#Johnny Harrod

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TV Guide -  November 28 - December 4, 1964

Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995)  Actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage, and television. She is best remembered for her leading role as the witch Samantha Stephens on the television series Bewitched.

The daughter of actor, director and producer Robert Montgomery, she began her career in the 1950s with a role on her father's television series Robert Montgomery Presents, and she won a Theater World Award for her 1956 Broadway debut in the production Late Love. In the 1960s, she became known for her role as Samantha Stephens on the ABC sitcom Bewitched. Her work on the series earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations. After Bewitched ended its run in 1972, Montgomery continued her career with roles in numerous television films, including A Case of Rape (1974), as Ellen Harrod, and The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), as Lizzie Borden. Both roles earned her additional Emmy Award nominations.

Montgomery's early career consisted of starring roles and appearances in live television dramas and series, such as Studio One, Kraft Television Theater, Johnny Staccato, Burke's Law, The Twilight Zone, The Eleventh Hour, Wagon Train, Boris Karloff's Thriller, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Montgomery was nominated at the 13th Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of southern nightclub performer Rusty Heller in a 1960 episode of The Untouchables, playing opposite David White, who later portrayed Larry Tate in Bewitched. She played the part of Rose Cornelius in the Rawhide episode "Incident at El Crucero" (1963).  (Wikipedia)

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Mohamed Al Fayed abuse ‘could be on scale of Savile’, survivors advocate...

TRIGGER WARNING:  SA!

Mohamed Al Fayed had been SA’ing and sexually harassing his female staff for decades. Harrods had been covering it up for decades. Things only got worse when his son Dodi was killed in the car crash that also killed Princess Diana. 

Penn State had been covering up the abuse of Jerry Sandusky for 15 years. HIs wife, Dorothy helped to cover it up. He had been been doing this for decades. Things only got worse with both Penn State covering it up and Dorothy enabling this, and also covering for Jerry. I feel bad for Dorothy. She may have been in an abusive marriage with no way out at the time. It could have been due to the time she was raised in and also married Jerry, and possibly due to religious beliefs. 

The BBC covered up Jimmy Saville’s SA for decades! It was John Lydon-aka Johnny Rotten-that told the truth about Jimmy Saville back in 1978, three and a half decades before the allegations were investigated. That got John Lydon banned from the BBC. Many of the kids he was SA’ing were special needs kids. Things only got worse when the BBC kept covering it up.

 Why special needs kids? They can be very trusting and easy to manipulate, especially when it comes to adults. So many adults easily take advantage of special needs kids, and it’s quite often overlooked. So many churches and schools cover this up, and it happens more often than we are lead to believe. 

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BOOK REVIEW: THE GREAT ADVENTURE by Tony Banks (2023)

Harrods & Fulham FC owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, sadly died this Summer (2023) aged 94 and this is the “inside story” of how the businessman bought the Club in 1997 and then took things forward.

Often described as many Londoners’ second-favorite team, because of Fulham's rich history (star players such as: Johnny Haynes, Bobby Robson, Jimmy Hill, Malcolm MacDonald, Bobby Moore, George Best, Rodney Marsh & top managers including: Kevin Keegan, Jean Tigana, Chris Coleman, Roy Hodgson ) AND boat-race scenery, a fascinating aspect of Tony Bank's new book is detailing how Fulham upgraded their ground, at one point even considering a ground-share with Thames neighbours Chelsea. But that proved to be a (Putney) bridge too far, blue being off-colour!

Former Fulham Director, Andy Muddyman: “We had things drawn up, we got that far with it, not working drawings but illustrations of what it would be. It would be like Tottenham's new ground. We wanted to put a Tottenham-type stadium there, so that we could rent it out as part of the business, with hotels, shops, the whole nine yards”.

Aside from redeveloping Craven Cottage, THE GREAT ADVENTURE focuses on Fulham's great European adventures and being back in the top flight after a struggle - not a bad match report.

A bonus chapter goes into the billionaire’s passing and legacy.

Rating: 7.5/10

Published by PITCH 9 October, 2023.

The Great Adventure | Pitch Publishing

Mark Watkins, Dare radio, 12 October, 2023.

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Riff Relevant Interviews: WOLFTOOTH; Plus S/T Album Review & Stream

Riff Relevant Interviews: WOLFTOOTH; Plus S/T Album Review & Stream

(By Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor, RiffRelevant.com)

This weekend brings you a dual-feature on Riff Relevant. This round, we have a album review from David LaMay of the debut full-length release from Indiana’s Wolftooth, and finish things out with a sweet interview with the guys in the band from Pat Whitaker.  If you���ve yet to hear the likes of Wolftooth, now is your prime opportunity to…

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We are beyond excited to announce the lovely folks who agreed to be interviewed for What We Create in the Shadows Charity Fanzine!

Hair Designer Tamara Harrod, Textile Artist Anna Pantcheva, SFX artist and occasional "guest star" Paul Jones, and none other than "Deacon the Vampire": Johnny Brugh will have featured interviews in the Zine alongside over 25 amazing fan-made artworks and 5 pieces of original writing set in the What We Do In the Shadows universe.

Keep your eyes peeled, pre-orders open soon!

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original broadcast 05.15.21

[britishchick09]

help! livewatch

to kick off my beatleversary, we’re taking a look at my fellow beatle fan (aka my dad)’s fave movie from the lads... help! i’ve only seen 15 minutes of ‘a hard day’s night’ because it was a bit boring and ‘yellow submarine’ was fantastic, so i hope this falls right in between. let’s go get some help!

...why are we back to the end of return of the jedi?

sacrifice WHAT’S HAPPENING

OMG the sacrificial ring!!! :o

wait does ringo have it?

people: “ring ring ring ring!!!” john in ob-la-di-ob-da-da anthology: “a ring!”

and it goes right into ‘help!’ clever one lads ;)

the movie is in color yet this is in black and white like it’s on tv. coolio! :D

‘help’ is a bop! :D

you’d think the credits would play over them but nope :/

eyyy called it! :D

CALLED IT AGAIN!!!!!!

♫ won’t you pleeeeeease please

me!!! :D 

this guy keeps throwing darts on the screen and it’s so weird:

OMG lester like phil lester???? ;o

tribe chief: “we need to find the ring!” guy: “has nobody looked in the washbasin?” lol :D

so the guy is only finding the ring for himself and not the tribe?

cool they live at 221b! :D

lady: “still the same they was before they was!” grammar much?

pretty house! :D

JOHN YOU SNEAKY LIL BISH

he’s reading it in a hole how nice :)

george is using fake teeth to mow a lawn inside their house how epic :D

and paul is playing the organ! :D

ringo: “me finger’s stuck in the door” no rongles it’s “I HAVE THE DOOR IN ME FINGERS!!!!’

OMG RINGO SCREAM LET GO LADY!!!!!

also his hair is a hot mess

john: “that’s immature of you, son” says you

ringo thought the lady thought his fingie was a sandwhich lol :D

ooh light :o

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! :o

ringo just fell off the bed lol :D

john sleeps in the hole lol :D

why does john have a phone in the hole lol

he’s calling george and paul who are in the other rooms WHY CAN’T YOU JUST TALK TO THEM

and all he did was say ‘hello’ JOHN YOU DORK

the guy pronounced beatle ‘bee-ah-tle’ lol :D

guy: “they all look the same!” me before a year ago today

yo like harrods the store? :o

they keep saying ‘shilling’ why

ooh title!

groovy!

ringo to john: “what was it that first attracted you to me?” WOAH LENNSTARR???? john: “you’re very polite aren’t you?” yes that’s true thanks for not making it sarcastic :)

OMG MAGNETS!!!

john: “ah HA HA!!!!” op there’s the sarcastic bish!

two lads walking 0.2 feet apart in a 2 BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT BI!!!!

why are ringo and john saying the same things at the same time chaotic lads!

john: “what’s the matter?” ringo: “oh there’s no matter. OW OW OWWW!!!!” i think there’s a matter....

