Monday, July 16, 2007

Wow.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra: "Moonlight Serenade". (mp3).

What can I say? This is timeless. Beautiful. We must never let this music be forgotten. If I could only write songs 1% as lovely as this, I would call myself a real musician.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Classics Corner!

Here's a piece of music I've always been very fond of: Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espanol, movement 4 "Scena e canto gitano" (mp3). It's very beautiful, isn't it?

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Had to smile...

...at the Beeb's weather forecast. "Monday - back to normal". Yep.

Monday, July 2, 2007

A short fictitious story that definitely never happened in real life today, I promise, honest guv!

"Erm, I suppose I can't smoke in your office any more, Tom"
"Yes, Terry, that's right.....officially".
"Officially?"
"Yes. However, let us think about this. One of the aspects that crops up in any society ruled by socialists and communists, is that they -"
"-They aren't happy unless they are exerting power over us and making us feel miserable about it?"
"Yes, Terry, that is indeed one aspect of

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Ha ha, Great news

Police confident in bombers hunt -BBC

"Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said he was "absolutely confident" of uncovering details of the attackers' methods and network........ Mr Clarke earlier described the investigation into the failed bombings as "extremely fast-moving". "It is no exaggeration at all to say that new information is coming to light hour by hour," he said."

Great

Joy Division's "Atmosphere" - a very slight remix

...from the obscene to the sublime, eh?
"Atmosphere" is one of Jay-Dee's best songs, a truly wonderful piece of modern music. But I have always preferred listening to live versions, rather than the official studio recording (which was recorded at Cargo Studios, Rochdale around autumn 1979, along with "Dead Souls" (horrible title, that, for such a wonderful song) and "Ice Age").
I don't know what