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Friday 26 April 2024

Only Humans

Leaving aside every bad trait that humans possess and exhibit, every negative aspect of our behaviours, our religious zealotry, political idiocy, our warmongering, our greed, our jealousies, duplicity, criminality and selfishness; none other than a human would create the follies, fancies, endearments and ingenious fripperies I show here. 

Some people step-aside from "normal" behaviour(s) to fulfil themselves, enrich their environment and by their acts of selfless betterment "lift" people around them. They may make people laugh, pick up litter, cut public grass, plant trees, hold doors for strangers, give up seats or give away money: anything is better than nothing as far as I'm concerned. Me, me, me must become us, us, then hopefully less of "us" (children) for the sake of our future survival on this planet; for we are truly now, "the elephant in the room".*

A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved. The root cause of the world's problems is too many people are being born (details here).

Secret miniatures

Mini scenes

Mouse holes

Ron's place

Street art can lift your heart in many ways

Kindness 1    Kindness 2    Kindness 3  

Amazing street art (43 pictures)  and 72 pictues

Public gardening

Public Gardening (in USA)

Good Deeds1    Good Deeds 2    Good Deeds 3

Word of the day - ELOCUTION

The word today is Elocution

Elocution is a noun and means the following:

- The art of public speaking with gesturing and good vocal delivery

- To speak publicly with care, clarity and emphasis where effective



Do not confuse elocution with erudition



Having good elocution does not mean you have good erudition
Without knowledge or great experience you are unlikely to be erudite
If you are able to do elocution you are said to be eloquent


If you need more start herehere or see what Wikipedia has to say.

There is an index of words of the day.

Wednesday 24 April 2024

Word of the day - INDEX OF WORDS








These are the songs in the "Word of the day" series.

 Click on each to read about it.

#1 ENNUI

#2 MELANCHOLY

#3 ONOMATOPOEIA

#4 PUSILLANIMOUS

#5 SANCTIMONY

#6 SAPPHIC

#7 DUPLICITUS

#8 SUPERCILIOUS

#9 PEDANTIC

#10 MALLEABLE

#11 FEBRILE

#12 LICKSPITTLE

#13 FENDERSMITH

#14 FRIPPERY

#15 CURMUDGEON

#16 NIGGARD

#17 FLUMMOX

#18 CORNUCOPIA

#19 DISPASSIONATELY

#20 DISCOMBOBULATION

#21 SCHADENFREUDE

#22 INCONTROVERTIBLE

#23 FECUNDITY

#24 DISSOLUTION

#25 GALLIMAUFRY

#26 OBFUSCATION

#27 POLYSEMY

#28 FACETIOUS

#30 OBSEQUIOUS

#31 CIRCUMSPECTION

#32 GAWPING

#33 FULMINATING

#34 ENCOMIUM

#35 MALEFICENCE

#36 CORUSCATE

#37 TEMERITY

#38 HUBRIS

#39 TRUCULENCE

#40 RIGMAROLE

#41 PERNICIOUS

#42 ACCRETION

#43 NITHERED

#44 NARCISSISM

#45 FESTOON

#46 GOBSMACKED

#47 FUGUE

#48 ERUDITE

#49 ELOCUTION




Word of the day - ERUDITE

The word today is Erudite

Erudite is an adjective and means the following:

- To have and to be able to show great knowledge or learning

- To show characteristics of extensive reading or learned instruction

- To have a depth of knowledge known only to few people


Do not confuse erudition with elocution 


Without knowledge or great experience you are unlikely to be erudite
Erudition is the act of proving how erudite you are to others
People may say you have great erudition if you impress them verbally
Being erudite is a relative term - eg 1-eyed in a room of blind people

If you need more start herehere or here to know when to use erudite.

There is an index of words of the day.

Lord FRANK FIELD M.P. - R.I.P.

I do not have respect for any current politician of any persuasion, either because I have not know them, or because of the simple fact that they are a (modern) politician.

There has of course been many UK politicians deserving of a virtuous eulogy, but sadly many warrant no more than a sterile resume of their life. Lord Frank Field, former M.P. and Labour Cabinet Minister was not such a person.