‘65 beatle girls: *swoon!!*

also don’t tell the lady she sucked up the wrong hand...

WELL THAT ESCALATED FAST

george keeps going ‘oh ho ho ho!!!” and i love it :D

they’re playing ‘you’re gonna lose that girl!’ :D

and it goes from not as clear film audio to clear recording audio which is weird

cool shot! :D (and beatle girls probably thought this was so hot)

ringo cig WHY

they have to do it again WHY IT WAS PERFECT

awww ringo’s dancing a bit :)

OMG :o

john: “you naughty boy!” don’t say that plz why :/

OMG THIS GUY’S GONNA CHAINSHAW WINGO :(((((

lady: “please flee!!!” ringo: “ok” lol :D

indian music! (you think this is how george started liking it?)

they’re seeking enlightenment! :D

ringo: “does this ring mean anything from you?” british guy: “freemason?” senpai wants your number

george is asking everyone if the blood rushes to them lol :D

OMG SOMEONE’S KILLING EVERYONE

guy: “could you pick this up for me please?” *knocks the chef out rapunzel style* lol :D

awww the lady wants to save ringo!

lady: “that’s the sacred ring!” paul: “say no more!” lady: “i can say no more!” lol :D

awww ringo is john’s best friend :)

oh no they have until 5 until a new victim is closing! :o

why is there a ticket in the soup

ringo: “that’s a season ticket!” john: “i love me a good seasoning” *puts it back in his soup* lol :D

ringo: “i got it from this eastern bird... lady” ;)

ringo can’t take the ring off!

george *about his soup*: “there’s footprints in here!” wut

THINGS ESCALATE SO QUICKLY IN THIS MOVIE!!!!

jeweler: “some problems are matrimonial” john: “eh heh heh” ;)

john wtf

the ring can’t be cut and it’s breaking the tools like rapunzel’s hair! :o

john: “you’re a failure, aren’t you scientist?” shut up plz

scientist: “voltage, up, up!” paul: “up up up up!!!” awww :)

scientist: “made in america you see!” john: “this is english” lol :D

john: “how do you feel?” ringo: “i used to use me hands” john: “he used to use his hands” lol :D

OMG I REMEMBER SEEING THAT WHEN I WAS A BABY FAN!!!!!

paulie likes it ;)

oh no the lady has a gun!! :o

the ‘brain drain’!

beatle logic: sing a song back home ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD PROBABLY BE TAKING CARE OF THIS SERIOUS RING PROBLEM????

it’s ‘you’ve got to hide your love away’ so that’s cool :D

she’s not impressed :/ (but i am!)

john said the lady had ‘filthy eastern ways’ SHUT UP JAWN >:(

the lady wants ringo to shrink his fingo! :o

wait what

ooh intermission! :D

this is so random lol :D

PART 2 WAS JUST A LADY WASHING SOMEONE WTF WHY

that was random af and very family guy!

ringo’s allergic to penicillin like my mom! :D

OMG THE BAD GUYS ARE ATTACKING!!!!!!

my fave show! :D

JOHN IS ATTACKING IN THE HOLE ATTACK IN THE HOLE!!!!!

aww finger guns! :D

ringo’s crying at his suit having red all over :(

WHY IS THIS FIGHT SO CHAOTIC

ringo: “how can i get the ring off with me hands held up?” lol :D

ringo has a voice crack when he said ‘look!” :D

JOHN GON KILL U!!!!

john’s ‘get out’ is so good omg :D

oh no the scientists really want the ring now! :o

they’re in the snow for ‘ticket to ride’!!! :D

me lol :D

what a giffable shot! :D

:D

ooh music notes! :D

penny lane much? ;)

oh no the guys are watching them... ;)

the lads are saying ‘oh ho ho ho’ WHAT HIGH DORKS

OMG RINGO!!!!!!

he says ‘ouch ouch ouch’ when rolling down the snow lol :D

*OH HO HOS INTENSIFY*

evil snowman... >:)

the bad guys have a curling bomb and one of them keeps saying everything he does lol :D

george: “hey it’s thingie! a fiendish thingie!!” lol :D

guy: “useless! what rubbish!” *THINGIE BLOWS UP A SECOND LATER* lol :D

snowman battle! :o

guy: “in the name of kindness, stop! stop!” the lads: *don’t stop*

HOLY FRICK THEY’RE BEING FLAMETHROWERED

paul running into john at the train station... ;)

ooh sherlock holmes reference!!!!!! :D

:)

ringo: “they have a different religion... i think” lol :D

the scotland guy is mimicking ringo and ringo’s not impressed lol :D

why are the bad guys playing indian music in the phone booth WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE

999 is 911! :D

OMG IT’S MY FAVE HELP SONG ‘I NEED YOU’!!!!! :D

wowza editing in person! :o

paperback writer much? ;)

:D

‘she’s a woman’ from past masters is playing on a walkie talkie! :D

the chief thinks it’s shocking and hates it lol

chief: “take this hastily scribbled note hastily!” lol :D

motorcycle go brrrr

guy: “they shall not pass!” gandolf who

‘the night before is playing!!!! :D

:D

what a cool shot!

‘she’s a woman’ interrupted it no!!!! :/

OMG TNT

good ‘night before’ is back! :D

the lip syncing was kinda off tho

the bad guys are in camoflage and it’s like we’re in ww1!

the song ends ON A BIG AF EXPLOSION WTF

OMG THEY’RE USING MACHINE GUNS THIS IS SERIOUSLY WW1 NOW TH  FRICK

i came here to watch beatles NOT THE WAR

oh no john fell! :o

ringo: “get up johnny! get up for me, baby!” lennstarr tho ;)

so many explosions I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS

guy: “MISSED you naughty boys!!!” ...plz dont call them that :/

victory music is playing did the bad guys win???

wtf is going on THIS ISN’T THE GREAT WAR IT’S THE HELP! WAR

buckingham??? :0

i swear if john is in nothing but a sheet-

not your lockie’s palace ;)

ringo: “IT APPEARS i need one card. IT APPEARS i need to chuck one in” IT APPEARS that you need to emphasize that for some reason...

them playing cards is so domestic :)

ringo: “i don’t just use my drumstick for drummin’” paul: “well what else is it for?” ringo: “i use it!” OH GOD WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT RONGLES

john: “we’re risking our lives for the most useless member!” is that fingo or ringo

ringo: “let that be an end to it, END TO IT” same ringo

omg the palace is haunted! :o

OMG QUEEN REFERENCE???

OMG SOMEONE’S SHOOTING

the guards are tripping over each other!

the scientists are the guards!!!! :o

they made time slow down! :o

someone sprayed that red paint and the lads yeeted out of there! :o

they’re in a bar DRINK DRINK DRINK EVERYBOOODY!!!!”

paul to ringo: “you’re a rat underneath aren’t you?” OHHHHH ROASTED!!!!!

paul used to wink at paul... mcharrison has sailed! :D

OMG TIGER ROAR WHAT

ringo’s alone with it no! :o

thanks for the clarification?

lady to ringo: “don’t move!” ringo to ‘a tiger’: “don’t move, that’s what she said!” lol :D

why is she whistling the 9th symphony

they’re all singing it to make the tiger calm and ringo’s like “ok!!”

