madonna. ‘That’s me. That’s my song’ I said. Ian explained that I used to play in bands blah, blah, blah. ‘Prove it’ said Madonna. So I sang along for a few bars. She seemed convinced and quickly went back to chatting up Ian.
The next morning lying in bed I tell K the story, about my song being played and that ‘Madonna’ seemed impressed. ‘Aye’ says K ‘a heard JD play it…Why did he play it?’ ‘Well’ I say ‘perhaps he likes it and thought it would go down well’. ‘I suppose’ she says thinking… ‘Och right!…it was during the buffet….’
Tex is thinking of Arizona
Five For Friday
1. Brazil - Frank Sinatra
2. Spain - The Stranglers
3. Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren
4. Kids in America - Kim Wilde
5. New England - Billy Bragg
Tex
2. Spain - The Stranglers
3. Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren
4. Kids in America - Kim Wilde
5. New England - Billy Bragg
Tex
Thursday, 3 June 2010
5 for Friday
1. Where's Captain Kirk? - Spizz Energy
2. The Crunch - Rah Band
3. Independent Woman - Elbow
4. The Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead - XTC
5. It Will all End In Tears - The Drums
Tex
2. The Crunch - Rah Band
3. Independent Woman - Elbow
4. The Ballad of Peter Pumkinhead - XTC
5. It Will all End In Tears - The Drums
Tex
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