HIGHER AND HIGHER - JACKIE WILSON



JW

Morning all..is the blog broken again?

*kicks leaves waiting for company*

Hello again everyone



I like the sound of Nigel's cassoulet (think it has a 'u' in it) better than some of his offerings!



LET IT GROW ~ Eric Clapton



HIGHER AND HIGHER ~ Jacky Wilson



MORE MORE MORE ~ Andrea True Connection



IN A BIG COUNTRY ~ Big Country

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

Bright Lights, Bigger City - Cee Lo Green

Living it up - Level 42

Opportunities - Lets make lots of money - Pet Shop Boys

Picking up the Pieces - Paloma Faith

Somethings got me started - Simply Red

Things can only get better - D REam

So excited to see the new blog, I forgot to add my post from over the page.



Good morning all - is there any blue sky up there at all? It is still so gloomy - we need a gloriously sunny, crisp Autumnal day. The forecast is for colder weather over the weekend, so we'll see..........



Hello to any CE defectors - good to see you



JW

Ah! So I was not alone...hurrah.

MORNING to all and our chiselled (in certain lights) leader.



Off to meeting soon, so quick couple of choon suggestions then back later for craic

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER (Howard Jones please)

DOIN' ALRIGHT by Queen

ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE by Mike & Mechanics

GETTING BETTER by the Beatles is always worth a punt.



Will be thinking of growth tunes/expansion during my meeting..esp if I have too many biccies!

Hello There!





Suggestions –





IT’S GOOD NEWS WEEK – Hedgehoppers Anonymous





COMING OUT OF THE DARK – Gloria Estefan





LET IT GROW – Mr. Clapton





LOVE GROWS WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES – Eddison Lighthouse





HEY BIG SPENDER – Dame Shirley





THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US – Sparks





EVERYTHING COUNTS IN LARGE AMOUNTS – Depeche Mode



THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - D Ream





MONEY TALKS DIRTY CASH – Dizzee Rascal





COMING UP – Macca





I’M COMIN’ UP – Diana Ross





GONE AT LAST - Paul Simon

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How about:



IT'S GETTING BETTER - Mamas and Papas



MORE, MORE, MORE - Andrea True Connection



BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - The Foundations



A LITTLE BIT MORE - Dr Hook



LET IT GROW - Eric Clapton



~X~

FEELING GOOD - Nina Simone





HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN - Barbra Streisand





THEME FROM HAPPY DAYS -





PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES - Eliza Doolittle

THE ONLY WAY IS UP - YAZZ



THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - ??



BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - ??



Off to fill in the gaps.



JW

Good morning all



DONT STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH - MICHEAL JACKSON

THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT I GOTTA WEAR SHADES - Timbuk 3





WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - Who

Please add D REAM and THE FOUNDATIONS to the above, at your leisure......

After getting one through yesterday, let's try again.



Rise - Public Image Limited

It's Getting Better - Mama Cass

More More More - Andrea True Connection

All Right Now - Free

Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale

I Could Be Happy - Altered Images

Everybody's Gonna Be Happy - The Kinks (they worked for me yesterday)

Moving On Up - M People

AT LAST - Etta James



MY SHIP IS COMING IN - Walker Brothers

Can't be lucky two days running, surely ? (It happened once before).



Let's try



THE ONLY WAY IS UP - YAZZ

RISE - HERB ALPERT



I'm I ought to offer some words of wisdom on GDP and economic growth, but it bored me when I was studying and 30 years of absinthe hasn't improved things, so I won't. (Sighs of relief all round).

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN - Various artistes to choose from - how about THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA?



The theme from HAPPY DAYS



JW

HAPPY NOW ╪ (Wah!)



RISE - Gabrielle

Good morning all!



My suggestions - 2 cynical ones first:



Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac



Don't Believe A Word - Thin Lizzy



*am not convinced that we are out of the woods yet*



A Little Bit Of Green (shoots) - Elvis Presley



Keep On Growing - Eric Clapton



Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush



Here Comes The Sun - Beatles or Cockney Rebel



Little By Little - Dusty Springfield



mc x

EVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD - Tremeloes

Morning Simon and everyone



Congrats to all menshes last night including an inaugural one for Seymour Tottie.



Glad you enjoyed Level 42 gig Deebee.



Quick poop before I get to the Dentist for overdue check up.



1. THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - D Ream

2. ALL RISE - Blue

3. RISE - Gabrielle

4. GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY - Mamas and Papas

5. HIGHER AND HIGHER - Jackie Wilson

6. UP UP AND AWAY - 5th Dimension

7. UP - Saturdays

8. THE CLIMB - Miley Cyrus or Joe Mcelderry

9. SHOUT TO THE TOP - Style Council

10. TOP OF THE WORLD - The Carpenters



Cheerio



Laters



Mandy ;)

Morning All,



Is it growth and expansion in general then?



Well to grow and expand you need...



Wide Open Space - Mansun



Maybes back laters with summat more sensible.



A.

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW - Johnny Nash

#9 - just seen your post, Billie - great minds must have been thinking alike! I wasn't copying - honest!!



ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD could be appropriate



BIG SPENDER - SHIRLEY BASSEY



JW

Expansion too??



Lip Up Fatty - Bad Manners



Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen



I won't stoop to suggest a Tight Fit song!



;-)

Well, on the basis that it was asked for....



MULTIPLICATION - Bobby Darin (or Showaddywaddy) and



RISE - Public Image Ltd



and maybe now that we're out of double dip we can all live...



THE LIFE OF RILEY - Lightning Seeds

#24 Jennie ! Ha! Also with Dame Shirley!







MATHEMATICS - Cherry Ghost

Another vote for 'The Only Way is Up' - Yazz. But what else? I did wonder about 'Shiny Happy People' - REM. ((Now we're supposed to out of the double dip, are we not happy etc? Well possibly not in actual fact but anyway....)



#22 Sensible? Not round here.

Here's one for Deebee :-



SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP) - LEVEL 42 (we'll get them played if it kills us)



Note worthy date today - St Crispin's day & battle of Agincourt. A fine away win for England in France. (Vildeen - I'd suggest you don't mention this where you are).

Good Morning All;



Just a quick pop in on my way to a nervous breakdown...



Oldie suggestions...



BETTER DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (as suggested by Simon's blog title)



ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE - ERIC IDLE (After the Spamalot chat yesterday, and because I need to try it!)



IT'S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME - THE BEATLES



KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE - THE CARTER FAMILY



BRASS IN POCKET - THE PRETENDERS

#28 That had a (ducks runs) after it but it's invisible...

I am definately not a morning person, Billie! I read things but very little seems to go in! Perhaps 'my' brilliant ideas are my way of assimilating what I've read! Mr thinks I'm at my best at around midday and it's downhill from there!..........



So I don't stand much chance do I?! - here's hoping you get the mensh for any of 'our' songs.......



JW

I'm still playing catch up here. Flo, your comment about Paul Carrack #91 on yesterdays blog - agree with you totally. I don't know how he does it, but he is sounding even better as time goes on. Very talented man.

Morning all !!

and a happy birthday to PJ Hughes :-)



HAPPY TALK - CAPTAIN SENSIBLE

ALL RISE - BLUE



I really need to do some tidying today before the school holls start. Its a continual task when shes home from school, so Id like to get a deep clean in before hand. Cant do it tomorrow as hubbs and I are Skyfalling :-)

~gill~

Morning all,



Late again. I have a note.



GoodBoy#3 went to see War Horse at the theatre - he was very moved by it.



#economicgrowtholdies



GOOD TIMES - Chic



YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN YET - Bachman Turner Overdrive

A few more oldie suggestions...



START ME UP - ROLLING STONES



MONEY, MONEY, MONEY - ABBA



NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD - MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER



BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES - LOVE AFFAIR

One last suggestion especially for our beloved P.M...



ROSE COLOURED GLASSES - JOHN CONLEE

How could I have forgotten -



BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE AGAIN - STEVE WINWOOD

Happy Birthday to PJ Hughes! Missing Katy and her cakes - I can't 'make' them at work - computer says no.



And from yesterday's blog - hi to cathmel! CLP's loss is Simon's gain...



:o)

Morning Simon & lovely bog folk



Wonderfully sunny and crisp here.



Congratulations for all the mentions last night, whether they were first, unexpected, recurring or for skipping Sheffield tourists!





