Post Midnight Grooves

Pastor T.L. Barrett & the Youth For Christ Choir - Nobody Knows

Tanya Tagaq - Umingmak

Chris Hughes - Slow Motion Blackbird

Enjoy

Good Morning

Spelling The Dream

Last night I watched Spelling The Dream on Netflix.
Without no acceptation of what I would expect from this documentary and what might be elided I was pleasantly engrossed in it. These spelling competitions are probably catnip to documentarians and might have been for some time, but this one takes an unusual angle by probing the question as to why Indian- American kids have been national spelling bee champions for the last 12 years. Some of the factors suggested that as Indian kids tend to be multilingual, that includes both English and Hindi as well as less know Indian languages such as Telugu,  helps them to be whiz-kids (sorry for the pun) at spelling.

I also noticed that their grasp of prefixes, suffixes and the roots of words also garnered them to achieve such high degrees of vocabular heights.

Fascinating documentary though.

A Sunny Saturday

Well folks, after the dreary nondescript day yonder and without any brickbats thrown in my direction - I can say today has been a lovely warm sunny day in Faversham. I did a couple of hours sunbathing in the garden - which is resplendent with a range of flowers newly bedded by Mary and her green fingered cohorts. Sadly my rose bush has given up flowering more roses for now. However, there are a few white roses from the smaller bush opposite of my front door. Trouble is, it is less spectacular.

This recent debacle over statues should be germane to the whole "black lives matter" zeitgeist. Racism in any form should be quashed and reminders of any superiority over any other race should be countermanded with appropriate actions such as the taking down of the statue in Bristol. Ideally it should be placed in a museum in which both diacritical histories can be weighed upon each other. Yes, he might have been a philanthropist but also a slave owner that branded humans. Churchill certainly helped to win the war but also advocated white supremacy. Context is crucial.

Still I wonder what in a hundred years future generations will think of us.

Jazz 625 Again

After the divergences with the previous posts I though it was time to get back to the music and boy have I found some good archive stuff. Here is a good hour of sixties Brit jazz from the BBC.

Jazz 625 - Jazz Britannia: Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth And More

Jazz 625 is a BBC jazz music programme, featuring performances by British and American jazz musicians, which was first broadcast between April 1964 and August 1966. This one-hour compilation broadcast presents vintage 1960s British jazz from the BBC’s archives, presented by Steve Race.

Tracklist:
Steve Race Orchestra - Jazz 625,
Bill Le Sage and The Directions in Jazz Unit - Night Talk,
Cleo Laine and John Dankworth - Lady Be Good,
Victor Feldman Trio - Swinging On A Star,
Johnny Scott Quintet - Othello,
Tubby Hayes Big Band - Killers of W.1,
Annie Ross with the Tony Kinsey Quintet - Farmer's Market,
Bill Le Sage and The Directions in Jazz Unit - Time 2 1/2,
George Lewis and Acker Bilk - Corinne Corinna,
Ronnie Scott and the Victor Feldman Trio - Summer Love,
Tubby Hayes Big Band - In The Night,
Tony Kinsey Quintet - Jaffa Daze,
Johnny Scott Quintet - Donna Lee,
Cleo Laine and John Dankworth - Women Talk

Collage

Thought I brighten part of a wall with a print collage -

Poor Kid

Just Wondering

Do you like peas?

Have you ever been in a car that's run out of gas?

Have you ever belonged to a credit union?

Good Night