Archive for December, 2016

On the cover of Sergeant Pepper: Dion – Runaround Sue!

Posted in Writing on December 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

You may recall that in the recent post about Captain Beefheart I mentioned selecting The Beatles, ‘Sergeant Pepper’ LP from my vinyl shelves. That storied record is famous not only for …

Source: On the cover of Sergeant Pepper: Dion – Runaround Sue!

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“…and the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day.”

Posted in Writing on December 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The Week article – ‘Fairytale of New York” by Michael Brendan Dougherty : “The first thing to say about The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” is that it is absurd when described in words.”

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Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! for The Immortal Jukebox (& groove to The Shadows!)

Posted in Writing on December 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Voted – naturally!

The Immortal Jukebox

I was very grateful and somewhat amazed at how many of my readers took the time to nominate The Immortal Jukebox for The UK Blog Awards.

Now I would like to ask you to move to the next stage and vote for The Jukebox (and encourage all your family, friends, and social media contacts to do the same!).

Please follow the link and select Art & Culture from the drop down menu:

http://blogawardsuk.co.uk/ukba2017/entries/immortal-jukebox

As a reward here’s ‘Wonderful Land’ an early 60s guitar instrumental from the one and only Shadows featuring the lyrical playing of Hank B Marvin.

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True Blue Review

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Red Dog: True Blue. The World Premiere Review.

04 DECEMBER 2016 on karratha, film, review by Joel Gibson

Trailer: Red Dog True Blue is in cinemas Boxing Day.

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Santa’s back!

Posted in Writing on December 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

“AFTER 728 sleeps, Santa Claus was finally back in town last night for the 44th RAC Christmas Pageant.” Toyah Shakespeare, PerthNow December 3, 2016 9:44pm

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Sound Out

Posted in Writing on December 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ahh, the sound of Bells at Angelus, always make me think of Ireland.

SOCIAL BRIDGE ~ Jean Tubridy connecting with you from Ireland

The word ‘sound’ has been playing in my head for the last few days since I met a man who was taking photographs out on the Anne Valley Walk in Dunhill and he greeted me and said: Great to be in a place where you hear not a sound, isn’t it?

I nodded in agreement knowing that he was referring to the peace of the place but I was half tempted to say: Do you not hear the birds singing and the stream babbling? And what about your heart beating and those cows that are lowing? Oh, and if you come out here at midday, you’ll hear the dogs chiming in with the Angelus Bell up around the village church. And, hey, if you go on up towards Dunhill Castle you’ll get to hear the swan family.

Yes, the swan family that I thought had flown away are still around and…

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Trailblazer ~ Isla Fisher

Posted in Writing on December 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Isla Fisher has always been a favorite comedy actress since I first saw her in Wedding Crashers – the way she delivered the line “I’ll find you” is forever engraved on my memory.

So huge congratulations: ‘The 2016 recipient of the AACTA Trailblazer Award is Australian actress Isla Fisher. The Award will be presented to Isla at the 6th AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel in Sydney on Wednesday 7 December 2016, televised on Channel 7 at 8.30pm, with encore screenings on Foxtel.’ : 6th AACTA Awards Presented by Foxtel