IT’S GETTING BETTER – THE MANAS AND THE PAPAS



2 + 2 = 5 - RADIOHEAD



RISE - PiL



GROW GROW GROW – PJ HARVEY



(THIS IS FOR THE) BETTER DAYS – THE BEES



MULTIPLICATION – BOBBY DARIN



A BETTER FUTURE – DAVID BOWIE



HIGH HOPES – PAOLO NUTINI



IN A BIG COUNTRY – BIG COUNTRY



MORE MORE MORE – KYLIE

As I said on yesterday's blog, I had a fantastic time last night. As far as I know no other bloggers are planning on going to see Level 42, but if you don't want to hear about the gig look away now...



It is the 25th anniversary of their 'Running in the Family' album, which is about when I started being a fan - having fallen for the rather charismatic Mark King after seeing the video for 'Children Say'... ;o) Anyways, they played all the songs from the album, in the order they appear. Don't think I've ever been to a concert where that's happened before. Then they did an acoustic set (yes, really!) of about 4 songs, and then went on to do some more of their back catalogue. I can honestly say it was one of the best concerts of theirs that I've been to. And the icing on the cake - I tweeted Mark this morning to thank him, and he retweeted my tweet!



:o))

Since yesterday's confession was taking the mick out of Chesney Hawkes... seeing as his dad Len/Chip is not well, but hopefully will be well again, how about playing...



EVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD ~ The Tremeloes

Some of these will have been taken but



Get some happy songs 





Let it grow eric Clapton 

Golden years David Bowie

Wild woods. Paul weller Not out if it yet 

Matthew and son cat Stevens hard work of a successful high street shop

I'm walking on sunshine Catarina and the waves

Champagne supernova oasis celebrate 

Bigger stronger coldpay

A matter of life and death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9tTo5bMIcw

Celebration Kool and the gang 

High hopes bugs life 

Three little birds bob Marley 

From yesterday's blog...



Thanks, amelia :-) My nan's problems are solved now though, she's as happy as can be with her new en-suite room.



Happy birthday P.J & I will look up your book as I have twins with ASD, and one of my dearest friends has Asperger's, so I'm always interested in reading things from the insider's perspective, so to speak. :-)



Autumn Gale - (From an earlier blog) I haven't read any books by those authors you mentioned, but I will look them up. I only read a few of the Sookie Stackhouse books, because I sort of lost interest after the 4th one. I'm not sure I'm even going to bother with True Blood now, after the dire 5th series. I'm much more into The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones these days, and the graphic novels and The Song of Fire and Ice books, respectively.

I forgot to say, it was lovely to hear Stephen Tompkinson on DT last night. I used to have quite the crush on him during his Father Peter Clifford, Ballykissangel days. I hated the way the storyline between him and Assumpta concluded though, it put me off the show for good!

#41 Deebee, (you should have waited one more post to make it onto #42) ;o)



I'm so pleased you got a tweet from Mark King and you enjoyed Level 42 last night, which I had already passed comment about, on the previous blog. You said how they played through an album in the order in which they appear and said you have never seen this done before.



I have only seen it on stage twice, the first time was when, as a fan of the Zombies and Colin Blunstone since I was quite young, I saw them play right through their 'Odessey and Oracle' album, that was supposed to have been a one-off gig but was so popular that they did a short tour.



Last November I went to see The Strawbs and Dave Cousins is still as mad as a box of frogs... as he was in the 70s... and they played right through their 'Hero and Heroine' album as well as other songs, including my favourite of theirs, 'Lay Down' and I'm sure I have read of other bands doing the same thing.

Morning all



Has anyone been listening to Mr Brice this morning? Is that correct on his playlist, the Zeps releasing Kashmir from the movie/DVD/live album as a single? Blimey.

Yep, Ken. He played all nine minutes of it!

#46 I'd never seen the complete album runthrough in order until Gretchen Peters did it on her tour this year. It worked well with Hello Cruel World.



Pink Floyd used to do it. I believe the Wish You Were Hear tour consisted of that album in he first half, then a run through of DSOTM in the second half, plus two or three others in the encore. They didn't do it on the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour when I saw them, but Gilmour went back to doing it for the tour with his last solo album.



I'm a bit mixed about it. I'd have loved to have seen the Spritualised tour a year or two back where they did Ladies and Gentleman..... in its entirety as that's another one that lends itself to that sort of treatment and the youtube video of the New York show is superb. But the downside is you know exactly what's coming next, and I like to be surprised during a gig. I try to avoid tour setlists generally until after I've seen the gig.