A WHOLE CROWD IS SINGING IT WHAT

this is legit abbey road! :o

ooh bahamas!

i love how george is taking pics of everything :D

i didn’t think cameras sounded like static back then tho...

oh no THE CHIEF IS THERE TOO!!!!! :o

BOI WHY DID HE SLAP A GUY

no the scientist is there too! :o

prepare for the beatle bahamas battle lads...

idk what pc is but they all the soldiers all named that

ooh ‘another girl’! :D

i heard it was cold when the lads filmed the movie so rip to their arms :/

CAKE

so much purple! :o

hey john! :D

george: “let’s play a game it’s called peep peep peep peep-“ yup THEY SO INCREDIBLY HIIIGHHHH

THEY’RE SAYING ‘OH HO HO HO’ AGAIN WHY

the lady said ringo’s getting ‘disembowled’ and john’s like “keeps ye busy eh?” like the lil’ bish he is

ringo: “i don’t want to knock anyone’s religion but-” *runs away*

bike lads! :D

they keep saying ‘let’s go back and get ‘em!” yep they hiiiigh

a triumphant one of ‘i’m so happy to dance with you’ is playing!! :D

OMG ONE OF THE BAD GUYS IS SKYDIVING

wtf bro

paul’s explaining things cryptically and george is like ‘why tho’

:D

paul: “there’s the temple and that swimming pool and... i’m lost” lol :D

ringo: “read on” B)

OMG ISSA TRAP!!!!

george: “typical!” lol :D

WHAT DOES ‘KAILI’ MEAN

RINGO GO UNDER!!

omg he’s in the orange blanket! :o

ringo: “HEEEEELP!!! help me!!!” title drop roll credits! :D

dere he is! :D

i remember seeing that before i was a fan and thinking it wasn’t beatles lol

john: “he’s got a plan” paul: “a really famous plan!” john: “a plan superintendent...” superintendent: “you see i’ve got a plan!” ...i think he has a plan

:D

OMG ‘HARD DAY’S NIGHT’ IS PLAYING SO TRIUMPHANTLY

the plan is baseball?

#spon

smoooosh

everyone’s calling for ringo and george is beating his chest lol :D

THE SCIENTISTS GOT WINGO NOOOOOO

scientist: “dust in the generator. gets everywhere” and it’s rough & coarse too...

the lady is saving ringo!

the scientist doesn’t need the ring now that he has...’nobel prize juice’?”

they keep saying ‘eastern’ as the language.... :/

ringo: “i can’t swim!” lady: “what do you mean you can’t swim?” he means HE CAN’T SWIM LADY!!!!

oh no THE SACRIFICE!!!!

the sacrifice involves a horrible, inaccessible name... voldemort?

he’s free!!!! :D

ringo: “i don’t subscribe to your religion!” lol :D

‘help’ is playing again! :D

and the chief has the ring now... >:)

;D

...what does that have to do with anything tho

and with the trippy credits came the end of the movie! the only help i’ll be needing is why it was more weird than yellow sub but i had such a fun time with it (especially the snow scene and ‘i need you’)! what a great movie! :D

[mwagneto]

Johnnie: so you and Elton used to buy each other presents, I mean I've- I've actually seen the gold monopoly set- I mean, when you go to Harrods and you've run out of things that you could possibly buy, I mean, what on earth do you do?

Reid: well, I mean, the game got ridiculous, I think when I was twenty...seven or twenty-eight he bought me a yacht in California. And then one day we had lunch at the white elephant and we wondered into Jack Barkley at Barkley square into the Rolls Royce showroom and there were a couple of cars on the floor and he bought them both and gave one to me, and he said, "no I'll get these, you got lunch!" *both laugh* in fact I got- i got a letter from Jack Barkley about 10 years ago reminding me of when that happened and asked me if I would come and repeat the experience. No but it kind of got out of hand, you know, you'd have to really top the present that came before.

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RTE Radio 2 Ireland - BP Fallon interview with George Harrison (18 Oct. 1987)

Photo by: Brian Roylance, Genesis Publications

This is an interview I’ve edited and uploaded to youtube because it’s quite long, and it was in two parts, so I’ve combined them together. You’ll notice at about 14:52 there’s a slight jump in the conversation which is where the second part begins. 

I really love this interview. It’s one of - if not my favourite interview he ever did. I strongly suggest you give it a listen. Similarly to the Swedish Fan Club Tape, George is extremely calm and open, and Irish DJ BP Fallon asks refreshing questions. BP Fallon has himself had an interesting life, and at one point worked at Apple for Derek Taylor (You can also see him miming the bass in the Instant Karma Top of the Pops video). I’m guessing this related to why George felt relaxed. I hope you enjoy it.

Below I’ve included the written version of this interview by BP Fallon for The Sunday Tribune. It has some information not available in the audio (not sure if it simply wasn’t recorded, or if there’s another version which includes the full conversation):

"Sometimes it feels like another world, another life, some previous incarnation," George Harrison says. "I view it a bit through a haze but, y'know, people don't ever stop talking about it so it's hard to got too much distance between myself and The Beatles." 

George Harrison doesn't mind that, not anymore. "I used to," he admits. "I used to not like it at all. I wanted to be free of it. Now I've learned to live with it. And also, don't forget, there was a period when The Beatles split up and there were all kind of court cases and bad vibes and stuff and that left a bad taste in the mouth for a while but after the years it's all cleared up, everybody's friends again." 

He's sitting in a little office in the house owned by his company Handmade Films, just off Cadogan Square in Knightsbridge in London, a few streets behind Harrods. Fourty-four-years old this man is, he has a bit of a beard and his shortish hair is swept back and there are new lines on his face. He drinks coffee and smokes ciggies and when you sit talking to the geezer you can't help but feel warmth for him. 

As one of John, Paul, George And Ringo, The Fab Four, as a member of the most popular, the most inventive, the most influential rock group of all time, he has gone through one of the strangest trips ever. They were Gods once, The Beatles. And sitting here now, George Harrison comes across as a normal bloke.

He was born in Liverpool, the fourth child of Harold and Louse Harrison. George's father was a bus driver - before that, he had been a ship's steward on the White Star Line for ten years and from one of his travels in America had returned with an old wind-up gramophone and records by bluesman and yodeller Jimmie Rodgers and country singer Hank Williams. Young George was smitten. He listened to skiffle, people like Lonnie Donegan and songs about the Rock Island Line. And then he heard Elvis Presley singing Hearbreak Hotel. "It came out of somebody's radio," George Harrison says, gazing out the window at the autumn light fading behind the trees, "and it lodged itself in the back of my head. It's been there ever since." 

At the age of 13, for £3, he bought his first guitar. Two years later, Paul McCartney introduced George to his friend John Lennon (George - "this snotty-nosed kid" as Lennon recalled). George joined John and Paul in their skiffle group The Quarreymen. In 1962, when George was 19, John, Paul, George and their new drummer Ringo Starr made their first record together. It was a fresh-sounding bluesey pop record called Love Me Do and they now called themselves The Beatles.

They changed the world, these four Scouse moptops making new noises and singing about wanting to hold your hand and about walruses and about revolution and all you need is love. 

And for eight years The Beatles were bigger than Jesus.

