happy start

Happy New Year from a late night here in bonnie Scotland.It was a good bleak break which meant lots of time for log fires and a reruns of the Forsyte Saga with Damien Lewis. Pretty damn good it was too, I remember the original, cardboard sets and a gloomy Soames. DL is fantastic at the grumpy arrogance of the character, but you can't but help have a soft spot for the old devil. Also checked out the first two episodes of Damages,hot in from the States with a stellar cast. One to definitely run home from work for.

The set top box blew up caused by rain running down the inside of the TV Ariel, nobody got fried but meant a trip to the shops to buy another. this one a goodmans ain't as good as the one I got from Aldi a year or so back. Just shows me that it is indeed my favourite shop for electricals.

I have been checking out a lot of stuff on the creative commons website. Excellent music at no cost at all. How do these guys and gals do it??

I am off to Germany at the end of the week, let's hope there is snow!!

butler brain blow

I am blowing out my brains with a cold right now...had a few bits and bobs of pharmaceuticals but the best has been a gluwein with a shot of brandy..ye cannae whack it..I HATE colds especially when you sound like you are speaking through a sea of mud. Here as a help for a cheer up is a great wee track that is helping speed recovery.

John Butler Trio Zebra mp3



just watched pop idol, my giddy aunt, what a lot of tosh and twaddle. Has Simon Cowell been into the sea of madness.he was giving sooooo many strokes of fuzzy 'you are brilliant'crap I was really shocked.he always held himself as separate from the crowd. well, no longer!!!

dortmund ditty

It is almost upon us, yes the time of chilling, eating and listening to Christmas tinsel on the radio. Will Malcolm Middleton get the number one spot or will it be one of the job lots from Simon Cowell's coral.....MM is my guy anytime.

Just back from a trip to Dortmund. Great place, although Saturn had no Johnny Hallyday discs whatsoever, SHAME!! Flights now from Edinburgers direct and it is better than spending a long weekend in a Scottish bed and breakfast which is often overpriced and still had the odd nylon sheet on the bed. Here is a great wee ditty that I have been blasting out my ear wax with.

Alabina Arabic Belly Dance mp3

thriller panic boredom

Fopp has been bought over by HMV...not what I would have thought would happen but hey at least it will still be there for a great browse and a place to pick up some serious music. I have been listening to lots of Gilbert Becaud and Jacques Brel.....I tried to listen to Rufus at Carnegie hall but had to admit to being bored. He just doesn't have the passion in his voice of the real chanson singers. I tried, honest!!

I haven't bought the new Boss album yet and am waiting until I hear a few more tracks. Usually he can do no wrong, but the clip I heard of Magic sounded like a rerun from something I heard 10 years ago. I am hoping to be proved wrong .

I have been reading lots of thriller spillers this week and the keys have not been touched, I am reading Jeff Abotts 'Panic' and it is as good as the pepsi max for an adrenaline wipeout.

I have added a pic I took of the Soviet War Memorial built from marble taken from the Reich Chancellory. It was erected to commemorate the Red Army soldiers who were killed during WW2.

scotty cermony

Been driving to work and enjoying that little 2 gig mp3 that I bought in my local Aldi a couple of months ago. I almost bought the megaboy 80gig ipod, but something stopped me. Was it the stories of dead ipods ...or was it not really wanting to go there and feel part of the apple family....oh i don't know...anyway here i am with a £30 tevion and i am well pleased. I have put on lots of chanson , hip hop and country...ye cannae whack it!!

Been roaming on google video ...and been watching everything from conspiracy theories around 9/11 to the opening ceremony for the 1936 Olympics. I watched Chariots of Fire for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. Eric Liddell was one monumental guy.....there is an Eric Liddell Centre here in Edinburgh in his memory. I was checking him out on wikepedia and learnt about a scotty dog that i never knew about.

I am off now to wash up the tea dishes so here is a fab track to break a few bubbles to. His birthday was just a few days ago on the 23rd of September.He has sold over 250 million records..Wow!!!! He has also performed in approx over 5,000 concerts and recorded in over 14 different languages.....what else can he do??? well he was a goal keeper for the junior Real Madrid football team.....

Julio Iglesias Pelo Amor De Uma Melhar mp3

checkpoint change

Been a hell of a long time since my last post. Where has the summer gone?? I only got out into the garden on two memorable occasions way back in April of this year.....however mustn't grumble.

Have just come back from a fabulous trip to Berlin and I trekked my liner socks right off. I spent a lot of time checking out the sites and would recommend a trip to Templehof Airport for the architecture and a day trip to Potsdam just for the chill out and cobbled streets. I went to where JFK did his famous Berliner speech and soaked up a bit of history. I didn't listen to music or check out an Internet cafe for the whole duration. That was definitely a first, but a real switch off. The only music I heard was in pubs and cafes and I kept hearing Lionel Ritchie's greatest hits....but most places had the music really low or not at all, which i really enjoyed too.

I was in Glasgow airport when the news of Pavarotti's demise came through. I was sad to hear that but cheered up when one night in a bar in Hakeshermarkt just over the line in old East Berlin, the barman played the three tenors concert LOUD. a fantastic experience, I don't think I have ever been in a bar before where classical music has been played. I don't mean that elevator crap that pretends to be classical music, but the real deal.

Here is a track that I have been listening to since I came back.Ireally like the sentiments and having wandered around Alex and Checkpoint Charlie this song really has something that captures the whole breaking down of the wall.

Scorpions with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Winds of Change mp3

dollar potter poncho

Well I ain't a Harry Potter fan but I enjoyed the films. This latest one seems to be flying off the shelves in it's millions. I prefer my reading material a bit more real and am enjoying a fine read by Jack Webster, a journalist from the North East of Scotland, Maud to be precise who has written about his life in a book called 'a grain of truth'. He was born in the 1930's and met a host of celebrities but never forgot his roots.

music wise this week I have been having my mp3 on random and watching some fantastic stuff on Google video. check out the Edith Piaf clips. she is so fantastic.

I got a couple of westerns at the weekend. Geronimo and A fistful of dollars. Here is a bit of tumbleweed to get you in the mood to check out a poncho and cowboy boots.

Lorne Greene Ringo mp3