Plus when Lucinda Williams did it in London a couple of years ago she featured a different album each night, so how do you decide which night to go to? Or do you just go to all three?! Yes are the only band I've ever been to on consecutive nights, not sure anyone else qualifies for that sort of investment :-)

He also played Bringing on back the good times -Love Affair which Zoe mentioned earlier on here!



JW

#48 it's (cough) decades since I had a any interest in the singles chart, but it would be fun if Kashmir went to number 1.

#49 Ken, I'm going to see Gretchen Peters in March and I wonder if she will still be singing through her album.



I have often wondered how recording artistes decide on the order of songs on their albums and wonder if they're recorded in order of favourites first. I think it may have been Janice Long who said ages ago that her favourite album song is usually the fifth song (or was it the seventh?) I shall have to ask her about it.

Brief appearance owing to ridiculous number of meetings!



JOHN LEE HOOKER - Boom Boom



EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS - Oh Happy Day

Welcome to all refuges from the other side and TOGS – good to see you all. Seymour – Simon does have a habit of getting mixed up gender wise – not always his fault to be fair!



#92 Shona – from over the page – I was reading backwards and worried for the moment you were leaving us!



Florence, Sal and Deebee thanks for your comments – very much point and click, especially as I was holding onto a large, excitable dog at the time! Sal the forest is called Ards Forest Park – it a wonderful place – the forest itself is great but what makes it special is there are fantastic beaches too – and it is never that busy, even in the middle of summer – I am very lucky to live close to it.



Deebee – glad you had such a fantastic time last night – I like the idea of albums being played in sequence – and a retweet too!



Mandy – thanks for the reminder – goes to phone dentist

Meeting over, #33 Paul Carrack - YUMS!!

Lovely melted galaxy of a voice - mix that with my other fave Paul (Hollywood of GBBO fame) and I'd be putty in his hands (come to think of it, he could probably make me into a 7 strand plaited loaf...

#41 you are a social media butterfly!!

Another choice:



ROSE GARDEN by Lynn Anderson

(learnt the words by heart when it was 'a single', and remember being at a friends house for the day and singing it in a cupboard while playing hide and seek cos I hate the dark and being shut in!) Obv the warbling meant I was found very quickly (phew!

Sorry, too many !!!'s it's that Bingo Starr's influence.



Meeting was d & b (dull and boring) except being told a senior member of staff is leaving having only done a few months - seems she's 'too proactive' WTH??? (WTH = what the heck - the naughty version gets modded)

RE Gigs thinking of seeing Gaz Coombes (local boy done good in Supergrass) Saturday - it's that or walking to a Halloween party - am I getting old when I fancy staying in, actually, and watching Montalbano?!



Don't answer that.



Cup-a-soup beckons, followed by an Orange - I know how to live....

wide boy-nik kershaw



long tall sally-little richard

Morning All,



'Move On Up' Curtis Mayfield



'Shout It To The Top' Style Council



Have a good day everybody

I forget to mention - there is a prize for spotting all the mistakes in my posts today - head full of cotton wool - hope no one minds being call bog folk

#52 Florence, Gretchen tweeted inviting set list suggestions so I don't think it will be a straight run through of HCW next time around. I'm going to the South Bank this time around, did the Stables in MK last time.

Something tells me, I'm into something good - Hermans Hermits.



Happy Birthday to PJ Hughes.



Someone must be able to make cake??

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Disregarding the email address.... its the best I can do.

Opportunities (let's make lots of money) pet shop boys



Came to me spur of the moment hope not too late

Afternoon Ter Mayo Man & ALL...



Bingo Star 'ere...



INDEED a did correctly predict the double dip recession... All is on CLP's old blog archives for all ter see the evidence!!!!!

A remember in 2008 a said we were on the edge of a BIG cliff of financial madness.... But nobody cares what Bingo Star says as am only a trucker blogging!!!!

Am noot a bloke with a degree in economics who talks rubbish in newspapers, on tv or in goverment offices!!!!!!

All a use is simple common sense and of whatta see right in front of me eyes!!!!!!

A do think slowly we are about ter com eout of recession!!!!!!

Forgeet the official stuff... That's just numbers... A quarter of growth even if it's .25% means officially were outta recession but it means NOWT ter people losing their jobs, their 'omes and their minds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



The one thing a can't ge tme 'ead around is property prices are way above peoples incomes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This tells me 'ow can people on normal incomes with normal jobs get a 'ouse!!!!!!!????

Ave we entered a new period now in which buying a 'ouse is no longer something most ordianry people can do?????

