So, another week has been and now gone. And as this weekend included Remembrance Day (not as the frighteningly overused Twitter trend called it #rememberancesunday), this week is a Mix-tape with a difference.
Instead of ten tracks to listen to over the next week, today, I'm going to give you ten War poems by different poets for you to discover. Now I'll be honest and say I've not read much poetry since leaving school, so in order to compile this list, I've had to read and discover a lot of poetry, and the source which was so valuable to me was a website called www.poemhunter.com - try it, as a bank of poetry, it's quite handy.
Anyway, here is my list of poems for you to find and take in...
1) Aftermath - Siegfried Sassoon
2) Anthem For Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen
3) In Flanders Field - John McCrae
4) All Day It Has Rained - Alun Lewis
5) Agony - Mark R Slaughter
6) 1914 V: The Soldier - Rupert Brooke
7) Vergissmeinnicht - Keith Douglas
8) As The Team's Head-Brass - Edward Thomas
9) Break Of Day In The Trenches - Isaac Rosenberg
10) The Conscientious Objector - Karl Shapiro
There you are, then. Go forth and be educated (or re-educated if you know this stuff already!)
Until next time...
Hello again, my lovely readers! Good God, I sound like an Agony Aunt! Anyway, another week has passed, and another week closer to Christmas. Following from last week's theme, this week I'm going to focus on Wales. The country, not the marine mammal...
1) Delilah - Tom Jones
Why, why, why?!
2) The Bartender And The Thief - Stereophonics
I can just about bear this one!
3) Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
An absolute Classic!
4) Mulder And Scully - Catatonia
A bit of name-checking!
5) Demons - Super Furry Animals
Best Band name ever?!
6) Monster - The Automatic
What is coming over the hill?!
7) Big Spender - Shirley Bassey
Not a song about me, that's for sure!
8) (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - Amen Corner
Not one for the deeper voiced amongst us!
9) Watsville Blues - Manic Street Preachers
They get another one because they are the best Welsh band ever. Fact!
10) Baby It's Cold Outside - Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews
A bit of seasonal Welsh dueting!
Go forth and enjoy some Welshness!!
Some time ago (about a week), I put out an open invitation for you lovely readers to submit questions, to be answered by me, here. Unfortunately, the interest was poor to non-existent (you miserable buggers). Anyway, here are the few questions I did get, with some answers.
What is the correct way to eat a gingerbread man? With a knife and fork.
Do elves really wear those shoes with the curling tips? They do, their Winklepickers are creased.
Why is abbreviation such a long word? Because abbrev. looks silly.
If you wear a sheet for halloween are you a ghost or a mattress? Neither, you're a knob.
What is the speed of dark? The time it takes to punch someone's light out.
Can I throw a pie in justins face? Yes.
Does a jellybaby feel any pain? Not if you give it jellyparacetomol.
So, thanks to the, ahem, THREE of you that actually joined in, and remind me never to bother trying this again. Ever.
Hello folks! Back again, or discovering for a first time? Well, lucky you, whichever it is. With the current hulabaloo over Scottish Independence, I've gone for a Scottish theme...
1) Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Probably their high-point, to be fair!
2) U16 Girls - Travis
One for Savile and Glitter!
3) It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry - Glasvegas
It's what I think my ex-wife ought to be singing!
4) Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers
Get your scarves out girls!
5) A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins
One I remember from Atlantic 252!
6) Mellow Yellow - Donovan
Nothing to do with custard!
7) Whistle For The Choir - The Fratellis
Purse your lips and whistle!
8) Why - Annie Lennox
If she don't know, how can we?!
9) 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
And 500 more!
10) Loaded - Primal Scream
I want to get loaded, and have a good time!
So, settle in with your Whiskey, your Bag pipes and your tam-o-shanter, and become an adopted Scot!
Hello, only me again! Sorry, but it's that time again... Mix-tape Time!! I couldn't come up with a theme myself, and despite my invitation to you readers to come up with a theme from time to time, no one has bothered. So I picked up my phone, went to the music player and shoved it on random, and what follows is the first ten tracks...
1) How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon
John has a post-break-up dig at Paul!
2) Act Naturally - The Beatles
Ringo basically admits he can't act!
3) At My Most Beautiful - REM
Cor, I'm gorgeous!
4) Red Scab - Adam & The Ants
Punk scabbiness!
5) I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder
Stevie knows why he's here!
6) My Little Empire - Manic Street Preachers
Manics come over a little 'Napoleon'!
7) She's Crafty - The Beastie Boys
Either she's sneaky, or good with her hands!
8) Sunrise - Norah Jones
Ravi Shankar's daughter, did you know?!
9) I Feel Free - Cream
No restrictions!
10) Can't Truss It - Public Enemy
Totally un-truss-able!
There you go, a mix-tape selection that's totally random. Until next time!