I first became aware of "Frank" with the introduction of televised parliament in the UK, when he was an M.P. advocating for the creation of a Pensions Reform Group, which he subsequently chaired. He came across as a plain-speaking, passionate and erudite man, for whom there seemed great respect in the chamber, such was his regard there. When Frank rose to speak there was usually very little "back-chat" and I admired his achievement of that with his calm and measured deliveries. 

Though he made it into a Labour cabinet and was later elevated to a Lordship, Frank remained steadfast in his lifelong lobbying for the betterment of the care and welfare of, dare we say it anymore, the common man. When Frank spoke I listened and was impressed, thus my personal remembrance here. Frank, R.I.P. and thank you for your service. Frank field frankfield


Lord Frank Field R.I P.


"Frank" (7th from left) amongst the 1997 Labour Cabinet

N.B. How many people can you recall from this photograph?
         I got Alistair "safe hands" Darling,
         Gordon "posturing" Brown,
         Frank,
         David Blunkett (first and only blind minister of state),
         Marjorie "Mo" Mowlem (great humility - fame for N.I. peace talks)
         Peter "Mandy" Mandelson (contentious and good TV)
         Who the rest were I haven't a clue, such was their influence!

Here follow more information about Lord Frank Field, from SKY News, from the BBC, from someone who knew him and from Frank's own constituency page.

Tuesday 23 April 2024

Out of order my Lord (camel's back)

Watch this BBC report from a French beach of illegal immigrants setting off for England where the majority are just sick of their apparent impunity to drop in on us whenever the traffickers say so. This has been going on for years, we have paid the French authorities millions and millions of wasted pounds and literally billions on immigrants who arrive (as if by magic) with a vast array of excuses for wanting to be in the UK. My god, do we not have "military" intelligence enough to stop this human tsunami? If the BBC can literally walk over to their boat, why won't the French do the same and disable it? It's rubber for God's sake - puncture it! I'll tell you why - they don't want the migrants anymore than we do,  yet you do like the colour of our money. I think you get the picture.

After watching that I read this and then this and nearly boiled over, for I am truly dismayed by the hand-wringing, politically correct, ineffective, wasteful, procrastinating, bull-shitters calling themselves the current British government cabinet, "the Tory party" or "the Conservatives" (or whatever); they are truly a bunch of spineless, frightened people who, in this example of aforementioned traits, would rather put unacceptable stress into the lives of students, just trying to get a university education to the ultimate betterment of this country (UK), than upset supporters of their ilk (parasitic lawyers, weak law-makers, whinging rights-activists, mis-aligned social support groups, et al).

By the way, don't think I'm for Labour, or the rest, just because I'm baiting the Tories, because if any of them thought enough of their country we might hear some constructive words from them and offers of allegiance in cases of national crisis occasionally, instead of unceasing flatulent moaning about how bad the government is doing. 


Listen to me I represent your Government!


When will they ever address the illegal (unauthorised) immigrants and the issues they bring with them? 

When will they finally "grow a pair", bite on a bullet and set in train a cohesive process that effectively sends back a "message" to all using and benefitting from the vile trade of people smuggling? Poland, Denmark and Sweden have already arrived at a point where their societies no-longer accept the "rights" of migrants merely looking for a better life, an easier living (as they see it) or a life away from internal feuds from whence they came. Their politics and politicians are hardening and there will be troubled times there for all; Poland will not accept any immigrants at all, whilst others are insisting true refugees (who go "home" when able) are granted temporary residency for that period alone.

When will they stop wasting monumental amounts of public money in this country and abroad? - France, I want our money back for you lot are taking the piss!

The "message" should be that life is no more fulfilling here than the lives many illegal immigrants would have, had they stayed in the place(s) they have fled or passed through, and that instead of wasting shed-loads of their money (or loans) to traffickers, they should use it to apply, through legal channels, for a life in this (my) country. 