Sort of slipping slightly back ter victorian times in which owning a 'ouse was only for the privillaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



London boggles my mind.... A onften watch property programmes... 'omes Under The 'ammer being ,my favourite tv programme.... LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nearly everytime it's about a property in London... It's a foreign person buying and the prices are insane!!!!!!

It's like estate agents just pick a number outta thin air... Like it means nothing.... Like lets just amke up a BIG number!!!!!

On the programme it goes like this... After the property 'as been done up then along come 2 estate agents.... On being asked what the property is now worth... The answer is like this:

"yarrrr... ok yaaarrrr this 'ouse 'as been to a 'igh standard... I would market this one bedroom flat at 475k.... yarrrrr!!!!!"

Then the second one.... "I would put this on the market for..... 525 to 550k..... yarrrr ok yarrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

BIG difference.... what are these people on???????

75k is 6 years wages te rsome people yet these dudes pick it outta the air like it's pocket money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A recession normally sorts out the economy and brings everything back inter line with 'ow it should be... But not this time!!!!!!

Maybe it's terdo with the world is different and more global now!!!!!!!

I'm not racist at all.... but 'ow come it's always foreigners buying property in London!!!!!!

It's seems Brits no longer can afford ter buy there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????



Is London slowly being lost terwealthy foreigners??????

A think it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe not a bad thing if foreign investment is coming inter the UK.... but Brits are losing our country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ok call me a 'ypocrite as a 'ave a foreign girlfriend... like foreign people.... But something 'as gone topst turvy BIG style with our property market especially in London!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Maybe yer can not get on the property ladde rif yer a first time buyer now!!!!!!

Only the lucky... Who got on it 15 plus years ago when prices were more normal.... Or passed on from older relatives who bought when life was normal!!!!!!!!

In the eighties and seventies 'ouse prives where relative ter peoples incomes!!!!!



A mean 'ow can a London bus driver buy a 'ouse in London on 25 ter 30k per year.... IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ter me this recession is the worst of our lifetime.... A think now we are turning the corner.... It will take a good 5 years ter get back ter frim prosperity and then between the 5 ter 10 year period from now ter enter a new boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boom and bust will always be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



But something tells me things 'ave changed bigger than just a nomal recession.... A don't think we 'ave learned from this recession as a still see evidence of finance companies and banks trying ter get people inter debt!!!!!!

Ter take out loans, credit cards.... It's all this debt that caused this recession......

I fear this is now going to be the norm from now on.... A nation of people in debt.... which eventually can only lead to another BIG bust period!!!!!!!



Am off for a banana ter calm me nerves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



PS Deebee - Wrote a nice blog to you at the end of yesterdee's blog... Noot sure if yer saw it!!!!!!

FULL of niceness aimed your way ;-))) x

Ta dah! Happy Birthday PJ! *may we call you PJ? PJ Hughes is a bit formal!*





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THE GROWING YEARS - CHRIS NORMAN

.....still catching up!!



From yesterdays blog, #89, how lovely to see you here, cathmel! I'm surprised that CLP has seemed to have abandoned his blog. Still, as Deebee says, it is his loss and Simon's gain (and ours, too!) x

#49 Oh yes Ken - I think Mr B has a DVD of Pink Floyd doing the whole of 'Dark Side of the Moon' on stage.



#63 Thanks very much, Bingo - although I think you might be getting me muddled up with Molly Coddle (formerly Madchickenwoman) as it was her husband who was sitting with us in the restaurant after CiN two years ago.



~X~

....still catching up!!



#63 It was me, Bingo! Thank you for your kind words, full of niceness, indeed! Looking forward to catching up with you again. ;-)

Crossroads -don Maclean we are at a crossroad 

Back to life 

Route of all evil the beautiful south we need to remember this 

Late lunch dive in...hope everyone okay.



I'd agree with Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better, but how about one of these (if not already mentioned):



The Housemartins - Build

The Commodores - Brick House



Both kind of linked to growth/expansion... ;-)



TTFN.

Hi Simon, Team and Best Bloggers,



I watched Mark Kermode talk to Sam Mendes about his film Skyfall last night on telly and enjoyed it quite a bit. Kermode was so..relaxed. I wish I had had a golden ticket for Tuesday nights premiere. I'll have to settle for seeing it at Cineworld multiplex in Trashford ~ harrumph.



Happy Birthday PJ!



