Rochdale Library : Young Fathers : 14th March 2015

"inside i feel dirty;it's only cos i'm hurting........" i took this video & these other  images , in Rochdale Library watching Young Fathers.
 [4;05 into this video ],watch extraordinary moves. Physical poetry & voodoo combined. As i say, extra-ordinary!

. Melange:

Who knows what's happening? Some kind of Beauty Parade? Some dancing competition? Whatever..... Looks like the ship's captain is showing the lass in the blue frock the door /the plank?

This is a sepia saturday post.

All I know.This image is from the late 50's.
A cruise somewhere.I found it on the site www.viewfromthisside.com .
It shares Kodachrome slides and suchlike.Many found unloved in carboots.
 I love the clarity & vivid colours these contain.
Somewhere  below is a slideshow  of  photos from today,s night in Halifax with Phil The X Fireman & Ken .
Ken [beard]is a friend of George ,a member of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

i was thinking about the world's biggest necklace

Me & Cath & Martin went to see this fine play in Manchester yesterday.... Read About The Scuttlers here. Me & Cath see Young Fathers In Rochdale Library next month.

Young Fathers - "LOW" from Ninja Tune on Vimeo.

Old Friends ßookends

ßlimey,another Valentines Day...!

You know,my Dad was born on this day (& died on a Boxing Day) 

Strange to think he would be 98 now, had he lived.

 I know no more than you do about love.Other than it is universal as much as it is personal?

And that the long applause at the end of this (or any) song is as important as the music before it. 

Imagine,  I only turned my head away in order he had  a greater area to kiss........

My Son Chris & Me :Zante 1991

Cathy my Missus & Me in a mirror on the Greek Island of Paros in 1987.

Cathy in Paros:the same year.

This is a Sepia Saturday post. 

Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro from Columbia Records on Vimeo.

whoa, the blue light was my baby, and the red light was my mind.....

The Rolling Stones singing "Street Fighting Man" is total nonsense.A millionaire singing working class songs is a total lie.(hello,Russell Brand!)
 Saying that ,I loved this song  in the 1970s.I believed every word....Sometimes artifice is a very comforting distraction.innit?
We are critical of politicians & the lies they tell us.Are we any better with the lies we tell ourselves?

Athens:August 1987.

Cath took this photo of me in Athens in 1987.She was still recovering from her first miscarriage.

the earth sings when he touches it [Shakespeare]

Horses are one of the theme options for this week's Sepia Saturday.

I may have shown these photos before?Im not sure but its always worth repeating.Innit.

Above&below r some of  my Aunt Brenda's photos from The Saranac Winter Carnival. 

Brenda was born in Canada.& ,at some point,her & the family moved to Upstate New York where these was taken

. here are a few more of her wonderful photos. 

here a couple of previous posts about it all....... 

This is a Sepia Saturday post.Hurray!

hard times come again no more

 above, some of my photos from this year.If you dont know their context,you just havnt been paying attention x