I want us to invite selected immigrants to this country, not just disperse them around the country like so much night-soil, in the hope that the legal tax payers here will not spot them, nor care until hotels, student accommodation, ex-military bases and rented houses (of multiple occupancy) fill-up beside them. For those that do get here without their invitation in hand I want immediate incarceration off-shore*, not community care with all the leakage that occurs from that into the black economy, criminality, prostitution, slavery and organised crime groups. Chucking students out of their accommodation to store illegal immigrants is not a sane solution, though somewhere down the line the complicit owners of said student accommodation will, no doubt, be doing very nicely thankyou. 

* Incarceration off-shore means abroad, Rwanda (finally passed into UK law on 23rd April 2024), or in international waters, by which "illegals" never get a legal toe-hold of acknowledgement that they have any right to UK residency, nor can they leach into the general populace uninvited. There must be many ocean-going ex cruise ships going cheap (after Covid), that could provide "luxurious" accommodation and security from which migrants could be granted entry or asked to get used to being at sea, or asked if they want assistance back to where they've came from. This will cost millions of course, but "they" are wasting that anyway and before you (readers) all go off on one, please know I am not against migration, just illegal and unmanaged migration and to those that travel they should know that though they may speak English, they have no right to drop-in when they like, in anyway they like, for as long as they like. Offshoring is not just a UK aspiration and many European countries are considering their stance, with Italy almost ready to implement their plan.


-- ROUND 2 --


To volunteers or self appointed aid workers in European states receiving the largest waves of immigrants, such as Italy, Spain, Greece and especially France (who merely expedite the passage of illegal immigrants through their country to the UK), I say you help no-one, because your actions are at the very least complicit in the migration of illegal arrivals and ignores the international rules for refugees, (seek refuge at the first point of safe contact before returning later), by assisting migration for the betterment of a life(style). Just because you volunteer to assist in the migration of hopeful migrants means nothing less than helping the illegal act of human trafficking. 

Illegal refugees are the problem for the whole of western Europe, but aiding their flow merely perpetuates that flow. For the billions wasted by recipient countries to "process" those they receive, perhaps that money could be better utilised with a new maritime iron curtain that repels invaders in the time honoured way, such is the scale of the gratuitous and flagrant human trafficking industry now.

From some readers I may get applause and from many more condemnation. I am indigenous "white", which some may see as my problem, but now also many first, second and third generation "immigrants" (who by definition of their legal residency are now British), are themselves asking why their earlier struggles for acceptance in the bad old days are being undermined by those who expect only open arms following their illegal, probably self-induced, harrowing journey.

In the scheme of things the ineffective UK government's (in)actions are small fry, but if I were a camel right now I'd be needing a back surgeon and though I know this is a rant into a void of indifference, help this country, please.


-- ROUND 3 --


The UK is in decline, but most importantly it is full and unable to serve it's existing population. It is not a land of dreams anymore and does not offer wealth, greater freedom(s), nor great opportunities.  To free-loaders of any kind, who may expect a hand-out, we are already broke and it's not worth your money (smuggling costs), nor efforts for your family or children in getting to the UK. 

To "true" refugees the UK should continue to offer temporary refuge (Ukraine and Gaza at this time) with the expectation of (forced) return following your agreed period of refuge. To those people your mindset should be that of  a POW - to get home as soon as possible (please).


People / Km2 - The UK is officially full - stay away!

If you think I'm not alone in thinking this way, just pass on a link to the page, as my commenting is now finished.


-- ROUND 4 --


The UK is loved by many but its ineffective "processes" seem unable to detect and eject "wrong-uns" and is breaking apart what was once a cohesive and tolerant British society. I have grave doubts that even now settled first and second wave immigrants will tolerate the flimsy, hand-wringing, money wasting, procrastination that has been the illegal immigration mantra from successive UK governments since the 90's. Here's more depressing crap to read ...

Perhaps this is a message to amplify

No messing there nor here

There is going to be extreme actions in Europe.

