More from the hurdy gurdy man
BANGING! TOON!
Nigel says: "New extra banging version of "Fête Trompêttre" with some bass and new harmonies. Pretty happy now. “ he’s not wrong!
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Talking Heads - Sugar on my Tongue
In 1977 this album came out and something happened . . . . . . the name of this is Talking Heads
Talking Heads - Sugar on my Tongue
A music video for the song "Sugar on my Tongue" by the Talking Heads. This was made as a short film by students attending Columbia College Chicago. This video was created without any affiliation with the Talking Heads music group.
Caravan - Winter Wine - 1971 [In The Land of Grey & Pink]
Another in the series of albums bought when they came out and this thanks to my old friend John Northcote
"In the Land of Grey and Pink"
CARAVAN
somebody posted this online and the comments drove me nuts; people speculating as to who was on it querying Steve Miller on keyboards (sic!), whether the bass player was John Camp from Renaissance It isn’t . . . . . . . .
The Land Of Grey and Pink: Pye Hastings: Guitar and vocals: Richard Sinclair: Bass and vocals: Dave Sinclair: Keyboards: Richard Coughlan: Drums
this was the second track on the album after the ‘hit’ Golf Girl’!
Talking Heads - Stay Up Late
When I woke up this morning this was playing and it reminded me of my son when he was born and a toddler we took him everywhere . . . . . . . to parties, gigs and even exhibitions of art performance at MOMAOxford - the Bow Gamelan Ensemble springs to mind!
this is for him!
Country Blues Images: William ‘Casey Bill’ Weldon “W.P.A. Blues” Feb 12 1938
William "Casey Bill" Weldon (1901/1909 – September 28, 1972) was an influential American country blues musician and slide guitarist renowned for his innovative instrumental style.
He was best known as the "Hawaiian Guitar Wizard" because he played a steel resonator guitar flat on his lap using a slide, a technique that deeply shaped the early development of Chicago blues.
So again let’s have the whole thing shall we . . .anything else is just disrespectful! Here’s Casey Bill with the “W.P.A. Blues"
''W.P.A. Blues'’ (Vocalion 78) William ''Casey Bill'' Weldon
Photo of The Day : Miley Cyrus
Now I find little (sic) Miley Cyrus really interesting, when not covering her auntie’s songs (Dolly Parton) or rocking out with the best with that raucous rocking vocal range she also seems to have a penchant for being the ’country’, well maybe Americana, version of Lady GaGa as in here
We can stand a little nudity here can’t we surely?
pass me my paint brushes!
Miley Cyrus, Paris 2025 © Paolo Roversi
INTELLIGENT DESIGN?
I find these creatures a tad on scary side . . . . . . it consumes from within!
Intelligent design my eye!
Ophiocordyceps formicarum, a fungi that attacks its hosts nervous system effectively turning them into zombies before sprouting from their bodies, as seen on an arthropod in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Cordyceps in moths
they like spiders too!
Intelligent design by a psychotic sadist I would have it then. The Cordyceps consumes from within and when it has hadit's fill still keeping its prey alive it finally sprouts outward from the chosen body before leaving and hence killing its zombie host!
Mmm yummy!
Cheery little cove ain’t I?
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings with Nathaniel Rateliff at NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL MONDAY DAY 2026
This is this week! It went up on the day! Sorry bit tardy there! Gillian & Dave fit so well with Nathaniel not sure I had heard them play together before but this will start the day well
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings w/ Nathaniel Rateliff - Black Peter @ Newport Folk Festival 7/25/26
Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch w/ Nathaniel Rateliff - Carry It All @ Newport Folk Festival, 7/26/2026
Monday, July 27, 2026
New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein | Charles Ives - Central Park in the Dark
From Gary Lucas (yes yes THAT GARY LUCAS 🎸) a favourite Charles Ives piece as introduced to me by my art school tutor composer Gavin Bryars . . . . . .
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein Charles Ives - Central Park in the Dark
N.B.
The piece was first titled "A Contemplation of Nothing Serious or Central Park in the Dark in 'The Good Old Summer Time' (in comparison to A Contemplation of a Serious Matter or The Unanswered Perennial Question). Ives wrote detailed notes concerning the purpose and context of Central Park in the Dark: This piece was composed in 1906
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