Arrow

Having watched The Flash earlier tonight "Going Rogue " which has Felicity Smoak reacquaint herself with Barry (The Flash) has got me into watching Arrow, and i am going through Season 2 of Arrow. Enjoying this series as well.

Beethoven Symphony 6 - Pastoral 5th Movement

And finally ,a lovely movement to end the night with from Beethoven's 6th Symphony (Pastoral) , the fifth movemnet "Shepherd's Song" by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by by Sir George Solti.

Enjoy. Good night.

Local Election

With the defection of Mark Reckless (a suitable surname)  to UKIP it loooks likely that the detested (from my perspective) UKIP will be winners in the loval election of Rochester and Strood tomorrow. I implore the local people of thee Medway towns to think again. Do not vote for them.

An Imagination Morning

A tune in which soul meets jazz is the song  i have chosen for your delight. The jazz singer is Dianne Reeves and her version of an old Temptations classic "Just My Imagination".

Enjoy.

The Arrow Of Time

Watched four episodes of Season 2 "Arrow " last night as i think we now have a third season that has just started on Sky, so i need to catch up with the previous season first. Darker than the Flash but both series from the DC comics characters make  enjoyableand  watchable good telly.

Been talking to my geeky colleague again. Today we discussed the evolution of stars, how the solar system was formed, causality and the arrow of time, and the plausibility of life elsewhere in the universe. It makes a change talking to somebody who shares similar interests. I wonder if he is into philosophy?

Keeping The Faith

A comment from ba1126 has prompted me to view the Culture Show special "Keeping The Faith" on Northern Soul, a genre of soul i was deeply into in the early to mid seventies and as a fan of the music I use to travel far on weekends to dance the night away. Wigan, Blackpool, Manchester, Birmingham (which was the closest at about 30 miles from Rugby) and Stoke.I was never an energetic dancer like some of the guys and gals but i could do a few moves and the backflip.

Here is a very old Granada TV doc on the Wigan Casino, so i apologize for the poor quality video from You Tube.

Here is a more recent documentary on the club and the scene from a BBC documentary this year.

Keep the faith!

Classic Northern Soul Gems

And finally, a couple of my all time fave Northern Soul records that i use to have on original vinyl -

Lee David - Temptation Is calling My Name (Columbia promo) - paid £5 for it in 1974

That is what we called a stomper

and here is one which was more mid tempo from the beginning of the Northern Soul scene,

Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart (Revilot) - another fiver for this bought in the same year.

Enjoy.