I figure ...

... it’s time to put the old charger out to stud, and plant the lance in the mud and see if a tree will grow there so to speak.

Thus farewell, dear readers. I wish you all the best, and trust our paths will cross again.
 

May the spirit of William Thompson, slain 1649, for Englands Freedome, Souldiers Rights, rest easy in his grave. A la proxima ...

Awesome Cover

Ah, the joys of the internet - all manner of great things to stumble upon. I don't know too much about this, I might update later.

A furnished mind

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,
be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,
be there at our labours, and give us, we pray,
your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,
your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,
be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,
your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,
be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

You might know this ...

Jackie Mittoo - 'Ghetto Organ'

Homo Australis

If you don't like the below, you may like this.

Merry Clayton - 'Southern Man'

Enter at your own risk

Spacemen 3 - 'Losing touch with my mind'

Cos I like it

For my more refined readers

Mwaa!

One from my favourite tax campaigner

The All-Time Winner of course ...

... could only be Father Ted's 'My Lovely Horse'.

Ukraine was robbed

Obviously the bad karma incurred by imprisoning their own Evita is coming back on Ukraine, who deserved a higher ranking in the Eurovision Song Contest last night. Either that or they didn't manage to stitch up their regional alliances, which bring an amusing predictability to the voting pattern. Britain's only chance would be to split into England, NI, Scotland and Wales, and then vote for each other with blatant bias. Either that, or come up with a decent tune.

Wait for it ...

... at least until about 1:10 when Abdullah stops tinkering and gets moving.

Abdullah Ibrahim - African Sun

Flying South

In honour of Donald 'Duck' Dunn, bassist of many a great tune, here playing with Booker T & the MGs.

Rest in Peace.

(P.S. Maybe this is more appropriate - Sunday Sermon)

(P.P.S. Man, they just keep coming - Bootleg)

Moving on

I'm sorry to hear MCA of the Beastie Boys has died. Here's a track from 'Ill Communication' which I remember liking a lot when it came out.

Bee Sides

Here's a sweet little soul number: Honey Cone - 'Girls it ain't easy'

Two Nicks

Nick Drake - Northern Sky



Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - O Children

Interlude

Here's King Curtis, playing "Mr Bojangles" at the Philmore West in 1970, which came to mind when I was perusing this post on Sammy Davis Jr at The Raft Journal.

Leaving politics aside...

Changing the subject, here's the Carter Family singing 'Wildwood Flower'. The picture's somewhat over-exposed, but no matter. Mother MayBelle sure can play that guitar.

Kismet

I was casting around, via a meandering path which started at 'The Battle of New Orleans', went via 'American Werewolf in London' and ended up with the above after pausing with a few numbers from Odetta. It would be overdoing it to say it was destiny ...