The weekend is on the horizon and, despite the fact the weather's nowhere near as lovely as it was yesterday, we need to plan our party celebrations...
...and what better way to begin than with this old fave.? Definitely one of the most addictive songs ever - Thank Disco(?) It's Friday!
Ram pampalam
Bambalam palam balam
Apparently.
Have a great weekend, folks!
It's been a beautiful, warm day - as it should be, today of all days! Such a shame work got in the way...
Never mind, eh? Let us wallow again in the lives of impossibly glamorous people (in this case, Monica Vitti) cavorting in exotic locations, courtesy of the ever-wondrous Soft Tempo Lounge, shall we..?
[Music: Teddy Randazzo - The Girl from UNCLE]
In case the music in particular seems all-too familiar, it was indeed reused [and mashed-up with Patricia Neal in Breakfast at Tiffany's] in one of our favourite choons here at Dolores Delargo Towers:
Enjoy the season in all its glory, dear reader!
PS
It's five years since the UK went into its very first lockdown, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What a time that was...
Another snippets post today, dear reader:
...well, by sheer coincidence while researching the wild'n'wacky world of Nina Hagen for yesterday's birthday tribute post, I came across a collaboration between the great lady and fellow German band Rosenstolz, of which AnNa R. [whose death, coincidentally, was announced on the same day I discovered her/them] was lead singer. I didn't feature it, but I discovered that the band also did an even more magnificent team-up [which was released at the same time, as a double-A-side single] that I just had to play! Klaus Nomi would be pleased...
And the weather? It's been chilly this week, but from tomorrow the outlook is much more Spring-like. Which is appropriate.
Only a week late [and somewhat shame-facedly, after all that build-up of "more to come" that I gave her a few weeks ago!]...
...I feel we really need to celebrate the fact that Our Patron Saint of Crazy, Fraulein Nina Hagen blew out 70 candles on her cake last week! (Gulp!)
Our Nina is a remarkable woman of many talents, and since she first emerged into the limelight - across of the ruins of the Berlin Wall that had once divided her birthplace in the East from the rest of the world - she has certainly embraced a whole range of genres. All in her inimitible and unique style, of course!
Here she is in her full-on Goth-Punk heyday in 1982:
...here, covering a Glam Rock classic originally by Sweet:
...from Glam to glamorous, here's her tribute to wartime star Zarah Leander:
...and she also had a rather brilliant foray into House music:
...but whoever thought she would turn a Doris Day number into a dance track? She did, obviously!
...and she even fronted her very own Big Band:
To finish - and to top it all - here is one of my favourite clips of the lady, surprisingly duetting with none other than that beloved purveyor of multilingual smoothness Miss Nana Mouskouri! When worlds collide, indeed...
There is no-one quite like Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 11th March 1955).
All hail!
Happy Paddy's Day to all our Irish chums!
It is, however, also return-to-work day, so none of "the black stuff" nor "the amber nectar" for us, more's the pity...
Ah, well - on this Tacky Music Monday, I have a perfect antidote to all that gloom. Ireland's finest "crazy chicken twins" Jedward!
[Yes, I would. Both at the same time.]
Have a good week, dear reader - and:
“May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead.”
I've had another busy weekend in the garden, despite the chilly wind - two overgrown pots of pink phlox dug out, split up and the remaining bits planted up into one big pot, and a similar job done on the Salvia × jamensis "Nachtvlinder" (this time, one pot split between two new ones), plus a bit more pottering and pruning besides. Much more yet to do, but I think that'll suffice for one weekend!
Meanwhile - you know when you're getting old when you realise...
... that this faboo choon was actually Number One in our charts 40 years ago this week! Gulp.
And, to think - just last week we were stood in awe before one of the frock coats he wore around the time of this video...
[In case you have a feeling of deja vu, dear reader, this has become a bit of a tradition - see here and here. Too good not to repeat, methinks...]
