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Cartoonist Martin Rowson is a genius!. More of his work may be found in The Guardian.
Saturday, 26 April 2025
Friday, 25 April 2025
I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about movin...
After a simply faboo prolonged Easter break - the annual pilgrimage to Essex for plant-shopping, and the rest of the week spent almost entirely in the garden - it's the last weekend before I return to work [albeit briefly, as we're off to Spain again a week tomorrow!], and it's time for a party!
[Indeed, there is plenty to celebrate, as tonight Madam Arcati and I are off to the London Palladium (again - we're becoming regulars) for a gala evening - BBC Radio 2 Celebrates Elaine Paige, marking her 60 year career in showbusiness - and tomorrow John-John, Hils, History Boy and I are going to the Tutankhamun Immersive Experience.]
So without further ado, how about something funky from the summer of 1980 - (gulp!) 45 years ago - to ease our way..? Thank Disco It's Friday!
Have a great weekend, dear reader!
Thursday, 24 April 2025
It's a Diva Day!
Two of our favourite old broads celebrate their birthdays today - Miss Shirley MacLaine and Miss Barbra Streisand. Imagine what kind of birthday party that would be!
Many happy returns, Shirley (born Shirley MacLean Beaty, 24th April 1934) and MegaBabs (born Barbara Joan Streisand, 24th April 1942)!
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Totty (and Basil) of the Day
Patron Saint of Cappadocia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Malta, Portugal, Aragon, Catalonia, Sicily and Sardinia, and, of course, of England...
...happy St George's Day to my English chums!
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
The past is your present, the future is mine
Another busy ol' day in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers today, dear reader! Every plant I brought back from Essex [all those pictured yesterday, plus ten new or replacement fuchsias - rooted cuttings from our fave nursery B & HM Baker at Bourne Brook Nurseries] has now been potted up in new compost, and I also dug out and potted individually loads of free ferns that had self-seeded in several big pots up and down the garden, as well as other pottering jobs that needed attending to. Five hours later, I finally packed everything away. Tomorrow is another day...
Back to today, however, and among a raft of ill-assorted names such as John Waters, Lenin, Jack Nicholson, George Cole [whose centenary is is], J. Robert Oppenheimer, Glen Campbell, Aaron Spelling, Yehudi Menuhin, Charles Mingus, Dame Ethel Smyth, Bettie Page, Henry Fielding, Kathleen Ferrier, Vladimir Nabokov, Peter Frampton, Donald Tusk and - ahem - Amber Heard, it's the 70th birthday today of the legendary producer/remixer Mr Arthur Baker!
His is an impressive back-catalogue of classics, so, without further ado, here are just a few of them:
I can practically smell the Aramis!
Monday, 21 April 2025
I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring
Yes! I've returned from a whirlwind weekend with Baby Steve and Houseboy Alex, trawling the garden centres of Essex, and have come back with quite a haul:
Meanwhile, fuck the Pope - we're in mourning for the lovely Clodagh Rodgers...
...and by way of a celebration - and perfect for a Tacky Music Monday - here she is!
RIP Clodagh Rodgers (5th March 1947 – 18th April 2025)
Have a good week, peeps - I will; I'm off until next Monday!
Friday, 18 April 2025
You were looking at me, I was looking at you
Bunny wins
OK - it's not a working day, but some traditions never fade. As the blue skies beckon in a long Easter weekend (and for me, the start of ten days off), it's time to get that party started in style - with one of the catchiest of 1970s dance classics and some show-off Soul Train dancers to boot!
Thank Disco It's Good Friday!
Across the crowded disco room
Through a maze of dancing people
She sits so quiet and all alone
Wanting to get the disco fever
And then she raised her head
Her eyes caught mine
And that was all that I needed
In her eyes I saw the need for love
The warm, soft feeling
'Cause we made
Eye to eye contact
Eye to eye contact (Oh, oh, oh yeah)
Eye to eye contact
(We made) Eye to eye contact
You and me
Contact!
You were looking at me
I was looking at you
You were looking at me
Across the crowded disco room
Oh, your eyes told me the story
My heart was beating like the drum
As I fought my way over
I never took my eyes away from yours
Not even for a moment
What I saw in your eyes made me realise
(You I wanted) Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eye to eye contact
(We made) Eye to eye contact (Oh, oh, oh yeah)
Eye to eye contact
(We made) Eye to eye contact
You and me
I was looking at you
You were looking at me
I was looking at you
You were looking at me
Contact!
Girl don't you get uptight
Just dance
Everything gonna be alright
Just dance
Take a chance
Oh, and dance
I sure like what you got
You sho nuff looking hot (dance)
I sure like what you got
You sho nuff looking hot (dance)
Yeah, come on and dance
As for me, dear reader, I am winging my way to Tottenham Hale to catch my coach to Essex for a (hopefully) fruitful weekend's plant shopping!
"Normal" service should resume after I return on Monday.
Have a good one!!
PS - THIS!
It's traditional.
Happy Easter.
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