#55 - Ahh yes,old beloved and I are big Montalbano fans. As a matter of fact, we are off to Italy next week to practice the Italian we have learned from watching the show and also will not be talking while we eat.



Long May You Run - Neil Young



LB, x

Ok what about



Money - The Flying Lizards



Through the baricades - Spandau ballet

#59 Ken, Judie Tzuke does something similar to Gretchen and invites her fans to let her know their favourite tunes and always amongst her set is, of course, 'Stay With Me Till Dawn' which always gives me goose bumps!

#72 I watched one episode of Montalbano on the last ruyn and didn't really enjoy it. Maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, I love the Scandinavian shows in the same slot.



Off to see Bond after work tomorrow. Hope I enjoy it. I watched Dr No on the satellite Bond movie channel the other day which I thought I'd seen before but decided afterwards that I don't think I had. But I didn't really enjoy it. I hope that's because it was old and of it's time, rather than me having outgrown Bond movies.

Big river jimmy nail "the river will rise again"

#73 Quite right too. As Robert Plant says in the Zep movie, there are some songs that just have to be there.



Although I don't necessarily agree with him when he followed up with "including this one" :-)

#71 the trouble with Montalbano is that he does speak in Sicilian Italian - a bit like a Glaswegian being compared to a Londoner! We have learnt a good few swear words from watching - they are never in the language books!!

Went to Puglia in Italy this Sept and forgot phrase books, guide books, the LOT.

Managed somehow, and came out of a cheese shop with enough to start our own shop...

It's my favourite language, so romantic *sigh*



Montalbano will have to be a watch-again experience as over lunch I gave myself a talking to and booked tickets to see Gaz Coombes, he is a local boy - and I was once in a 'lock in' with him one New Years eve in our (and his) village pub (he was going incognito in a white fedora, long white coat...the works, er, no Gaz you don't stand out at all!)

Supergrass supported Radiohead at Oxford's South Parks on 2001 - a magic day that ended with lashings and lashings of rain (well it was July)



We are off to Bond Friday eve, so it is going to be a bit of a full on weekend, but is at least 1/2 term next week so #3 child can sleep it off, even if we can't :-/



Good luck with the menches all, leaving early today - and will miss the start of the show. Nice to see new bloggers from CLP joining in, more the merrier I say.

Afternoon all! Late to the party but what's new?



A quick couple of suggestions:



"Money, Money, Money" - Abba

"In a Big Country" - Big Country



and how about a U2 tune? "Elevation" would seem to fit the wider theme.



GB

#74 We watch Montalbano for the views of sea, sun, etc - it's a bit daft, esp compared to The Killing and The Bridge (LOVE those grey, muted tones). BTW has anyone seen the sun since last Saturday? I think it's emigrated.



Did anyone see the Voyager prog last night on BBC4 ?

T'was FAB. Unbelievable what they were capable of back in 1981 - and still the plucky little Voyager unmanned spaceship is cruising in the back of beyond, sending back pics of distant planets and stars.

Afternoon all



Late again! I did try to get on here first thing, but the blog wasn't working, and then the day ran away again!



Will be interested to hear Nige's cassoulet. I made the Hairy Dieters' one last weekend and can certainly recommend it!



Welcome to all new/CLP bloggers.



Tortie x

#63 Don't talk to me about property prices. My work, although it's contract based, is nearly all in the M4 corridor but you can't get a decent house in a decent area for anything like a sensible price. We saw a two bedroom semi-detached (albeit nicely kitted out) in one of the less pricey parts of town on the market for over £450K. And they've had offers close to the asking price! Admittedly that's top end but a decently located three bed detached round our way is generally between £400K and £425K. How can you pay rent and save a 10% deposit? Plus you need an additional £12k - £13k to pay Stamp Duty.



All contributions gratefully received!!! lol

Not being one who has visited the CLP page for a long time, I hadn't realised he has abandoned his fans and no longer posts a daily blog like Simon never fails to do, which I really admire because I'm sure Simon has lots of other things to do first thing every morning. I'm amazed too that he often picks up on little snippets from the previous blog and sometimes mentions blogpoppets by name... no wonder he is so well liked by everyone! :o)

#81 #63 Quite.

Our house costs and general costs of living here in Oxford are comparable to London, but we don't get London weighting...wages are rising, if at all by about 0.05% - and the cost of food alone seems to now make me feel like every time I go shopping I have accidentally slipped caviar or champers in my trolley...but sadly it's the same old stuff when I get home.

