Alice wanders...

Over the last few week's I've been toying with the idea of going to see a production of 'Alice'. I'm curious about this particular production as it's now in it's fifth year and I love Lewis Carrol. 'Theatre in the Parks' (a partnership project between Spike Theatre, the Liverpool Culture Company and Knowsley MBC) are performing this at Tam O’ Shanter Urban Farm at the end of the month... This is a walk around production and will be performed regardless of weather conditions.... I'll take loads of pictures... can't wait.... *Oh! What Fun!*

Digital BirdSong

Over the last few weeks I've become unable to sleep without the gentle sounds of the UK based digital radio station called 'BirdSong'. Some of you may be aware of this station. It's exactly what it 'states on the tin'... It's just birdsong... *a sky of honey, a sea of honey, tweet, tweet, crow, crow* - I was alarmed to find out that it may be taken off the air to be replaced by a commercial radio station.' God knows how it makes any money but it's absolutely ace. Anyway, here's an article that I thought might be of interest to you. Please support the station.... I love it!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1584062/Campaign-to-save-birdsong-on-the-radio.html

Midlake

Urm? I guess my tastes changing, it must be Summer. I've noticed that most of the bands I'm listening to lately are based 'State-Side'. I guess that tell's you something about the pathetic output of the UK of late. This is pure Texan, Sunday afternoon, Psych-Pop. Why does it seem like we're having a psychedelic resurgence of late? Or is it just me turning into an old hippy? - 'Urm! On second thoughts don't answer that question'.

ReverbNation

If anyone is using the ReverbNation player on the main site if you'd like to make any suggestions of anything good to add to it, or if you've uploaded any of your own work (If you haven't 'why haven't you?'), I'd love to add some more tunes. I have to admit I'm finding it pretty difficult to delete things once I've added them... anyone else having that problem... Send me you thoughts, comments, help etc via this thread.

Fleet Foxes

You'll get used to me Blogging about new musical discoveries. Here's an absolutely stunning new addition to the 'aural jetsam'. There from Washington and have recently signed to the Bella Union Label in the UK. Let me know your thoughts. 9/10 in my books.



Please visit their MySpace Site for more information and other tracks. Sadly there's no video available for this track at the moment so this is purely 'audio only'. http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes

Solstice 2008

Well rather than throwing ourselves into the madness, mud and rain of Stonehenge or Avebury Patsy and I headed West to catch the first ray's of sun on the Isle of Anglesey. Bryn Celli Ddu roughly translates to 'mound in a dark grove' - (That's probably completely wrong so don't use me as an internet source of wisdom.) The sun very nearly struggled above the horizon but seemed to give up the ghost and slipped back behind it's blanket of clouds rather than join us to celebrate the longest day. For all you fact feinds Bryn Celli Ddu apparently started as a late Neolithic henge or ritual enclosure, with a stone circle surrounded by a bank and internal ditch. A later passage grave was built inside the ditch; the north-east entrance to the burial chamber is retained by a kerb of stones, which with the dry-stone walling of the outer passage, creates an elaborate forecourt. The narrow passage (a torch may be useful) is 8.2m (27ft) long and 0.9m (3ft) wide with a low shelf along its north (right) side. This leads to a higher, polygonal burial chamber, 2.4m (8ft) wide, covered by two capstones. In the chamber is a tall, rounded, free-standing pillar, whose purpose is unknown.

Oh! Might I just add a huge thanks to Ceri, Ian and Jess for their amazing hospitality and an 'out of the blue, unexpected tasty breakfast'... (We are forever in your debt!) xxxx

Wirral WebCams

Just found our closest webcam's on the internet. I'll try to capture an image of Patsy and I walking the dogs at some point. It's actually quite entertaining having one so close by, save's having to go through the effort of looking out of the window to see what the weathers like.

http://www.wirralcam.org/leasowe.shtml

There's actually about four within about 3 miles of here. One's mounted on the top of Leasowe Lighthouse which is just about visable from the roof of our house should you wish to climb up there.

http://www.wirralcam.org/westkirby.shtml