Brighton's Very Own Again...The Big Push

Good to see that Brighton's very own 'The Big Push' recently kicked off with their latest tour

which started off in Glasgow followed by London's Brixton Academy last weekend, with

another gig lined up this Saturday at Bristol 02 Academy, and with two final dates in

Brighton then Manchester. And not surprisingly all shows have been sold out.

In the video above filmed last Summer in Ship Street Brighton, pin up poster boy Ren

takes a back seat as Romain Axisa takes the vocal lead on a cover version of Depeche Mode's

Personal Jesus.

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Below:  Ren takes the lead vocals on a cover version of 'The Passenger' Video HERE.

Looking Back on Vintage Radio Days

Here's a little video I made back in 2018, and all shot on my old phone, in the days before

I bought my current video camera.

And at the center of the video is my vintage radio that allows you to play old cassettes.

And so I set up an imaginary scene, using props from the 1940's to create a scene during the

declaration of War by the then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declaring War with Germany

at 11:15 on Sunday 3rd of September 1939.

Other voices featured are Winston Churchill, and stars of radio back then, Max Miller and

Flanagan and Allen.

Elaine Paige Has Another Meltdown as the Stage Lighting Failed

Radio 2's Elaine Paige has yet another meltdown while relaying one of her listener's

theatre mishap stories.

It seems that during a performance of South Pacific in the Bali High scene, the only spotlight

being used in that scene, took a tumble, leaving the theatre and auditorium in total darkness,

and the only person being illuminated was the double bass player in the orchestra pit.

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Ocean Ambience

I do seem to occasionally enjoy some of those Ocean Ambient videos on youtube. Those one's

that supposedly help you to wind down at the end of each day, with soothing sounds of the ocean

as well as beautiful tropical scenery.

So I thought I would make a few gifs from them. Some of the videos can go on for hours and I

mostly view them on my tv in the background, although not for too long or I might shorten

the life of my tv. And I suspect that they look even better on a 65" plus set.

Some youtube links..  Chill and Relax  Geo Relaxation  My Tranquilitee

    

                                  

Orson Welles...A 20th Century Icon

Television chat shows these days are not what they used to be. They seem to be bereft of

intellectual characters or even political heavyweights. Oh sure those people still exist out

there but program planners would prefer to feed us with Pop Stars, Athletes and especially

Movie stars that are never short of a comical smutty behind the scene story that always

gets a good laugh.

Perhaps if the intelligentsia were invited on to these shows, programmers might worry

that the shows were being used as a political platform and say things that shouldn't be

said now that we live in different times.

So I couldn't resist re-posting up this youtube video of the great Orson Welles who dropped

in on The Dick Cavett Show back in 1970. And in the interview he recalls how unimpressed

he was at a gathering upon first meeting Hitler.

He also mentions two comical meetings with Britain's War time leader Sir Winston Churchill.

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Just a Touch of Heavy Metal

   

I suppose that I do have an eclectic taste in music. For me, one genre simply isn't enough.

Yet oddly enough I never found the American Rock bands of the 1980's very appealing.

Bands like Bon Jovi, Van Halen or Guns and Roses. My allegiance was to the true masters

of Rock like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Hawkwind.

And so emerging a bit later was a British band called Judas Priest who didn't taste their first

real success until 1982 with their best selling album 'Screaming for Vengeance.' 

The album also brought about their top selling hit 'You've Got Another Thing Coming' as

featured in the video above.

Lead frontman Rob Halford actually left the band in 1992 but rejoined 11 years later in 2003

which many said was inevitable. After all Judas Priest without Halford was like Queen

without Freddie Mercury or Deep Purple without Ian Gillan.

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Below is Hawkwind with 'Master of The Universe' taken from their album Space Ritual.

It's one of my favourite all time headbanging classics.

Prepare to blast off. It's a real gem.

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