Saturday, October 12, 2013

All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air.......

"All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life......"KARL MARX
a photo I took of the Artist Jeremy Deller mending the jukebox .But turning 'round & clocking me!
Among his previous projects was a coast-to-coast road trip across the USA displaying the remains of a car blown up in Iraq {read more...} 


Me & Mrs Gentle Author  went to Manchester today to see the new exhibition at it's Art Gallery called "All That Is Solid Melts Into The Air" {details}
Its on until early January.Try go see,its rather good!
Afterwards, me & "Mrs" went to watch the opening of The Manchester Dashehra Diwali Mela outside The Town Hall.

Me & Cathy go see Maxine Peake at The Hebden Bridge Trades Club on Wednesday .A fund- raiser for "The Morning Star".Details of her band [here]
Elizabeth Southern was one of The Pendle Witches
The voice of the actress Maxine Peake singing with a band she's in (something of a side-project).I hope to put here visuals& audio from her gig in Hebden Bridge on Wednesday night.

5 comments:

Roy said...

Wow! Is it Diwali already? This year is going by fast. And it's always good to hear "Heros"! Thanks, Tony!

Brian Miller said...

ha really cool pics from the festival...nice bowie as well...

Little Nell said...

You know how to have fun. I never knew that about Maxine Peake - interesting. BTW I had the volume up on my computer and nearly had a heart attack when Bowie started up spontaneously!

Are you still having trouble with spam as I see you've got word verification still enabled?

tony said...

INell, i did have big problem with Spam,hence w/v.'might knock it off soon & see if things improve.I've generally been neglecting things here! I will wake up again soon !x

Anonymous said...

Great stuff. Like it a lot.

I sat beside Maxine Peake in the cinema once. She might have been with Anna Friel. I can't remember. I was quietly excited. Well, who wouldn't be? I don't think she noticed. She's cool though. And bloody good at her job.

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