It is an odd day
indeed when I do not play, and sing, this sensationally haunting track of music
usually en-route to
flashing up the moth traps in the evening.
And There Will Your
Heart Be Also……..
from the magical album
ELIZIUM
by
by
The Fields
of the Nephilim
It is said that they undertake a 'baking powder battle' before
taking to the stage for authenticity, making it look as though they have just
galloped across a prairie or two!
It was, on the first
incarnation of the Bagsy Blog, a permanent header
to every post until
someone/thing in Cyber Space decided to clear the link!
Even now you will need
to copy and paste the link above it but feel sure it will be worth the effort?
Front-Man Carl McCoy
who also uses a series of contact lenses, including 'mirrored',
cPeter Gabriel - Genesis, for effect.
Like the Valkyrie of
Norse legend, the handmaiden’s of the Gods,
would gather the
bodies of fallen warriors and transport them to
Valhalla their own
form of Heaven, so the Goths also have theirs!
The Nephilim are the
handmaiden’s and Elizium their Paradise!
Having even made a
promise to myself that, WHEN we win that £1M Premium Bond,
we will hire the
Weymouth Pavilion and invite BOTH of our friends along to enjoy a riotous evening
of soft drinks and crisps and enjoy the riveting sounds of both
Prog Rock Southampton
band IQ - performing Dark Matter
along with the Goths
of the Fields as above!
Now where this little series of images came from within the laptop is not
known, but inspires me to return to my many wonderful and memorable trips to the
US of A
Having travelled to each of the 50 State, across the board the people have been found to be
Kind, Hospitable, Generous, Welcoming and somtimes a little Naive
so why not we start at the wonderful, wonderful
PATCHES PUB
in the bijou northern Florida town of
Panama City Beach
Now we're talking
Gloria, Rachel and Marion
intoducing me to 2 other of their favoured friends
Tallahassee Beer and
VODKA JELLO's - Hic!
Solo Guitarist Briony just happened to know the licks of my
Party Piece - Badge by Cream
Thinkin' 'bout the times
you drove in my car.
Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far.
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table.
This was familiar also.
Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far.
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table.
followed by a guided tour.
If all of this had not been hospitallity enough the collective then offered me a
One Million Dollar Banknote for just 500 Bucks
but being a past master at bargaining I walked way with it for just $200 - YES!
I
told you not to wander 'round in the dark.
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park.
Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel.
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park.
Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel.
AMERICAN ROBIN
a very occassional visitor to our shores, I have seen but one on
This Side of the Pond
06/01/2004 - Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
Then, in no particular order:-
Custer's Last Tree-line
LITTLE BIG HORN
Montana
known to the Lakota
and other Plains Indians as the
Battle of the
Greasy Grass.
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
The home of
The home of
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
was far more interesting for the seemingly endless trail of
Bronze Sculptures
When the wagons leave the city for the forest and further on
Painted wagons of the morning dusty roads where they have gone
Sometimes travelling through the darkness met the summer coming home
Fallen faces by the wayside looked as if they might have known
Painted wagons of the morning dusty roads where they have gone
Sometimes travelling through the darkness met the summer coming home
Fallen faces by the wayside looked as if they might have known
Oh the sun was in their eyes and the desert was dry
In the country town where the laughter sounds
In the country town where the laughter sounds
Oh the dancing and the singing
Oh the music when they played
Oh the fires that they started
Oh the girls with no regret
Oh the music when they played
Oh the fires that they started
Oh the girls with no regret
Sometimes they found it, sometimes they kept it
Often lost it along the way
Fought each other to possess it often died in sight of day
Often lost it along the way
Fought each other to possess it often died in sight of day
Oh the sun was in their eyes - etc
Theme From an Imaginary Western - Mountain
Written by Jack Bruce - post Cream and Felix Pappalardi - ex Mountain bassist and co-vocalist (pre Bruce) before his wife shot him to death!
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
we headed onward to the
we headed onward to the
ROCK SQUIRRELs
COLORADO RIVER
VANCE FAMILY
who were met on a trail near Flagstaff, Arizona and just asked for some directions!
As is quite usual, or so I have found, they immediately took me
under their wings, escorted me all around the nearby Nature Reserve
where betwen us we found among many others:-
HAIRY WOODPECKER
WHITE-TAILED DEER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
formally more wider known as
MYRTLE WARBLER
which is a name given to one of the 4 sub-species.
who were met on a trail near Flagstaff, Arizona and just asked for some directions!
As is quite usual, or so I have found, they immediately took me
under their wings, escorted me all around the nearby Nature Reserve
where betwen us we found among many others:-
MYRTLE WARBLER
which is a name given to one of the 4 sub-species.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
and
GREAT BLUE HERON
but that was not the end of it.
and
but that was not the end of it.
Mother and Father while Andrew made my acquaintance with their
3 adopted children previously orphans. What a story and what warm, loving
and careing people and having just picked up a Million Bucks for next to nothing
it was a great pleasure just to leave them a token!
IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE WISH RIGHT NOW
it would be that
THEY WERE READING THIS - UNFORGETABLE!
it would be that
THEY WERE READING THIS - UNFORGETABLE!