The Prime minster has finally picked up on the sentiment of his electorate

Trying to save £8million pound a day? - more like pre-election manoeuvring

You'd think things pertaining to illegal immigrants couldn't get any weirder and then this appears in the news. Charging an illegal immigrant with The manslaughter of fellow illegal immigrants whilst on the high seas does no-one other than parasitic lawyers any good. He's not even British and the act was at sea, so why do we have to prosecute and possibly house him in prison (at our expense). If I hear more of meddling, profiteering "human rights lawyers" with regard to illegal immigrants I'm going to scream. 


-- ROUND 5 --


What's the point in me shouting into a void of apathy, for few read this blog, just read these examples and tell your friends if you wish.


Mohammed - aspires to be a basketball player

This bloke dreams of becoming a basketball star, as he believes he'd be good at it, so he's prepared to use a smuggler to get him to Europe so he can pass through to the USA. He is a classic example of many who merely dream of a "better life". He should get off his arse and strive to effect the life changes he dreams of right there where he is and certainly have no kids until he gets sorted. Why do we process such people with "due diligence". They  should be imprisoned upon arrival, then booked on a journey home?


Talib Rasul want's to stay in the UK

Why do we allow people like this to remain in the UK. He arrived here illegally, committed a sex crime, fled back to somewhere outside the UK, then smuggled himself and family back to the UK, thinking authorities would forget about his sex crime. Get this person out of the country.


Abdul Shokoor Ezedi (Cowardly attacked woman and injured himself)

Here's another "refugee" who sought UK sanctuary, this time from Afghanistan, who has consistently abused our hospitality. Send this sexually assaulting, thief and acid-throwing vile piece of shit back into the cess-pit from whence ha came. He should be easy to find (£20,000 reward) as he managed to pour the corrosive over his own face. No arguments now, just put him on a (military) plane and drop him off "home"; for assaulting and disfiguring a woman and two children, with whom he'd had a relationship, he has no excuse whatsoever. Like I said: a piece of shit!

Update - 20th Feb 2024: CCTV analysis tracked him across London for over two hours, leading to a police conclusion, "that he entered the Thames and drowned"; seemingly confirmed by a recovered body wearing clothes very similar to Ezedi's. He got the death he deserved, but the fact he was both sponsored and then shunned by the church, because of his misbehaviour, is an indictment of the church's meddling in-house immigrant processing.


Kidnapping rapists from Hull who should be sent "home"

I am sick to death of reading (common) news items like this. These animals, no doubt thankful for the refuge they desire(d) in the UK, kidnapped and collectively raped a woman, whilst pretending to be a taxi service. They each raped her, demanded £20 for the taxi service, then threw her out. Bastards! If you see them in Hull and feel like it, why not reprimand them in a way they may understand.



After Brexit they have no right to stay in the UK

Here's a pair of Romanian criminals, Sexually exploiting women in the UK. Following Brexit they have no absolute right to stay here, Send them and their like back "home". If you see them in Doncaster, remind them that Romania is a better place to live now.



Moroccan Hamza Faide (not fit to stay in the UK)

This chap is an ongoing asylum seeker who should be sent "home", for rather than trying to be on his best behaviour whilst his appeal is processed, decided an altercation between a father and child, where he grabbed at the child and whipped his victim with his own dog's lead, was his best course of action. Already prosecuted in this country for thievery his past actions alone should terminate his appeal, unless he's now professing to be a Christian (whatever they are).



Ngoc Nguyen and Hai Hoang (Vietnamese who need to be sent home)

Here's a pair of Vietnamese ne'er-do-wells (2 of many) who need to be sent home - don't waste time and resources and money putting these industrial scale Cannabis cultivators in prison: make their sentence "to be send back home". They may not be the ring leaders, but they came uninvited to the UK and knew they were breaking our laws. I do not want them here. I don't want us to tolerate people like this.

Monday 22 April 2024

Truism about Train Drivers?

Train drivers and some on similar salaries are greedy.

You're angry? - You're passengers hate you!