For a while, The Beatles - at very least by example - endorsed smoking dope and taking LSD. John, Paul and George were each busted at least once for breaking the cannabis laws. "A lot of the stuff that happened..." - and then George brings himself up to the present tense - that happens, it's just like when Prohibition was on. If they make a big deal about stuff it becomes bigger than it actually is. In moderation... you have to have moderation in everything. The worst drug of all is alcohol... it actually kills more people then heroin." He says he was fortunate as a kid to see a film about the trumpet player Chet Baker, about Baker's heroin addiction, "and that and maybe something else made me aware that this thing was just too much. 

"Of course, the other things, the psychedelic drugs, are much different because they don't put your body in a stupour, they sort of..." and now he's laughing... "they sort of catapult you out into the universe. It's a totally different perspective." Then his voice is serious again. "These things obviously can be very dangerous too. I'd hate to have some right now because I don't think I could handle it. It just gives you too many things to think about all at once."

Love and peace went out the bathroom window when The Beatles split in 1970, with Paul McCartney publicly announcing he had left. George says he realised The Beatles weren't shaking a couple of years before that. "Everyone was just getting all uptight with each other. The new wives were coming in and, y'know, living under the piano and there was no privacy anymore for us as far as the group was concerned in what was normally the only privacy we ever had, the four of us when we got into a studio. And we'd just grown away from each other. One time or another every one of us left that group before we finally stopped." 

George left during the making of what would be Let It Be. Ringo left another time "and went on holiday, and John was always wanting to leave and Paul too. You know, it was too much pressure and we'd been through those years. It was just too much.”

He emphasises that the remaining three Beatles are good pals, now. "Paul and I went through a shaky period but we're okay, now. All the old aggravations have passed a long time ago. There's no reason not to be friends."

By 1971 George Harrison was the most successful solo Beatle, with his triple album All Things Must Pass and the enormous hit My Sweet Lord. Four years later his single Ding Dong Ding Dong - a record even worse than McCartney's Mary Had A Little Lamb - was the first release by a solo Beatle to fail to enter the charts. Several years later a court ordered him to pay £260,000 damages for plagiarising the Chiffons' song he's So Fine with My Sweet Lord. That Harrison had modeled My Sweet Lord on another song, the gospel Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, was bad enough. That he had to pay the money to his former manager Allen Klein - "a looney who didn't take care of business" George describes him now- because Klein had scooped up the publishing of He's So Fine... that rubbed salt into the wound. 

His career and also his marriage to his first wife Patti Boyd were in pieces. Patti had gone to live with George's close pal Eric Clapton, who had written Layla about his best friend's wife. George started drinking heavily, contracting a serious liver complaint that his friends feared might be the end of him. 

George's chum Eric Idle had found it impossible to raise the necessary finance to make the Monty Python film Life Of Brian, so George chipped in with half the required money, £2,250,000. It turned out to be one of the best investments George had ever made, reaping a profit of more than £30,000,000. Since then, Harrison and his film company Handmade Films have scored with another Monty Python film The Meaning Of Life - banned in Ireland - and delivered films like Time Bandits and Mona Lisa as well as Shanghai Express, a disaster for its stars Sean Penn and Madonna and its producer Harrison. But what the heck. George isn't short of a few shekels.

In 1978, George married Olivia Trinidad Arias, a 27-year-old who had been born in Mexico and had been working as a secretary in A&M Records in Los Angeles. George's health had been desperate. He was fading away. Olivia contacted the Chinese acupuncturist Dr. Zion Yu and within weeks of treatment George had regained his energy and his spirit. 

They have a nine-year-old son named Dhani - the Indian for wealthy - and the other day he asked his father to make him up a cassette of Chuck Berry songs. After George appeared at the Prince's Trust concert in London five months ago with Ringo, Eric Clapton and Elton John, Dhani came backstage. George had sung his own Beatle compositions While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Here Comes The Sun. "I asked him 'What did you think?' and he said 'Uh, you were alright Dad, but why didn't you do Chuck Berry songs like Roll Over Beethoven and Johnny Be Good and Rock'n'Roll Music?'" 

He has a new LP out any day now, his first in five years. It's called Cloud Nine. "Have you heard the album?" he asks solicitously. "No? I'll see if someone's got a copy." George Harrison wanders off, and returns with a young woman who says "It's a bootleg I taped from the CD." George flips the cassette into the music system and spins it through, looking for a specific track. "I think you might like this one," he says in his dry Liverpudlian drawl, settling himself into another chair as he watches for reactions. 

Ringo's drums with cellos straight from Lennon's I Am The Walrus lead into George singing with fondness for former Beatle times. It's a track that could fit on a Beatle record and it's called When We Was Fab. "Fab... but it's all over now baby blue" George sings, and at the end there's sitar sounds like George cosmicing out on Sgt. Pepper. It's... well, fab.

When John Lennon was murdered in 1980, George Harrison didn't suddenly lock himself away from the world in his Gothic mansion. Near the riverside town of Henley-On-Thames, this bizarre 70-roomed palace called Friar Park was remodeled a century ago by the eccentric Sir Frankie Crisp and is set in 33 acres of parkland with three lakes with secret stepping stones so one can appear to walk on water, underground caves linked by a river and a reproduction of the Alps that includes a perfect 100 foot high replica of the Matterhorn. George was already in hiding.

"I was already trying to hold onto some sort of privacy. I think everyone needs to have a bit of space, y'know. I mean, if you were just being mobbed and on the TV and that all your life you just turn into a loony, and long before John got shot I was already just digging in the garden, planting trees and just trying not to go on television, just having a bit of peace. 

"But what it did, it affected me probably like anyone who loved John and who grew up with him and his music. And it was a very sad thing and, um, it didn't make me feel..." Harrison's voice trails off, and for a moment his eyes look away and he's lost in private thoughts. He looks back. " It made me wonder about ever gettin' into situations where there's fans, although at the time you can't blame fans for that. There's one loony in every crowd, I suppose. But I go on living normally. I don't panic unnecessarily."

There was talk that for Live Aid Paul, George, Ringo and Julian Lennon might let it Beatle together, but George dismisses any idea of reunions. "I don't think we'll play together. The Beatles certainly can't play again and I think it's best left as it is, y'know." 

Long before Live Aid, George Harrison's Concerts For Bangladesh raised £45,000,000 for the starving. He didn't appear at Live Aid but says if he'd known more about it "maybe I would have done it but they did alright without me." George talks at length about the planet, his concerns about destruction. Last year he participated in an anti-nuclear rally in Trafalgar Square, and he's a member of the ecological organisation Greenpeace. "I love those people because they go out and actually do it. I mean, if it wasn't me that's the kind of thing I'd like to be, out there on a ship getting harpooned by Russians and Japanese."

At the turn of the Seventies, George became a benefactor to the Hare Krishna movement. He not only made records with them and talked about them publicly but also forked out a quarter of a million pounds to buy them a 15-room Elizabethan mansion with 17 acres of land. 

Since then, George's friend His Divine Grace Guru Bhaktivechanta Swami, the leader and founder of the International Society For Krishna Consciousness, who was 77 when they met, has died. George feels that some of the remaining Krishnas have at times abused his patronage, and he cites letters from people who wrote saying that they were hassled at airports by devotees using Harrison's name. 

Nevertheless, he still subscribes to "the Swami's ancient Vedic way of having God consciousness. The technique of chanting, just like the monks and Christians, they do it too really but it's just using beads and chanting these ancient mantras... they do have great affect. I wouldn't knock them at all. I am always a bit dubious about organisations and since the swami died it does seem to be chaotic, with all kinds of guys thinking they're the gurus. To me, it's not important to be a guru, it's more important just to be, to learn humility." And George still chants. "I've still got my bag of beads and they're really groovy now, all polished up."

Is he a happy chap? "Yeah, I'm okay. Sometimes I get depressed. It's a constant battle, isn't it? You have to consciously make an effort to be happy and considering everything, I've come along quite nicely. There's always room for improvement but, um, I have a laugh and I feel quite good about things." He believes in reincarnation. "The only reason we're actually in these bodies is to learn and develop love of God and liberate our souls from this round and round, the Memphis Blues." He reckons he'll come back again. "Well," he says laughing, "by the look of things I'll probably have to... but I'd like to give it a pass one of these incarnations!"

And, George Harrison, what would you like to be remembered for? 

He pauses. "I don't know... I don't know." And then he smiles and looks you directly in the eyes and you see the face of a man still searching, still looking to extend his gentle vision for all time. He'd like to be remembered, he finally says, "just as somebody who's not bad, not that bad”... 

"That'll do, yeah."

Fair play to you, George.

[nataliehemstockprojectfour]

Research

Who is the photographer?

The photographer of this piece of work is called Jim Goldberg.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

The photographer achieved this photograph by presenting the small space that the mother and the child have to live in by placing the pair in; what look like a cramped, corner that doesn’t have enough room for a lot of other stuff as they are poor. Alongside that, in this photograph the techniques that were being used were:  The Rule Of Thirds I think that this technique suits this photograph quite well, as it presents the women and her child on one side and then for the rest of the framing is the tight space that the pair have to live in.

What is being documented?

In this photograph, what is being demonstrated is an ordinary looking women and child; who are living a terrible life because of a certain circumstance, in what looks like a small house because it is all they can afford.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

For the context of this photograph, it states that this photograph was taken in 1983. During, that time; in 1983, there were quite a lot of things that were happening, such as: The Harrods Bombing, Word is launched, the Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on its Maiden Flight, drivers and front seat passengers are forced to wear seatbelts by law, Karma Chameleon became Culture Club’s second UK number one and became the biggest selling single, Return Of The Jedi was the top grossing film and the Korean airliner was shot down by a Russian jet killing 269 people alongside that; the Russian government didn’t notice what happened for 5 whole days.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

In this photograph it communicates a mother and her daughter; in what looks like their living room, trying to make the best out of what they have got. This is evoked by presenting the women and her child in their smallish living room; that may double as many other rooms if they don’t have enough space for anything else as they can’t afford it, that is filled with things that they may need in their day to day lives.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This image makes me feel sorry for the mother and the child because they don’t really have much and from the writing it states that their lives are terrible even though they look like ordinary people. I think that this was intentional because it may allow the viewers of this photograph to try and help people who are in the sort of situation; like this mother and her child, to make their lives better. Alongside that, I also think that it makes this photograph look better.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer that took this photograph is called Fan Ho.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

Fan Ho achieved this photograph by using a black and white film camera. The camera techniques that Fan Ho used in this photograph is leading lines; with the light as it leads you down to the group of people that are sort of in the middle of the photograph.

What is being documented?

In this photograph, there is a group of four people walking towards/away from something.

What is the context of the image? (year, country, political/economic climate).

In this photograph it was taken between 1950 and 1960 in China. During that time China bans polygamy and arranged marriages and also attempts to raise women’s status’ and Chinese forces suppress large-scale revolt in Tibet.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

In this photograph it is communicating a sense of family between these people and how they look in this photograph presents that they also look after each other. This is presented by how they are all walking and how one of the people in the photograph is carrying a small child.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This photograph makes me feel a little confused as I would like to know where these people are actually going and why are they going to the place that they are going to. Alongside that, this photograph sort of makes y happy as I kind of get the feeling that this group of people have been through a lot and they have managed to stick together through all of it and now they are moving on to better things. I think that this was intentional to get you thinking about the photograph and how it is put together.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer is called Gabriele Galimberti.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

For this photograph Galimberti achieved it by travelling to Malawi; amongst other places such as India, and asking the children if was alright with them if he took their most prized possessions.

What is being documented?

In this photograph there is a small child and their prized possessions within a room that this child may live in.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

The context of this image is that it took over two years to complete and it was originally published in 2014. In 2014 there were a number of different things happening such as: The Ebola Epidemic, ISIS rise began, Robin Williams died, a robot lands on a comet for the first time, Justin Bieber was arrested, Emma Watson did her speech about gender equality and feminism and many other different things.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think what is being communicated here is this child finds enjoyment with her three different toys even though the child hasn’t got much to live off. Alongside that, I think that this is being communicated through the three toys in front of the child and then what looks like a makeshift bed.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This makes me feel sorry for the child because she doesn’t really have much at all; from what I can tell, I think that this is intentional because it might allow those who have the money and those who care enough to try and make this child’s and all of the other children who live in either a similar condition or a worse condition.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer is called Sonja Hamad.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

Hamad achieved this photograph by going to the place where it was taken and then taking the photograph. The camera techniques that were used was the rule of three.

What is being documented?

What is being documented is a rehabilitation hospital for the youths after an explosive attack by ISIS.

What is the context of the image? (year, country, political/economic climate).

The context to this image is: 10,000 women; who live in Syria, have decided to make their own political party so they can try and fight ISIS because they disagree with what ISIS is doing and how they want to change things; if they successes. Alongside that, Hamad has spent two years photographing these people and the original publish date was about 2017. With that, in 2017 there was a lot going on such as, Brexit, The Homelessness Crisis, Terrorist Attacks, The Grenfell Tower, The Total Solar Eclipse and many other things.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think that what is being communicated here is that the world needs to change so that things like this and everything else that happened in the past and is happening now won’t happen again in the future, as there are things that are out there to help the youth change their mind set on the world are being destroyed. This is being communicated by the photographer taking this photograph; as well as all of the other photographs she has taken within this series, allows people; who aren’t living in places like this, the devastation that is caused due to groups like ISIS and that they get the idea of the living conditions for the people who live there, so they may be willing to help so that the people living in these places can have a better life.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This makes me feel sorry for the people who live in places like this, as they have to live in constant fear on what is going to happen next. I think that this is intentional as it might get the right people to come and help the people that are protecting their people, to protect their people from things; like that, happening again.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer for this piece of work is called: James Mollison.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

Mollison achieved this photograph by taking a photograph of where this child sleeps and then taking a photograph of the child it belongs to. Mollison used camera techniques that are similar to the photographs that you get at schools; with the white background and the child sitting slightly to the side. As, for the other photograph; that is within this piece, there is a camera technique of a curves and lines leading you to what looks like a door.

What is being documented?

In this photograph there is the child and then next to it is the bed that the child sleeps in, that is placed inside a mud hut.

What is the context of the image? (year, country, political/economic climate).

When this series was completed in 2010 there was a number of things that was happening, such as: the earthquake in Haiti, The Swine Flu Pandemic, Alice In Wonderland (the film starring Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter) is released, Matt Smith became The 11th Doctor, Shrek Forever After Premiers, One Direction is formed and The Copiapó Mine Rescue.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think that is being communicated is that there is people out there in the world who necessarily, don’t have what other people have, because they live in places like what is demonstrated within the photograph as it is all the equipment that they have access to and sometimes places like this can’t be that safe. Alongside that, I think that is communicated through the expression of the child in the photograph and through the photograph; where you can see where the child sleeps, as you can see that the child seems a little uncomfortable in the photograph and the other photographs doesn’t have any security.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This photograph makes me feel sorry for the child as they have to go through quite a lot of dangerous situations on a daily basis and I think that sleeping may have to be one of them because there may be something that could hurt them in the middle of the night if the child has no door to block anything from the outside world coming in.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer for this piece of work is Jim Goldberg.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

Goldberg achieved this photograph by travelling around California looking for kids who hang around on the streets as they suffer from different; but similar, things such as: violence, abuse and addiction.

What is being documented?

In this photograph what is being documented is a kid with a gunshot wound in their stomach, which their father caused when he was about 12.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

This photograph was taken in 1989 and in that year plenty of things happened such as: Earth was close to being hit by two asteroids, The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, an 4,400 year old mummy was discovered by archaeologists, Galileo went into space, unions for same-sex couples became legal in Denmark, Daniel Radcliffe was born, Madonna released ‘Like A Prayer’, The Nobel Peace Prize was won by The Dalai Lama, WWW. was created, The Little Mermaid was released, ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ was released by Cher and many other things were also happened during this time.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think what is being communicated is the fact that there are still parents who don’t care about their children; so it causes them to either run away or using different types of substances (or even both) to help them deal with the fact that their parents don’t care or just to try and get their attention. This is being communicated through the photograph and the words that have been written as it gives the viewer a little bit of context into how they got the wound and why they are not living with their parents.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This makes me feel sorry for this person, as they probably didn’t have any money to pay for the medical care that they needed to get. I think it makes the image work better because I think it was intentional on the photographer’s part to express the fact that children do get abused by their parents or guardians. I think Goldberg tries to get this point across so that people can actually attempt to end child abuse and make sure that all of the children that have been abused or children that are still being abused are safe and well away from the abuser.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer is Fan Ho.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

Fan Ho achieved this photograph by using a black and white film camera. He also achieved this photograph by waiting for the little girl with the broom to come into the light square, alongside that; he also used the broom as a something to as a leading line, leading you up to the rest of the photograph. With that, the light shining down also acts like a leading line as it leads you back to the little girl.

What is being documented?

In this photograph a little girl seems to be sweeping up rubbish from the road, while people are just wandering about leaving her to it.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

This photograph was taken in the 1950’s and during those times there was a lot going on, such as: The Korean War Starts, The Polio Vaccine, Rosenberg is Executed, Rosa Parks doesn’t give up her seat and is arrested, Elizabeth Windsor becomes Queen Elizabeth II, Joseph Stalin dies, The Tolland Man is discovered, all of this happens amongst other things.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think that what is being communicated here is that some business’ uses children to help out if they are low on staff or she is trying to help the general public by cleaning the streets, as the streets may be covered in litter and she’s just trying to help out. This is being communicated through the fact that the girl is cleaning up while everyone around her is just walking around her and watching her.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This makes me feel sorry for the girl as she should be out playing and not clearing up; but if she is helping out her parents then I understand her family would come first. I think this maybe intentional as she is just cleaning, while the older children are just watching her clean.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer for this piece of work is: Gabriele Galimberti.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

The photographer achieved this photograph by going into a karaoke bar and then taking a photograph of this family; who have eaten and now are singing along to some songs in their native language. The techniques that the photographer used was threes; as there are three people in room (from what we can see), and the photographer has also used different uses of height; as the father is stood up, the one children is on a chair, while the other child is stood up (but she is the smallest out of the three as she is closer to the floor).

What is being documented?

In this photograph it is being documented that a father has taken his two children out for a bit of food and then for them to sing karaoke.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

This photograph was published in 2016, during that year plenty of things happened such as: Alan Rickman died, The WHO announced that the Zika virus was spreading across America, Prince died, Muhammad Ali died, The UK decided to leave the EU, The Summer Olympics opened in Rio and Carrie Fisher died.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think that what is being communicated is that these two kids and their father are quite close and they are having fun. This is being communicated through the facial expressions of the family; even though you can’t really see most of their faces, and how they are stood within the photograph.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This photograph makes me feel happy for the family because you can see that they are having fun with just the three of them singing their hearts out. I think that this was intentional because it makes you realise that there are happy families out there that do things like this and I also think that it makes the photograph better because of it.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer for this piece of work is: Sonja Hamad.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

The photographer achieved this photograph by finding this women and asking her to be in the photograph. The camera techniques that Hamad; the photographer, used was colour, as she basically had a white background and the women wear the white dress; that almost blends in with the wall behind her, and then her hair, skin colour and the ribbon around her waist makes the photograph stand out more. Alongside that, as the background and the white dress you are really drawn into the women’s face and you begin to question on why she looks so sad and list all of the possible reasons that could have caused her to be sad.

What is being documented?

In this photograph a women wearing a white dress and a red ribbon looking miserable, while standing in front of a white background.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

This was originally published in: 2013, during that year a lot of things cracked off such as: The Boston Marathon Bombing, The Cleveland Kidnapping, certain supermarkets where under fire as some of their meats were actually horsemeat, King Richards III skeleton is discovered under a car park in Leicester, Oscar Pistourius is charged with murder after he shoots his girlfriend and Margret Thatcher dies.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think that what is being communicated is the fact that the women was supposed to be getting married on the day the photograph was taken, but then they left her at the altar. This is communicated through the white dress; which most women wear on their wedding day, and through her facial expression; as she looks deeply upset about something and that something could be the loss of who she was going to marry. Alongside that, the ribbon could represent the love that she thought that the pair shared; and her love that she still has for this person as red can have the meaning of love behind it; take Valentine’s Day for example: pretty much everything is red. However, the red ribbon could also represent the women’s bleeding heart as she has had her heart broken and know she feels as if it is bleeding. This because red can connate blood and when something in your body has been cut the blood bleeds, so that is why the ribbon is tied loosely around her waist to represent the cascade of blood bleeding from her broken heart.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

I feel sorry for this woman as she looks so sad and there’s nothing anyone can really do for her; as they don’t know what is exactly wrong with her. I think that this was intentional as it was supposed to make you realise that people do get left at the altar for many different reasons. I also think that this made the photograph better as it got you to feel sympathy for someone who you didn’t even know.

Who is the photographer?

The photographer is James Mollison.

How did they achieve the photograph? What camera techniques did they use?

The photographer achieved this photograph on a black and white film camera. The camera techniques that the photographer used were the two main subjects looking off camera.

What is being documented?

In this photograph it is a photograph of Pablo Escobar and what looks like his wife; Maria Victoria Henao, looking off into the distance.

What is the context of the image? (Year, country, political/economic climate).

This piece of work was originally published in 2007 and in 2007 there was a lot of things going off, such as: Steve Jobs announces the launce of Apple, J.K. Rowling completes Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Tumblr is founded, Emma Watson decides to the last three Potter films after she had some hesitation, Spider-Man 3 premiers, Madeline McCann disappears and Shrek The Third premieres.

What is being communicated and how is it communicated?

I think what is being communicated here is that these two people have just heard something confusing and absurd, so they have either a judgemental look or a confused look on their faces. This is communicated through the way the facial expressions on their faces as they seem to disapprove of something that somebody has either just said or done.

How does it make you feel? Is this intentional? Or does it make the image work better?

This photograph makes me feel a little bit curious to why the two people have the looks on their faces. Alongside that, I also think that it was intentional by the photographer to capture this moment as it allows people; who aren’t in the same field as the people in the photograph are, to see that even people like them feel things similar to what we feel, even though they are members of the mob and do different things to what non-mob members will do.

[riffrelevant]

WOLFTOOTH Reissue S/T Album Via Ripple Music (w/ Bonus Track)

WOLFTOOTH Reissue S/T Album Via Ripple Music (w/ Bonus Track)

Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor

Indiana’s retro-channeling, stoner progressive / power metal quartet WOLFTOOTH will re-issue their 2018 self-titled album later this month. (more…)

[realretroroger]

Gold Dust In The Gears

The Windows Media Player thumbed through my bins of 5000+ dusty mp3s, and selected some oldies and goldies to lube the gears of my work afternoon.  Here’s the playlist:

Reefer Man -- Cab Calloway

On Jordan’s Stormy Banks We Stand -- Seventh Day Adventist Choir

Sam The Hot Dog Man -- Lil Johnson

Voodoo Woman -- Koko Taylor

T-Model Boogie -- Rosco Gordon

Your Funeral And My Trial -- Sonny Boy Williamson

Jive I Like -- Pearl Traylor & Howard McGhee

A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around -- Stovepipe #1 & David Crockett

After You’ve Gone -- Benny Goodman

Shake That Thing -- Jimmy O’Bryant’s Famous Original Washboard Band

Route 90 -- Johnny Winter

Ain’t Done Nothing If You Ain’t Been Called A Red -- Faith Petric & Mark Ross

Tiger Rag (Part 1) -- Duke Ellington & the Jungle Band

Bad To The Bone -- George Thorogood

Tell Mama -- Etta James

Preachin’ Blues -- Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers

I’m Hard To Satisfy -- Alberta Hunter

War -- Edwin Starr

Party Time -- Bald Bill Hagen

Thinking of Baby (from Johnny Staccato) -- Elmer Bernstein

Ol’ Bobcat -- Hillbilly Hellcats

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer -- Amos Milburn

Selling That Stuff -- McKinney’s Cotton Pickers

Mona -- Bo Diddley

I Need It Bad (Groove Juice) -- Buddy Banks Sextette

Who Do You Love -- John Hammond

Camel Cigarettes (Old Time Radio Commercial)

Four Or Five Times -- King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators

Lead Pencil Blues -- Johnny Temple

Long Time Gone -- Crosby, Stills & Nash

Phonograph Blues -- Robert Johnson

Pig Meat On The Line -- Memphis Minnie

Chicken Plucker -- Jimmie Ballard

Quaker Puffs Good Luck Mascots (Old Time Radio Commercial)

Eggs And Sausage -- Tom Waits

Jumpin’ At The Woodside -- Count Basie

Wipe It Off -- Lonnie Johnson & Clarence Williams

Lorraine -- Les Sampou

Bang Bang -- David Sanborn

Claudette -- Roy Orbison

Flying Saucer Rock ‘n’ Roll -- Billy Lee Riley

Spider Web -- Joan Osborne

Move Up To Heaven -- Pilgrim Travelers

It’s Tight Like That -- Clara Smith

It Don’t Mean A Thing -- Boswell Sisters

Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship -- Hank Snow

Messin’ -- Chris Harrod

Nettie’s Cafe -- Dean Krippaehne

Champagne Charlie Is My Name -- Blind Blake

JUBILEE RADIO SHOW (11/15/1943) with the Delta Rhythm Boys -- Armed Forces Radio Service

Christine’s Tune (aka Devil In Disguise) -- Flying Burrito Brothers

Pastures Of Plenty -- Woody Guthrie

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My trip to London

This is a story about my trip to London. It was around Christmas time, I decided to go on a seven days long trip to London. I was really excited, and I had planned to visit a lot of places.

When I arrived at the airport, the sun was shining and the landscape around me was covered with snow. The first thing I was going to do was to take a bus to my hotel. A few weeks before I went on my trip, I had found a London Pass on the internet that cost about £42 pounds for seven days. It was necessary to have if I was going to travel by bus or underground. It also made some of the sightseeing and attractions I was going to visit a little less expensive. With the pass I was also given a guidebook where I could find out how to get to each attraction, open hours, and location on the map. After I had picked up my luggage I got on the bus that would take me to the hotel. I had found a really nice hotel called “The Sumner Hotel” which was located in the middle of London on 54 Upper Berkeley Street. It was only a two minutes walk from the hotel to the tube station, Marble Arch. The Sumner Hotel is a historic building, recently renovated with facilities like: credit card accepting, safety deposit box available 24 hours, tourist information, mini fridge, wireless internet connection, hairdryer in room, air condition, heating and also a lounge bar for relaxing with a drink after a long day’s walking. Each night stay at the hotel cost about £145. It is quite expensive, but most of the hotels in this area cost about that much.

Madame Tussauds!

I unpacked my luggage and decided to start my week in London with one of the most famous tourist attractions, Madame Tussauds! It was only a ten minutes walk away from the hotel. I had pre-booked a ticket at home so I didn’t have to wait in long lines to get in. The cabinet has about four hundred dolls today, and it was very fun to see the new music zone with artists like: Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. I also enjoyed the amazing figures of the Pirates of the Caribbean actors like Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. I had a wonderful time.

Hyde Park

After Madame Tussauds I had a quick lunch, and then I felt like doing an outdoor activity, so I took a walk in Hyde Park. It’s a huge park which has been open to the public since 1637. Before that it was owned by kings for deer hunting and so on. From the very beginning it was owned by the monks of Westminster Abbey, but it was given to Henry VIII in 1536. Anyway, as I was walking around in Hyde Park, I got to Speakers Corner. It’s a place where people are allowed to do public speaking, and you can almost say whatever you like without getting caught. The only things you’re not aloud to speak about are the British Government and the Royal Family.

I left Hyde Park after a lovely couple of hours in the beautiful area and the well-spoken Speakers Corner. I was going to finish the day with a nice dinner and then visit the famous musical, Phantom of the Opera. The musical is played at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Westminster and is a musical based on the novel written by Gaston Leroux, who was a French novelist. Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of the music.

Opera ghost musical

The musical is about an opera ghost (the Phantom) with a deformed face. He is unlucky and very much in love with one of the chorus girls whom he taught to sing. He even kidnaps her at one time to hide and marry her.

It was a very thrilling and exciting story when the phantom terrorised the actors and workers at the opera house in Paris (that’s where the story took place). I enjoyed it very much and the music was absolutely fantastic. It was a perfect end of my first day in London.

Piccadilly Circus

The next morning after a very delicious breakfast buffet, I was heading towards Piccadilly Circus, which is situated approximately fifteen minutes walk away from the hotel. Piccadilly Circus is a big square located in the centre of London. It used to be an attractive place for companies to advertise, often in neon lights. Today it’s only one of the many buildings that are available for advertising. In the south western part of the square there is fountain called “The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain” It was built in 1893. I went into the Lilywhites, a five floors big building, and it’s one of the biggest sport stores in England. It was incredibly big!

After a lunch at one of the restaurants at Piccadilly Circus, I went to visit the Buckingham Palace. I placed myself at the forecourt to watch the changing of the guards. Then I took a guided tour through the “Queens Galley” where I could see the art and jewellery collections.

Theatre of St Martin

Since I had been walking all day long, I looked forward to sit down and watch the famous play, The Mousetrap. I took the tube to West end where the theatre of St Martin’s is situated. I have heard that it is the longest running show of any kind in the whole world; it has been played for the past 52 years. It is written by Agatha Christie, who was one of the greatest crime writers. So I just had to see it. I finished the evening with a great dinner back at the hotel and then I went straight to bed.

Tower of London

The morning after I woke up early and had a quick breakfast, then I went to the underground station. I was on my way to the Tower of London. I was in a little bit of a hurry to get there in time for my guided tour through the tower. I had heard that the guides were beefeaters and that they told the nine hundred years old story about the castle. I jumped of the tube at Tower Hill station, where the tower is closely situated.

It was going to be very exciting to listen to the horror stories about executions at the castle with the nickname “The Bloody Tower”. Close to the Tower of London, is the Tower Bridge, and for all people who had a London pass, the Tower Bridge exhibition was free of charge. The exhibition took place in one of the two towers, and there was also a museum. The view from the bridge was one of the most beautiful I had ever seen. I could almost see the whole city of London. In the afternoon I visited the big department store Harrods, which is situated in Knightsbridge. This famous department store was built in 1849 and it is over 160 years old. It started out as a grocery store. Today there are more than five thousand people working at Harrods. It is a very expensive store, so I didn’t buy anything, even though you could find everything here. After a couple of hours wandering around in the huge store, I took the tube back to the hotel. I was very exhausted and my legs were tired so I fell asleep quite soon.

The old gothic church

The following morning I woke up, had my breakfast, and then I got to the tube station. I was going to visit Westminster Abbey, which is a nine hundred years old gothic church in London. Its proper name is The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, but it’s more often called Westminster Abbey. It s situated in the heart of London, next to Parliament Square and opposite the House of Parliament. At eleven o’clock, I went on a tour through the church. The guide was informing about the history of Westminster Abbey while he showed us around. We went to the Library and Muniment Room houses and saw all of the very important collections that belonged to Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

After a couple of very nice and interesting hours I went to eat lunch at a restaurant located not so far from the church. During the afternoon, I went on the Jubilee line to see the Millennium Dome. It is an arena in London which opened in December 1999, and after that it has been open to the general public during the whole of the year 2000. The Dome has the largest coherent roof in the world and it is among other things connected by twelve supporting towers that represents the twelve months of the year. It really is a huge arena, and it is nice to have seen it.

Millennium Dome and the Oxford Street

Later in the evening after visiting the Millennium Dome, I took the tube to Oxford Street. Oxford Street is a one and a half mile long shopping street, and it claims to be the busiest street in Europe. It has got hundreds of shops and big department stores. Some of the best-known are: Selfridges, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis. The biggest department stores are about seven floors high. The street begins at Marble Arch and ends at Tottenham Court Road. At Oxford Street you can find all kinds of shops. It’s the major shopping street in central London, but it’s not the most expensive or fashionable. I bought a lot of presents to bring home to my family.

Fish and Chips

It was amazing to walk down the street that I had heard and read so much about. I finished the day with a famous fast-food dinner, Fish and Chips. Then I walked home to the hotel (which was only two minutes away) and went to bed. I looked forward to a new and exciting day tomorrow!

London Eye

I woke up after a good night’s sleep, prepared for new adventures. I was going to start the day by visiting the famous London Eye which is a huge Ferris wheel located next to London aquarium and Big Ben. It is the largest Ferris wheel in the world. It’s about one hundred meters high and weighs approximately 1600 tons. It has got thirtytwo cabins and the ride goes on for about 30-40 minutes. The view from the top of the wheel was fantastic. I could see some of London’s other sightseeing spots like Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. Depending on the ticket you had bought, you could get a binocular and a guide who showed and featured most of the sights you could see from the London Eye.

St. Paul’s Cathedral

After the ride, I went to the Waterloo mainline station which is situated within five minutes walking distance. From there I took the tube towards St. Paul’s Cathedral, a big church in London, built in the 16th century. It is the biggest cathedral in north Europe and the most classicists one in England. It also has the heaviest church clock in the United Kingdom, it weighs 16 tons. I took a tour through this big and beautiful cathedral which took about two hours. It was very interesting.

Not far from the church you could see the river Thames. I went there on a boat trip later in the day. It was called The Route. The trip began at Westminster Abbey. During the boat ride we passed by a lot of old famous historical places like The London Eye, St. Paul’s Cathedral (where I just had been) and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Finally when we came through London Bridge we saw the Tower of London and the Battle-Cruiser HMS Belfast. After the boat trip I had dinner at a very nice restaurant close to the pier. Another great day was finished and later in the evening I went back to the hotel and had a relaxing end of the day.

National Portrait Gallery

The following day, I had decided to visit the National Portrait Gallery, because they had a Pop art exhibition going on. The Gallery is situated in the centre of London, at St. Martins Place. Some of the painted portraits I could see at the exhibition was; Marilyn Monroe, painted by Andy Warhol, and Elvis Presley, painted by Allen Jones. The exhibition was divided into six sections but I thought that it was most fun to look at the drawings of the famous Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.

Trafalgar Square

When I had walked around in there for a couple of hours I went out to get some lunch. Then I moved on to the famous Trafalgar Square. Trafalgar Square is a very big square with a lot of history in central London and is one of Britain’s great tourist attractions. In the middle of the square there is a big column, called Nelson’s Column, surrounded by different kinds of fountains and big bronze lions designed and sculpted by sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Edwin Landseer in 1939.

On the east side of the square is the St. Martin’s in-the-Fields church and on the north side is the National Gallery. After a lot of walking it was very nice to finish the day by going to the cinema and watch a movie. I went to the Cranbourn Cinema, at Leicester Square and saw a movie called Ratatouille. It was a lovely Disney movie about a rat and a boy that together made a perfect couple in a restaurant kitchen. A lot of complications occurred, but of course a happy ending as always in Disney movies. I was in a good mood when I went back home to the hotel and got to bed.

Shakespeare’s famous theatre

The last day, I hadn’t made up any plans, but the previous day I had found a brochure about Shakespeare’s famous theatre, The Globe, so I decided to go there. But first I had to shop the last things that I needed to bring home, and then do some packing. I didn’t have to leave the hotel before six o’clock, so I had plenty of time. About twelve o’clock I arrived with the tube at Waterloo Mainline station, and from there it was excellent footpaths along the river that took me to The Globe. I had read the story about The Globe and how it was dismantled and moved on a boat over the river Thames during a single night. The Globe is open for the general public seven days a week. I spent almost an hour walking around, exploring the Elizabethan theatre which was from the beginning an open amphitheatre. It is today recreated to fit the modern London It would have been great to see one of the famous plays like Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet, but at this time of the year it was only different lectures and classes going on in the building. So that had to wait.

House of Parliament

After a lunch at the restaurant near The Globe; I headed off, towards the House of Parliament. The House of Parliament is situated at the north shore of the river Thames and along with the Big Ben clock tower. This house is the ultimate symbol in London. I took a seventy-five minute long tour through the Parliament, at a price of £3.50, which was quite a good price. I got to see treasures like; King Charles’s death warrant, the throne and the robing rooms etc. It was really exciting. The tour was certainly worth the time and the money.

The end of the tour

When the tour was over I went back to the hotel and packed the rest of my stuff. I had a couple of hours left before I had to leave the hotel and get to the airport (I had booked a late flight that didn’t leave until nine o’clock). Now I didn’t really know what to do. Then I got a brilliant idea. I could go and see a football game! I looked it up on the internet at the hotel, and booked a last-minute ticket to a match between Fulham v Blackburn River. I didn’t recognize the teams, but that didn’t matter. The game was held at Craven Cottage stadium which was the home arena of Fulham Football Club. I had read that the site of the ground had been built in the late 1700th century, and that it had a historical background. The ticket cost about £20 and the game started at 4 o’clock.

Afterwards, when I got back to the hotel, picked up my luggage and sat down in the bus, I looked back at my trip. Time had flown very quickly, but it had been a very fun and interesting week. I learned a lot of things. I would love to go to London some time again!

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