I have started this book on numerous occasions, but failed to get much further the first few pages. I suppose I'm waiting till I have a broken leg or something and I'm laid up with nothing else to do. I feel I may be disappointed when I do read it, a boat I may have missed, a bit like Blonde on Blonde. For another, older generation, who hadn't heard enough words and enough ideas. We have too many now.
The founder of The Montreux Jazz Festival, Claude Nobs, died on Thursday after a skiing accident. It's something I've always wanted to go to. Hope it continues. Here's SRV ripping it up at the festival in 1985.
I grew up around here and probably would have cycled on these roads at some stage. The nearest he comes to the house I lived in is at 05.58. If he had turned left instead of going straight on, he'd have been there in five minutes. I can just about see where my mother lives at 07.44. I spent a lot of my summers swimming at Sandycove and in the Forty Foot.
Listening to this version of Abbey Road by the Beatles Remixers Group. Their stuff is always interesting and worth checking out. The series of compilations, Tuned To A Natural E, is especially good. Available from all good internets. Happy New Year to all my readers.
