OPEN

On being too old to keep up with the modern world, ‘You don’t have to keep up dear, you just have to keep open’ Anna madrigal in Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin. OPEN   I am have been very fortunate. At my age, 58 in two weeks time, I should by rights, have been ghettoized

NAMING

NAMING I just called my beloved, Len. I name I have rarely used… It’s not that common in the modern world. But It was the name of my Granddad.  A man even my mum never met. So it’s official. I have turned into my Nan. I’m used to vowel aphasia …. I speak with a

MOON-AGE SEQUENCE

MOON-AGE SEQUENCE   Ouroboros, where to begin and where to end, The cycle is a circle, from our line of sight… But, It is really a spiral, trust me on this, We move in all dimensions, space and time. Is a fingernail, a scratch of light in the sky is a crescent, a scythe slashing

FOOL

FOOL My love, I’m a Fool for you, Always, and only for you, I create pillars in the sky, To see if I can still fly, But you are my eternal reality.   I marvel at conjuring tricks, Wily words of wonderous awe, but I never waiver from the path, I am a tinderbox for

TRACKS OF MY YEARS (2000-2018)

As the mainstream charts  have no relevance since 2000, and my initial choice indie charts turns out to be either grime or Adele, I’m going for a third option. My own personal selections from each years releases nearest to February 19th. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

TRACKS OF MY YEARS ( 1990-99)

1990 Just Beautiful! 1991 from sublime to the ridiculous 1992 gags. 1993 let me hear you say yeah! 1994 loved the original… enough said. 1995 Generic pop 1996 1997 Stadium Trash music 1998 actually better than the u2 track… See how far you have fallen Bonio and Sedge? 1999 You can begin to see why

TRACKS OF MY YEARS (1980-89)

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 some truly awful songs in this decade, I think you will probably see why I turned my back on mainstream music in this decade. Dale

TRACKS OF MY YEARS (1970-79)

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 It took 20 years, but finally got a song I’d actually choose. Just shows February is not a good month for pop songs.

TRACKS OF MY YEARS (part one 1960 -69)

These are the no.1’s in the UK for all my birthdays in the 1960’s, with the exception of Maria, which is just my personal choice from that year, for obvious reasons.   19/02/1960 19/02/1961   19th feb. 1962 19th feb.1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 If you want to research the birthday no.1’s of

LOVE IS THE SLUG

  LOVE IS THE SLUG 1977, January. I left school, again, and got a job. It wasn’t easy. Over fifty applicants, I was second best. The first, took the job, but left after a week. I was given a call, I accepted the job. Trainee Die Sinker. £18 a week.  I loved it, ok I