Personal thought - UK train drivers are payed plenty of money and yet never stop expressing how entitled they feel. They are literally sitting comfortably for a skilled (though routine) job, and should get off their feathered arses and take another job if not happy with their current one. They think that by repeatedly guerrilla-targeting important travel times (hols, Xmas, sports, festivals, etc) they will somehow give more gravitas to their demand(s), but all they do is harden the feelings of the public (paying in many ways), toward them. As if to confirm this last point (in both ways), they are striking again, on a National holiday

Whilst I'm here, too many people overvalue their "contributions" to society and should always remember they have the freedom to leave one job to take another. They could even try a different "career", for when AI kicks in many will be redundant; think on you nurses, G.P's, doctors, consultants, solicitors, lawyers, diagnosticians, teachers......,  (Anyone in a knowledge retrieval type job.)

Sunday 21 April 2024

Petty-minded little twats

Petty-minded little twat! 

That's what many think about Gideon Falter, who demands the resignation of the head of the Metropolitan Police, just because a low-ranking officer policing a pro-Palestinian protest suggested that being there wearing his kippah (for reasons you may speculate) and thus being "openly Jewish", he could precipitate a breach of the peace upon himself (at that time, at that protest). The officer was not putting Palestinians before Jews, nor putting down Jews, nor giving a toss (probably) about the pointless protest.

Gideon's apparently pathetic behaviour is a akin to asking his surgeon to resign because he didn't like a porter. If he had been attacked I guess he'd be happy to receive assistance from that officer, who wouldn't care less about him being a Jew: An over-focussed busy-body Jew in this instance, who could maybe think less of his Jewish-ness and "scoring points" off an easy target and more about the antipathy he generates against his true cause (whatever that is).

I get that he want's to push the "rights" of Jews via "his" NGO body called Campaign Against Antisemitism, but really? Talk about inflating a perceived slight into front-page news (with media assistance); when someone calls out to me, "you fat bastard" (as I am!) I don't shout back, "you can't say that because I'm a Jew", nor do I call for my doctor to resign because he can't make me thin.

Let's all keep our ongoing struggles in perspective, or call the Prime Minister to be appalled on our behalf. Talk about "the media" hyping stories. You need look no further tan this.



If you remain vaguely interested in the plight of Gideon Falter here are a few links.

The BBC reported this.

Gideon Falter says this (in The Mail Online). Note the minders.

Hear that man grind his axe (copper exonerated)

Friday 19 April 2024

IRAN reveals itself

By supplying the missiles for the attack on Israel from Gaza and being a supporter of troubles in Yemen and elsewhere, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC)  is posting an intent to become a major military power, but why. If their intent is to destabilise their region by antagonising Israel into rash (or deliberate?) actions, then the strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria seems to suggest their aim(s) are being achieved. Israel may have realised the back-room role Iran is playing in the region, but it seems very doubtful their partial withdrawal from Gaza will assuage anyone's annoyance, nor hint at what comes next.


Too Old?

Iran's earlier attack on a supposed Israeli "spy headquarters" in northern Iraq and similar aggressions upon Syria and Pakistan (who retaliated of course) revealed their latest desire to become a more significant geopolitical influencer of the middle east, though striking a US military area inside Iraq, killing Americans, was ill-advised and must stop if shit is not to hit their fan. Iran is showing off to their regional pals at the moment, hoping for an alliance against Israel, which is perhaps what the original Gaza/Hamas attack was really about? 

Update 14th Apr 2024: Having built tension(s) in the area over many months following the missile strikes and incursion into Israel, with murder and kidnappings, Iran and Israel finally came to blows. These former allies (until 1979) have been bickering for years, but why has Iran attacked Israel?

Israel seems to have been played like a fiddle; having been goaded into an over-the-top response to the "Palestinian" invasion from Gaza they have brought upon themselves global condemnation, enough for the self-appointed regional "white knight" (Iran) to feel justified in now "reprimanding" Israel. This is bad news, but possibly the fulfilment of "someone's" desire for instability in the region, for the long-term eradication of Israel.

