Lording It At Lords

You could say i was lording it up at Lords Cricket ground where Hampshire were playing County Durham in a final. I was Team Leader of 15 interviewers and had to be the first to arrive and dispense ground passes amomgst them. They had been instructed to arrive outside The North Gate no later than 9.45 am. However some arrived late and hence would have ten pounds deducted from their pay. No excuses!

We achieved our total of 17 interviews and most of us (including myself) got twenty to get the extra bonus pay. We finished about 3.30 pm and i took a tube to Ladbroke Grove and whizzed round to Intoxica! first.

Bought a LP for a quid there -  Various Artists "Movie Memories" (MFP) which has some nice tunes,including Burt Bacharach's "Look of Love".

Then walked up to Notting Hill Gate and bought three LPs , two from the basement for 50 pence each and onr for £3. -

Mica Paris "So Good" (4th and Broadway) 

Woody Herman "Double Exposure" (Chess 2LP) - the best find of the day as it has some corking versions of "Light My Fire",Smokey's "Here I Am Baby", Herbie Mann's "Memphis Underground","MacArthur Park", Sly's "Sex Machine"  and The Temptations "I Can't Get next To You" plus loads more grooves. Super cheap bargain of the day infact!!

and finally -

Francis Lai's "Hannibal Brooks" soundtrack (United Artists) which has two funky corkers on it.

Today going to Chichester to do another survey.

Chchester Revisit

Today visited Chchester to do a survey at The West Cornwall Pastry Company interviewing buyers of pastry and drinks. A nice easy job and finished at about 3pm. 

Had a free coffee but no free pasty. Damn it! 

None of the charity shops were open either except for one which had no vinyl whatsoever.

Turned out to be a nice sunny day though after the initail rain this morning.

When i got home i watched one of my recent DVD rentals from LOVEFILM, the noir pyschological drama WHIRLPOOL. All in glorious black and white.

L hates black and white films as she thinks they are all old ones, even "Raging Bull" , "La Hein", "The Man Who Wasn't There" (modern black and white cinema) she considers to be quaint and from a bygone age!!