That's it for the magical roundabout that is the contents of my shelves ...
12/9
And so this quick trip
From eh to zed finishes
With '
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.socialThat's it for the magical roundabout that is the contents of my shelves ...
12/9
And so this quick trip
From eh to zed finishes
With '
@deluxday.bsky.social09.11
Knowing the World would never be quite the same again, I bought these the following day..
(i)
Like the moon landings,
Or the death of Princess Di:
Where were you that day?
@paddy-roberts.bsky.socialThere is, of course, no 'x' in Welsh ... (which ecsplains why I forgot to use this one yesterday ...)
11/9
Ecsamin eh sownd
Their is offun moor than won
Weigh two wright it doun
@deluxday.bsky.social10.09
With the catering students as they prepare to feed not five but one thousand graduates at Peterborough Cathedral!
Graduation Day.
The end of a long journey;
They'll need food and drink!
@paddy-roberts.bsky.socialDad was a jazz fan: I've inherited several of his records, but over time have also fashioned a small collection of my own ...
10/9
The thing about jazz
Is that, no matter how old
It is, it stays young
@deluxday.bsky.social09.09
Everyone should have a Blues alias!
Fast approaching performance week..
When all's said and done,
And the notices are in,
I'll miss these lovelies!
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social"I'll have the steak, well done ..."
9/9
I love a blues tune
Guitar serves up harmony
With gravelly voice
@deluxday.bsky.social08.09
Two eightieth birthday celebrations in recent days, plus my bestie celebrates his 57th today - Happy Birthday All..
Friends turning eighty,
Remind that "Time and Tide Wait
For No Man" (proverb).
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social@deluxday.bsky.social
Another 4AM wake-up call from the infernal, internal alarm. Am I just THAT age now: can't sleep at night; knackered in the afternoon; rinse; repeat ...
8/9
I'm sticking with you
As we journey, through haikus,
To a perfect day
@deluxday.bsky.social07.09
The Peterborough Morris Men were in town again yesterday, but this time not alone...
Behold, Tom's Cock!!
Beast of the Morris Men of
Peterborough Town..
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social@deluxday.bsky.social
I'm back on the calendar ...
... some tricky letters coming up, so let's dwell awhile with the Duke of Dub, Reggae Royalty himself.
7/9
Don't get too upset
If there's a Scratch on the disc
He's King of the mix
@deluxday.bsky.social06.09
Beautiful LP. I remember Huey devoting an entire radio show to it, citing how it got him through a MH crisis..
The 'World Famous' Deepings Duck Race today;
Neither Raft or Flock,
Nor Dopping or Paddling;
Dry land, so Waddling!
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social@deluxday.bsky.social
Occasionally, someone is so passionate about a particular recording that it becomes a quest to find it, and find out why.
One again, Rex Records tracked it down for me ...
5/9
This: personally
Recommended by Huey,
The fun-lovin' crim.
@deluxday.bsky.social05.09
Time today with dear friends from Mask Theatre. Before heading home, a detour to Central Park to visit the oak planted in memory of our great friend Rich Unwin;
I talked to the tree,
And the tree listened to me –
I'd like to think so...
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social@deluxday.bsky.social
Many people misuse the word 'iconic'. Freddie was neither formulaic nor conventional. But he has got a statue erected to his memory.
3/9
Whether in the stalls
Or way up, sat with the Gods:
Hear an angel's voice