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Dec. 20th, 2018
Just Wondering
Dec. 20th, 2018 09:16 amWhat would be the coolest animal to scale up to the size of a horse?
What is the most ridiculous fact you know?
What is one of the unwritten rules from where you work?
What is the most ridiculous fact you know?
What is one of the unwritten rules from where you work?
The Get-Together
Dec. 20th, 2018 08:12 pmWe had loads of snacky foods and sandwiches for the get-together, plus loads of mince pies, bucks fizz, mulled wine, tea or coffee and cakes, profiteroles, and a choc eclair. I had a couple of Christmas Ales to help down all the food. I was sitting close to the Denon CD player and they had an album by Bandy Manilow on, so I sneaked on a jazz funk and soul mix CD and "The Quiet Revolution" by Ronny Jordan. I don't think anybody blinked an eye much when I put my cool tunes on lol!
We then had the raffle and I won an item. a pair of JVC Headphones. Cool and stylish too.
I tried them on the mp3 player. Nice bass sound too!
The raffle raised £227 towards the cottage hospital in Faversham.
I took some pics during the festivities.
The lady to the left is Anna. She lives above me and is Thai I think.
Next to Anna is Joyce, my neighbour at number 38.
A few of the other senior citizens with Sue and Carol in the background, the support workers you could call them.
I must have had an afternoon siesta because I opened my door leading to the hallway to find an Amazon package from my brother. He warned me something was coming in the post yesterday. It was this -
Wire magazine reviewed this book in 1998 and said "As with Charlie Parker and Art Pepper, Evans's was a jazz life thoroughly shaped by drug dependence. So was the music - I'm sure the febrile, frantic uptempo of the last trio owed a lot to Evans's "cocaine period".He was mostly on heroin or cocaine, and Pettinger is clear on the squalor that resides alongs~dethe beauty. He is also not afraid to discuss the reverse racism that Evans suffered from. It certainly added to the pressures on this sensitive musician, notably during his tenure with Miles Davis. It IS a heart-rending, tragic story - one of his friends called it "the longest suicide in history". Reading this book brings it into close focus and, for those who love Evans's music, it will be almost unbearably poignant"
Also, the same review said that this " is a marvellous book. Pettinger is always stimulating, full of good sense, and eloquent about his subject's achievement. His book is an exhaustively researched labour of love. It is a continuous biography, and the musical argument is developed along the way."
We then had the raffle and I won an item. a pair of JVC Headphones. Cool and stylish too.
I tried them on the mp3 player. Nice bass sound too!
The raffle raised £227 towards the cottage hospital in Faversham.
I took some pics during the festivities.
The lady to the left is Anna. She lives above me and is Thai I think.
Next to Anna is Joyce, my neighbour at number 38.
A few of the other senior citizens with Sue and Carol in the background, the support workers you could call them.
I must have had an afternoon siesta because I opened my door leading to the hallway to find an Amazon package from my brother. He warned me something was coming in the post yesterday. It was this -
Wire magazine reviewed this book in 1998 and said "As with Charlie Parker and Art Pepper, Evans's was a jazz life thoroughly shaped by drug dependence. So was the music - I'm sure the febrile, frantic uptempo of the last trio owed a lot to Evans's "cocaine period".He was mostly on heroin or cocaine, and Pettinger is clear on the squalor that resides alongs~dethe beauty. He is also not afraid to discuss the reverse racism that Evans suffered from. It certainly added to the pressures on this sensitive musician, notably during his tenure with Miles Davis. It IS a heart-rending, tragic story - one of his friends called it "the longest suicide in history". Reading this book brings it into close focus and, for those who love Evans's music, it will be almost unbearably poignant"
Also, the same review said that this " is a marvellous book. Pettinger is always stimulating, full of good sense, and eloquent about his subject's achievement. His book is an exhaustively researched labour of love. It is a continuous biography, and the musical argument is developed along the way."
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