I sold my first house for 72K in 1997, now worth 230k.

Seems a bit steep...

#83 - I've not even been able to get a foot on the ladder. :o(

Deebee, I don't know if you listen to Chris Evans in the mornings, but I see he has one of your favourite people on tomorrow!



Which reminds me of when my daughter went to see Dirty Dancing in London three or four years ago, she was walking around London and who should appear driving very slowly over Tower Bridge, but Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson in a huge army tank!!



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...talking of Paul Carrack, Steve is currently playing Behind Those Eyes Of Blue :-)

#64. I'm already thinking 'Peej.

Too late but a good party song

Rock around the clock bill Haley

House prices around here in South Essex are mad - a few years ago some largish, detached, houses were built on a main road, behind a pub (which has live music and a beer garden) and they wanted 800,000 for them!



How on earth anyone gets their foot on the ladder around here is totally beyond me.



JW

#89 etc - there clearly are some benefits from living in the frozen / grim North. Even so, I find it difficult to see how anyone gets started on the property ladder nowadays.

I'm in the happy position of owning my house outright, the mortgage having reached full term almost 4 years ago. It's nothing exciting, a modest 3-bed semi in a reasonable suburban area, but it's for one human and one cat. Just a pity about the garden snatch behind me - now 15 executive (ish) homes. Still, things could be a lot worse.

Florence - from previous blog - just found your note about Paul Carrack. I saw him in Mike & the Mechanics in about 1988/89. Outstandingly good then and still now. The venue was pants, though, a fleapit called the Apollo in Manchester. (It may be quite decent today, or possibly demolished for a hyperspace bypass).

Parsley Cat, well done on your mensh just now! The last time I was at the Apollo in Manchester was in the late 70s to see the Carpenters!



Where Paul Carrack appears in Edinburgh is at the Queen's Hall, which is an old listed church that's been a music venue since 1976 (apparently) and is small and cosy compared to the Apollo and the stage is quite low and towards the end of his shows he likes people to come to the front and last time I was sitting to one side of the stage with my friend and he came along and hugged everyone because of the low stage. He always sings with such feeling doesn't he and has a warm personality.



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Always good to hear a bit of Neil Hannon – not sure I’ve ever had my oldies suggestions by him played though – I will keep trying.



House price are stupid over here but nothing compared to the south of England – makes my mortgage seem much less scary and my neighbours are mainly sheep.



Montalbano is one of the many things sitting waiting to be watched. I do love Italy though – 2 years of night classes left me being able to say very little – but I could order wine and ferry tickets so all was fine.



Poor CLP bloggers cant even post as comments are closed. Can you imagine!!



I have been catching up with Jason Isaac’s Awake – very good – just got to the “not playing the ukulele in heaven” line for Wittertainment fans.



Can you imagine Simon doing Strictly Come Dancing?



And a mention for Parsley_cat & Smee for Yazz – well done!

BIG - New Fast Automatic Daffodils

Nice one Alison from Eastleigh !!! :-)

#91/92 Went to Manchester Apollo once, to see Yes on the Open Your Eyes tour. It co-incided with a two day meeting in Stockport so I got to go twice on that tour with employer covering travel and overnight costs.



Sound was terrible in the 6th row. I was surprised, I'd always associated the Manchester Apollo as being similar to Hammersmith which I consider has very decent acoustics.



Carrack - very soulful voice. I've only seen him in Mike and the Mechanics, around the time of the first or second album. It was at Hammersmith - so decent sound :-)

What a day!



Well done to Parsley_cat (you are on a roll!), Smee, Zoe and Alison for the talking text.



Hope to be around more tomorrow ;0)

Well done all menshes. I think I heard Florence in addition to those Shona's mentioned. Impressed with Alison - not only for a talking text, but also for tying a bowline - it's quite a tricky knot to master. I'm sure Lady_Stormrider will agree as well.



#85 Yes, I have heard, Flo. I even have a 'top tenuous' ready to text in. Fingers crossed.



:o)

Crossed fingets might lead to complicated texting Deebee ;)



Lovely afternoon, in the Surrey Hills.



The colours in the trees now are simply stunning!



We're getting lots of geese down here too, they're not all in Aberdeen :)



It was Aberdeen wasn't it?



A bit confuddled, as trying to update my CV, its a bit ancient. I've just realised, that I haven't been for an interview this century :O

Did someone mention a century?