Monthly Archives: February 2016

Watch Lady Gaga’s new Las Vegas act…truly depressing

Take a look at this video on YouTube…in my humble opinion one of the worst things I have ever seen Lady Gaga perform – all glitz and no heart. http://youtu.be/3fGBZhsa4VU Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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I hear him

Oh she’s here again….the woman with a child in her eyes.  She is very understanding but totally unobtainable…. I haven’t got the first clue what that means…and I wrote it.  Oh it is wonderful how the brain works.  Pip Pip.

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Charnwood – No. 2

Second session on the Playground of the Midlands project – beautiful day, good company and decent food – Perfection.   If you are ever in the area then it is worth visiting the Thrussington Village Shop for a nice cup … Continue reading

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You can’t disguise

Ho hey ho…as Paul Mccartney might say.

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Mixed Cultural Inputs

Over the past few days I have been consuming a strange bag of creative dishes.  Earlier this week I watched the rather enjoyable movie Man Up starring Lake Bell (the link gives you a feel for what I mean) and Simon … Continue reading

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I say yes and I say No

I suspect there are going to be a lot of people claiming to be Leicester City fans from now until the end of the season – here is another one.  I, like most of the other fans, won’t have been … Continue reading

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Woke up got outta bed

Well that didn’t last long…goodbye, for now, the PRB.

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Richard Duke of Aquitaine, Poitiers, and Gascony, Count of Anjou

Richard is better known to history as Richard the Lionheart but in truth he probably felt more at home in Anjou or Aquitaine than he ever did as King of England.  It is a cheap trick I know  but it … Continue reading

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This London’s a wonderful sight….

Still on a PRB fix at the moment.  There is one painting above everything else that the original members created that I just can’t get enough of – an unfinished portrait of Jane Morris as the Lady of Pity.  Morris … Continue reading

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I love the way you smile at me

So what do you do in the dentist waiting room?   Me I draw so you can decide whether the natural angst felt going to the dentist can be seen in this face.  Later in the day I had turned … Continue reading

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