Parts of Britain are not fairing
well with the floods and although it has been dry today the next few days
appear to be a return to more rain, just as our old mate Santa is about to turn
up. Dad has built a large Steam Powered Post Apocalyptic, Jekyll and Hyde Santa
for all those people who were hoping for Armageddon for Christmas. He has even
filled Santa’s beard with fish paste and French fries from the takeaway to
encourage flocks of seagulls to follow Santa into his fairy Grotto. Dads plan
was to take his Steam Powered Post Apocalyptic, Jekyll and Hyde Santa to the
out of town supermarket and offer him as an attraction but unfortunately dad was
unable to get the store manager to unlock his office and most of the other
store staff ran screaming in the opposite direction. Even the Steam Powered
Post Apocalyptic, Jekyll and Hyde Santa’s chirpy smile and friendly ho ho ho hello and who would you like me to
eat this Christmas didn’t help much. Dad did try and shout through the
keyhole of the manager’s door He is
great at eating left over turkey and old Christmas trees but it was
drowned out by gibbering and the manager scratching at the floor tiles, trying
to dig a tunnel.
Dad was
planning to take the reindeer to the store with him but mum said they were too
scary and looked like a pack of 30 foot high demonic werewolf’s and that the
idea of converting a Trojan Space Gull into a sleigh was just plain
stupid. Dad said the public are boring and will probably sit and watch repeats of the
Morecombe and Wise Show while trying to get an entire tin of chocolate into
their mouths at the same time. I’m sure dad is wrong surely no one would
do that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AH
I spent an hour
yesterday doing a quick bit of recording and so if all goes to plan it will be
available on line to listen to, I am still working out what does what at
present with all the controls and it is all a bit basic so nothing clever just
me and a drum and a harmonica and a bit of bent metal that goes boing.
Ok a bit basic but its a start
As I type this my head is doing a little jig because I'm listening to your tune. Loving the harmonica..... Can't wait to hear more. This is exactly the kind of funky sound I expected from the Head of the RATS!
ReplyDeletecooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!
HAHA, love the little *coffcoff* at the end as well. I always put my coffs at the start. Don't know why though. Its just my way. love it!
DeleteI am still going coffcoff I'm afraid. As for the Djembe playing it was fairly simple stuff it is not the same playing on your own. It is one of those things where you are much better off in a group of five or six and it felt a bit odd to play along with myself so I kept it simple. And I haven't played harmonica in years so am rather rusty. But I was pleased that it sounded fairly natural on the recording I have a feeling drums can be a bit a problem to record
DeleteNow that I worked out how to up load something to youtube I will have a go at putting a couple of tracks from the album the Ghost Writer did about 10years plus or so ago, (we are a talented bunch.
Spawn just came into my room (he's always up late on holidays)and said that my dancing measured 9.5 on the Richter scale. Loved when the harmonica kicked in.
ReplyDeleteSpawn and I had a go at Djembe playing recently and I sucked. He however proved to be a natural and so it stands to reason, that I threatened to cut off both his hands.
Hi Miss Lily and the Lil man. I rather like playing Djembe but it is a social instrument and you need to play it in a small group who meet an a regular basis. Maybe you could convince the Lil man that if he was to get together with a couple of friends they could dress up as demons and call themselves The Drummers of Beelzebub, I can see that having a bit of commercial mileage in it, and would beat being an accountant any day.
DeleteHappy Christmas by the way, I probably will say happy Christmas again in cyberspace, but just in case I am distracted by a desire to leap about and be Jolly (MMMMMMMM seems unlikely) I am planning to say Happy Christmas now everywhere. XXX
It is stiLL the 23rd here, so I can teLL you Merry Christmas Eve Eve. So I always refer to today as Christmas Adam. (Its an Adam and Eve joke).
ReplyDeleteI have a close relative whose first name is Jack and the last letter of his last name is L, and I rarely see him, so that is kinda like hiding. He also just happens to work but not live in the city where Cooper has his doctor, the vet. So somehow aLL that is a doctor Jack L and he is missing most of the time by hiding at his job, eXcept on holiday family gatherings. He also sometimes rides a motorcycle but that reaLLy has nothing to do with this story.
DeleteIn old rhyming slag . . .. Would you Adam and Eve it. . . .means would you believe it. So at some point over the Christmas festivities you will be able to turn round to someone and say
DeleteCor Blimey, would you Adam and Eve it
Have you ever seen the Movie, The Day of the Jackal . . . It is a great film (the Original one, I think they did a remake)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&v=h6xMnTPEzPo
Merry Christmas Mr ESB