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Laughing and a running

After Jaipur (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/08/31/its-time-to-burn/ ) our next stop in India was Ranthambore to see wildlife, especially tigers. I was not really quite aware of how remote where we were staying would be until we were en-route. We stopped at a small shop on the way, but everything was at least a year beyond its best beforeContinue reading “Laughing and a running”

We’ll Meet Again

A day off from the usual blog posts. I am in London with its tier 4 lockdown. I know there are many people out there who cannot see the people that they want to see and it is especially hard on those that live alone or those who cannot see new grandchildren, like my brotherContinue reading “We’ll Meet Again”

There’s a shadow on the door

The Police were perceived as a boy band (by the standards of the late 1970s – three blonde men, though Andy Summers was definitely not a boy). They were too good looking for their own good. (Andy Summers, Sting & Stuart Copeland) It is odd as their first single that was a hit was aboutContinue reading “There’s a shadow on the door”

I’m sittin’ here just contemplatin’

2015 – Dad and I go on a 16-day tour of Italy starting at the north in Venice and ending in Sicily. We had wanted one where you actually stayed in Venice but could not get that at the time when we could go. Our hotel was on the nearby Lido De Jesolo. We startedContinue reading “I’m sittin’ here just contemplatin’”

I made a lot of mistakes

The most controversial post I made was the one where I said that I hated musicals. Now Chicago should be an open goal as I am a sucker for fiction set in the interwar period; I am actually fond of tap dancing, and like the music of that period. But why waste time with aContinue reading “I made a lot of mistakes”

To pay the rent now to pay our share

One of the worst things that the western world has done has been the way it treated indigenous peoples across the world. In Australia children of the native inhabitants were removed from their families in the period from 1905 to 1967 and placed in “white” homes or church missions. The practice continued into the 1970sContinue reading “To pay the rent now to pay our share”

There’s a band playing on the radio

Roxy Music are two groups. There is the innovative band that was effectively co-fronted by Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno in the 1970s. Eno left over clashes with Ferry and then the group went on hiatus in 1976. Famously they always had a woman on the cover of their albums. They reunited in 1979 andContinue reading “There’s a band playing on the radio”

Pimps trying to catch a woman that’s weak

Bobby Womack was obviously a fun guy. His autobiography starts with his wife chasing him through their house and garage trying to shoot him. To be fair it was because she had caught him in bed with her daughter, his stepdaughter, so I think that she had every right to be mad. (Someone I workedContinue reading “Pimps trying to catch a woman that’s weak”

Ride out protectors of the realm

Unpopular opinion – Black Sabbath were a better group with Ronnie James Dio as a lead singer. I remember discussing this with Jason Sainty back in 1992 and he was sceptical. To be fair most people are. It isn’t just that I think Dio is the best metal singer ever (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/09/05/just-like-somebody-slammed-the-door/ ), I mean thisContinue reading “Ride out protectors of the realm”

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery

I hate being ignorant, or rather not knowing about things. It is certainly impossible to know about everything, but I am thinking about how you can be frozen out of whole conversations or discussions because you just know nothing. This was hardest at school – at middle school I had no idea who any filmContinue reading “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery”