RIGHTS

Having read the plight of the Sheffield student who is been extradited to the USA to face charges for a crime over copyright, that is punishable in a horrible place , but in the UK free. Then having witnessed the Cameron lizard wait for the slaughter of the goats at sunrise, It has all come home to me, 10 yrs ago I recorded music on my own CD's..original music mind.. under my own copyright. Now my %*$^#&# music software tells me I am not the owner of the material ??  WTF !! 

All I can say is that if there is money to be had I want some !! In fact who has been benefitting from my amateurish musings in the last 10 years ?  This does not help the financially secure student, the argument remains.. if it is online it is everybody's...get used to it. But if you break a law overseas but NOT at home how are you a criminal ?? How can you country give your\ away to someone else ? No questions asked ?It goes against everything I stand for..If this can happen why can we cannot extradite Mugabe...Oh that's right He has no Oil...

Bedlam

Practice

Home from an excellent weekend away, it was good to catch up with Josef & of course work with Sharp Practice. So far we have 8 songs re - learnt & I have to say thank goodness we recorded the bulk of our original matireal, otherwise we would still be humming the intro to " Manic " ! It was fantastic to return to those days in the past through the shared medium of music. I just found myself looking around the room at happy smiling faces as we played. The rehearsal was followed by a great meal from Mrs Miff & much wine interspersed with anecdotes followed by laughter.

The " Beard " festival was ... well ... interesting but the gig in the evening by Louis Barrabus & the Bedlam  Six was outstanding, so much so that I bought their CD. Really good time music. It was a shame that the weather prevented a really good attendance but Josef did his DJ set with aplomb & I found myself sitting with a pint in hand inwardly laughing at the dedication of men who had grown outrageous beards to then parade them in front of strangers purely for the acknowledgement, while feeling perverse at arriving clean shaven.

Weather North Bay

" Sun " Lounge at the Spa

DJ Josef & his decks

Louis Barabbus & the Bedlam Six

Debate

The weekend will see me setting off to sunny Scarborough to rehearse with Sharp Practice, going through material to prepare a set for our one off reunion later this year. This will be the scene of bloodletting, followed by a fierce & frank exchange of views as we all  vie to get our personal favourites in the set. However once we have cleaned up, I am sure there will be an evening of laughter & chat to follow this.

On the Sunday I will be meeting up with JA for a couple of days to catch up & maybe exchange a few musical idea's as well.  I last saw him at our farewell party that we held before departure for Auckland, I am sure by the time I return to Leeds on Monday my liver will be happy for the rest !

Welcome Back

Welcome Back     Click on the link to listen to the opening track of   Funky Aluminium Primitive

Diet

I see that in the CONseratives party policy statement on disability benefits, that people with only 7 months to live will have to front up to Tescoes & other pound stretching establishments to work for free.  I worry about the economy, these people are in no fit state to put the beans where I can reach them. Well done Cameron for re establishing the work houses of St, Margaret. I cannot wait till your next party when we can unsheathe our skins & feast on the poor.

Construction

I am busy rebuilding the Arcane Enigma studio at the moment which has eaten up time as I test idea's , search online & spend , spend, spend! Having decided on a basic layout & a selection of gizmo's & guitars, my evenings & weekends are spent travelling around guitar shops & perusing online catalogues.
All this feverish work has not made me popular with certain parties as I neglect things, like going out & eating dinner, praising recent shopping purchases or hair do's etc. But it has to be done, I have missed my studio & guitars, keyboards etc. Question is..when is a little " me time " too much ?

Thompson Twins

Cameron & Clegg... one is a lizard who would eat his young & the other in a previous life posed as a Ken doll. One tells us in very sonorous tones that" we are all in it together". The other one tells us that taxing equality is something" they are looking in to".

At any given press conference one can replace the other and state the same case.

Like all Thompsons...they are worthless liars.

One day this country will rise up and smite them.

Until then enjoy the taste of austerity....I bet there is a good feed to be had in their houses...a curse on both of them.