Iran seemingly wants war with Israel, with a view to supremacy in the middle east, but US President Biden's condemnation of this brazen act in which over 300 cruise missiles were inbound for Israel will be ignored (for now) by Iran, for Israel has, thus far, done little more than put themselves on military high alert, choosing to savour their (inevitable) response and it's consequence(s). They are happy to promote the "success" of their defence systems, though it is telling that the USA had the intelligence to warn Israel, yet has refused to be involve in any retaliatory strike(s), the first of which occurred on Thursday 18th April 2024 when Israel (alone) executed a missile strike onto Isfahan, an Iranian town hosting  a major airbase and large missile production complexes. This war is official, we are seeing the first act of a simmering play and nothing good will come of it; Israel have been goaded into a long-term regional conflict and were "played" into war.


Howsoever this regional scenario was engineered, Iran appear to be in their enterprise for a long haul, for not only are they targeting mainland Israel, they seems to desire a de-facto embargo of goods into Israel (as was applied to those undergoing a genocide in Gaza), for Iranian forces have begun to seize Israel-linked ships.

Thursday 18 April 2024

Meaningful songs - INDEX OF SONGS







Ostensibly a list of songs that remain meaningful to me, because of "secret" memories or emotions that were expected to fade with age (when in fact they do not); this is my personal time machine, for I play these songs and I'm off to another time. I don't know why music does this, but I'm glad it does for me and perhaps you also. 

For those born into the golden age of vinyl (you know if you were), "vinyl" was readily available, relatively cheap and almost defined who you and friends where, providing sanctuary from the real world, emotional support and true happiness; who does not remember girlfriend/boyfriend tapes, made and swapped to express all sorts of feelings way beyond our own expression?

Anyway, getting to my point, "vinyl" was destined for the bin of history but oldies, zealots, fashionistas, musicologists, old-tech geeks and newbies (to the joy of this music delivery format) have made its resurgence economically viable and thus readily available for collection and permanent ownership, as opposed to renting your download until it is no longer yours. 

In my formative years I would get back to my freezing bedroom, put on my latest vinyl and avidly pore over its sleeve art and notes as it played, so in a similar vein you may like to read through these articles as you listen.

These are the songs in the "Meaningful songs" series.

 Click on each to hear it.

#1 BLUE MINK - Melting Pot                                                     Read article

#2 NORMAN GREENBAUM - Spirit In The Sky                    Read article

#3 MUNGO JERRY - In The Summertime                              Read article

#4 THE KINKS - Lola                                                                   Read article

#5 LOU REED - Walk On The Wild Side                                  Read article

#6 RALPH McTELL - Streets Of London                                 Read article

#7 ELVIS COSTELLO - Alison                                                    Read article

#8 DORY PREVIN - Lemon Haired Ladies                              Read article

# 9 BILLY PAUL - Me And Mrs Jones                                       Read article

#10 CHARLES AZNAVOUR - She                                              Read article

#11 THE ROLLING STONES - Angie                                         Read article

#12 HELEN REDDY - Angie Baby                                              Read article

#13 INSTANT AUTOMATONS - Harriot's Nurse                    Read article

#14 SINEAD O'CONNOR - Nothing Compares To You          Read article

#15 CARLY SIMON - You're So Vain                                          Read article

#16 PETULA CLARK - Downtown                                              Read article

#17 CHARLES AZNAVOUR - Yesterday when I was young  Read article

#18 THE BEATLES - She's Leaving Home                                Read article

#19 DAVID BOWIE - Letter To Hermione                                Read article

#20 THE SPECIALS - Ghost Town                                             Read article

#21 THE STRANGLERS - Golden Brown                                 Read article

#22 GARBAGE - Stupid Girl                                                        Read article

       With Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely

#23 STAN RIDGEWAY - Camouflage                                        Read article

#24 BLACK SABBATH - War Pigs                                              Read article

#25 ARGENT - Hold Your Head Up                                           Read article

#26. TRACEY THORN - Too Happy.                                         Read article

#27 GEORGE MICHAEL - A Different Corner                        Read Article

GLEN CAMPBELL - Wichita Lineman

THE ARCHIES - Sugar Sugar

GLEN CAMPBELL - By The Time I Get To Phoenix

THE CARPENTERS - Rainy Days And Mondays

GARRY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP

FUN BOY THREE - Our Lips Sealed

TOM TOM CLUB - Wordy Rappinghood

BADFINGER - Baby Blue



Four-on-the-floor American rarities - Northern Soul hits


FRANK WILSON - Do I Love you (Indeed I Do)

THE TAMS - Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy

CURTIS MAYFIELD's - Move On Up (cover by The Northers Souls)

AL WILSON - The Snake

FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS -The Night-

GLORIA JONES - Tainted Love 1964 and 80s smash hit by SOFT CELL

CHARLIE RICH - Don't Tear Me Down

DUKE BROWNER - Crying Over You

OTIS CLAY - The Only Way Is Up  Joyous steps and later YAZZ version

JUDY STREET - What

THE VIBRATIONS - 'Cause You're Mine

THE 5 ROYALES - Catch That Teardrop

KELLY GARRETT - Love's The Only Answer

JASON KNIGHT - Our Love Is Getting Stronger

TURLEY RICHARDS - I Feel Alright

DEAN PARRISH - Tell Her

GENE CHANDLER - There Was A Time

BRENDA HOLLOWAY - Look What You've Done What You

SANDI SHELDON - Your Gonna Make Me Love You

YOUNGHEARTS - A Little Togetherness

LAURA MICHELE - You Always Hurt The One You Love

SAM DEES - Lonely For You Baby

HERB JOHNSON AND THE IMPACTS - I'm So Glad

TERRIBLE TOM - We Were Made For Each Other

THE SHIRELLES - Last Minute Mira

THE VEL-VETS - I Got To Find Me Somebody

DON GARDNER - Cheatin' Kind

JAMES CARR - That's What I Want To Know

JIMMY RUFFIN - What Becomes Of The Broken-hearted


Dancing in the spirit if Norther Soul -  ROLY PLATT AND JUSTIN FORESLY - Shuffle The Deck (great video)



SKA from Jamaica, was multi-ethnic in the UK


PRINCE BUSTER - They Call It Madness

THE SPECIALS - Gangsters (cover of Al Capone?)

DANDY LIVINGSTONE - Rudy A Message To You (orig)

THE SPECIALS - Rudy A Message To You (copy)

BAD MANNERS - Wooly Bully

THE SELECTER - On My Radio

THE SPECIALS - Too Much Too Young

DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES - The Isrealites

THE SPECIALS - Nelson Mandela

PRINCE BUSTER - Enjoy Yourself

BAD MANNERS - My Girl Lollipop

THE SPECIALS - Ghost Town

THE BEAT - Hands Off She's Mine

BAD MANNERS -Lip Up Fatty

SYMARIP - Skinhead Moonstomp

SYMARIP -Teenage Girl

DAVE AND ANSELL COLLINS - Double Barrel

THE BEAT - Mirror In The Bathroom

THE SPECIALS - Do Nothing

BAD MANNERS - Inner London

DENNIS BROWN - Money In My Pocket

THE HARRY JAY ALL STARS - Liquidator (no vocal)

THE UPSETTERS - Return Of Django (no vocal)

UPTOWN TOP RANKING - Althea And Donna

THE BEAT - Rough Rider

DESMOND DEKKER - Baby Come Back

LORD CREATOR - Hurry Up

MUSICAL YOUTH - Pass The Dutchie

MADNESS - One Step Beyond

PRINCE BUSTER - Al Capone

THE PIONEERS - Long Shot Kick De Bucket

JUNIOR REID - Banana Boat Man

THE BEAT - Rankin Full Stop



Copy Cats (song covers)

Other music on this site


Wednesday 17 April 2024

Funny - Make me smile

These make me smile - perhaps you will.

N.B. If you own any of these images drop me a line and I'll remove it.




HOWDY (by Gemma Beniston)






















Are you still with him Tracie (of Hull)























This is my favourite































ALEXA! - I ordered Baby cheeses




When he thinks you're "needy"







Prediction - This may seem funny now but just you wait.











So True



Ooops - too lazy to drill 4 new holes






I'm smiling








Digital storage unit?









They know me so well



We all want good wood right?