[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

And that's Giselle done   Thoroughly enjoyed it.  Fantastically captivating dancing, acting and music along with a very well acted tragedy story.  Next, tomorrow night is The Nutcracker.

 

The bad thing was a group of four quite well dressed loudmouths (two 50-something couples) who thought it was acceptable to talk through the orchestral introduction before curtains opened.  A quick growl from me shut them up.  Then the show started and they randomly nattered to each other, usually just as I was engrossed in the show and it made me lose the spell.  I was about to get up and tell them to f*** off when a pair of security guards came and sat either side of them for the rest of the show with, I assume, a quiet word of "shut up or you're going home early".

 

I really don't get it... why would you pay all that money for some very good seats at a ballet then want to sit and chat?

Corporate entertainment, rather than music lovers. Thankfully, people like this often just quietly doze off once the performance is under way. 

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

The Venezuelan composer Reynaldo Hahn's 'Premières Valses'.

 

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

I found my copy of 'Dirty Fan Male' the other evening. Performance readings of genuine fan letters to 'glamour' models, Page 3 girls etc., some of them in the voice of Cary Grant, James Mason and Alan Bennett. Absolutely NFSW from the start!  

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

From 'Comedy', an album with a hidden track about David Gower.

 

[Book thread: what are you reading?]

Going through Robert Louis Stevenson books at present.

Treasure Island last month, Kidnapped this month. Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde and Catriona to come.

He's a brilliant story-teller. If you have a Kindle, this would be 77p well spent.

[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

There's nothing quite the power of a 100+ piece orchestra who are really on good form. And ballet music is actually good to listen to without the dancing too, if you're just listening at home.

[Random internet link of the day]

When you want to get mediaeval on someone's ass, but in a small way...

 

 

[Book thread: what are you reading?]

Recently finished 'The Chronicles of Hernia' by Barry Cryer and 'The Loved One' by Evelyn Waugh. Both very enjoyable.

[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

I'm off to see the quack on Friday.

 

He is the official doctor of the FFR XIII.  

 

I was told by the receptionist:

 

"there is no chance of getting on his list, he's very popular"

 

"I'm a rugby league fan"

 

"Two thirty on Friday ok?"

 

Vive le treize!

 

[Random internet link of the day]

Articles by and Interviews with Frank Zappa.

[Random internet link of the day]

Hey kids! Forget Britain's got Talent!

 

 

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

Following the news about the recent rise in vinyl sales, Private Eye picked up on it for their 'message board' spoof. At least, I think it's a spoof...

 

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

Ethiopian jazz time! Samuel Yirga played on the 'Dub Colossus in a Town called Addis' album, which I have recommended to TRL before.

 

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

Not a typical Petty album but I love it trying to hunt down a vinyl copy for less than £100 is proving impossible.

With over 30 million LPs being pressed last year alone, maybe MoFi or some such will get round to doing a nice quality reissue.

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

Not a typical Petty album but I love it trying to hunt down a vinyl copy for less than £100 is proving impossible.

I gave my copy away, to a friend who liked it more than me.

[The TV Thread]

I wouldn't class it as 'must see TV' but I still enjoyed it. If you're a fan of their other stuff you probably will too. I'll be watching again next week.

I missed the beginning, but what I did see was good enough to make me want to watch next week's episode. It has been described (fairly accurately) as a bit like 'Tales of the Unexpected'. Good cast, too.

[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

Their workmanship is usually pretty sturdy, but every now and then it falls apart.

[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

If you get this company in to do your kitchen, it might be a bit noisy.

[Football]

Looks like David Beckham has got himself a MLS franchise, to be based in Miami.

[The TV Thread]

The producers have been clever in introducing new characters at the right time. The writing is brilliant and Jim Parson is a great comedic actor, hard to believe he is 40 years old.

It has been very well judged. It started out as a predominantly male show, but the two main female characters they have added in Bernadette and Amy have really contributed to the storylines and personalities of the existing cast.

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

Tom Petty my favourite track from the Wildflowers album It's Good To Be King

I really love Tom Petty, but 'Wildflowers' somehow, despite being a popular album, just didn't do it for me. But 'Good to be King' is a pretty good song.

[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

Then you have the difficult decision of do you go for a very short exposure sports shot giving a still image or do you deliberately extend the exposure to show a bit of motion?  I'm not sure GJ;s black and white would be that appropriate with either though.  It's also probably not something you want to have to spend ages adjusting knobs for.

Thank you, F.Stop FitzGerald.

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

[Uninteresting Trivial Facts]

Marvin Gaye's 1964 Passport found inside an Album bought for 50 Cents.

[What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning]

Ry Cooder - The Slide Zone

Oops! Not 'Zone', 'Area'.