Journey to Sussex and Seaford

Hello peeps. I guess you wondered why no post earlier. Well i was getting prepared for my trip to Sussex this Wednesday morning. Had no time to even do a short one. When i arrived in the area i had an hour at max to dump my gear and head off for Brighton for my evening DJ gig. The fact that it was a midday just after the bank holiday meant that it was a quiet evening at the pub , so i finished early at eleven .

It was a good gig which allowed me to play an eclectic mix of tracks which i shall post tomorrow.

I took some photos along the way.



The control decks and laptop. I really need a new pair of head[hones.

( More pics )

Off to bed now. It has been a very long day.

Northern Lights 27/08/14 - Jazzy D's Mixed Bag

So as promised , the playlist from last night's DJ gig at the Northern Lights eaterie and pub. It was a quiet night with no more than twenty customers at any one time but it allowed me to play a very eclectic mix of music that veered all the way from jazz to folk via pop and soul music.

I had two people inquire as to what two tracks were, specifically the Bonnie Dobson tune and the classic funk tune by Kool And The Gang.

Here is the playlist -

D'Angelo – Brown Sugar
Captain and Tenile – Song For My Father
Roy Ayers – End of Sugarman
Bishop Norman Williams – Hip Funk
Pharoah Sanders – Rejoice
Della Reese – It Was A Very Good Year
Lalo Schifrin – Rhythm-A-Ning
Jon Lucien – Listen Love
Stan Getz & Charlie Bird – Desifinado
Eden Ahbez – The Wanderer
Bonnie Dobson – Winter's Going
Donovan – Get Thy bearings
Linda Perhacs – Chinacum Rain
Nancy Priddy – Ebony Glass
Heaven and Earth – Feel The Spirit
The Free Design – An Elegy
Bill Withers – Ain't No Sunshine
Dinah Washington – September In The rain
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Small Axe
Donny Hathaway – To Be Young Gifted And Black
Hamish Imlach – Black Is The Colour
Isaac Hayes – Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedallymystic
Blue Mitchell – Granite And Concrete
Benny Golson – Killer Joe
Cal Tjader – Cuchy Frito Man
Blue Sharks – Mongo
Bobby Graham – Softly As In The Morning Drums Rise
Billy Joe Young – The Push
Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Walk Tall
Curtis Davis – Your Love & My Money
Andrew White – Who Got Da Funk
Flow Dynamics – Superjam
Mr. Lif – Enter The Colossus
Afrique – Hot Mud
Nina Simone – Feeling Good
The O'Jays – Don't Call Me Brother
Ohio Players – Skin Tight
Kool And The Gang – Spirit Of The Boogie
Kraftwerk – Trans Euroe Express
Bjork – Play Dead
Massive Attack – Angel
Elbow – High Ideals
Laura Nyro – Oh Yeah Maybe Baby
Geri Halliwell – I Was Made That Way
Emma – Tomorrow
Elvis Costello & The Roots – Walk Us Uptown
Groove Armada – Suntoucher
Mr Scruff – Shrimp
Basement Jaxx – Romoe
Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me



Told you it was a mixed bag

Two Tunes For The Morning

A couple of songs for this morning and the first track is a version of the Horace Silver tune Song For My Father by Captain And Tennille -

The other track is this folkish tune by Bonnie Dobson which the couple wanted to know who it was by last night and the track i played was Winter's Going.

Enjoy.
Next couple will include Tim Rose and Hamish Imlach.

Two More Songs

A couple more tunes now. Starting with Hamish Imlach and a rendition of the traditional Black Is The Colour.

The next track from 1967 is by Tim Rose and Morning Dew.

Enjoy.

So today ..

We are having lunch at our usual monthly gathering in the tapas bar in central Brighton. Just waiting for GC to get her make up on and then we shall be ready to go. I also have a number of visits to do so urgency is essential , both in Brighton to do with the Sonos visits from my Russian comrades. Although if time gets short i can do all four tomorrow BUT they must be done tomorrow.

Might get a chance to peruse some charity shops as well. .

More pictures will be loaded up later today.  Dasvidaniya.

Lunch Club In Brighton

We had a lovely lunch at Bellota today. Mark was rushed off because a waitress did not turn up and he was on his own for a long time with just the chef doing the meals. It took some time for the food to be ordered and arrive but we had such a convivial conversation that it did  not matter too much in the end.



We had the three tapas each washed down with a Tempranillo red vino and lashings of San Miquel beer.
A couple of old gents were hanging around the bar until i discovered it was my bro and his mate Graeme.



The waitress arrived later on and we got her to do a group photo shoot of us.



Left to right  - Lesley, Phil, Graeme, me, Georgina (GC) and Mike.

Afterwards we all departed going our separate ways and i went with GC to the charity shop with free books where you can take up to maximum of three. We both got three books each. Mine were -



Then i had a real craft beer from the Evening Star, the wonderful Wild Beer Company Wildebeest Ale (11.) % ABV) !!!

On the way back to Seaford we stopped in Alfriston to pick up more cheap books.
I did not do any mystery shops. I shall all of them tomorrow. Today was a day of fun.

Alfriston and Seaford Head

So in Alfriston we saw a table with books outside a house with a bunch of people taking books from the table. We turn around to find a space as near as possible , GC parked the car, and we had a look. Ended up with these -



We then took the car up the road to Seaford Head to take in the wonderful view of Cuckmere Haven  and the Seven Sisters. The Haven is where the river meanders down to the coast.





 It has been a very enjoyable day, on a lovely warm sunny day, . and now  i feel quite pooped. So tomorrow i shall be visiting Portslade, Hove, Brighton and Lewes.