I lost my Mother in 1988. A long time ago now. Probably like most here, as a kid, I played whatever record was around the house.However,one long player stood out for me.It was Danny Williams' 'Romance with Danny Williams' I was, at the tender age of ten entranced by it,I still am. The beauty for me though came as recently as last year as I sought my own copy.I discovered that she had had to send away for it through a Woman's own subscription.My Beautiful Romantic Mother, I never knew.

I have one or more openly racist,bigoted family members(Cousins) who regularly post their "thoughts" on facebook and I don't know what to do about it.It's not necessarily nasty in content,more ignorant.When I have tried to engage them with reasoned argument I tend to get the response of "Hippy" or "Well you don't live here(England) Bri,you don't know what it's like" which is fair enough, I don't know what "It" is like but apparently it runs along the lines of "Fkn Country gone to shit,no work unless you're a foreigner.Fkn foreigner bosses are so arrogant.I'm voting BNP.Kick them all out" I feel it is important not to dismiss them out of hand and to listen to their frustrations but as Michael Caine said in Goldmember "There are two kinds of people I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.

Hans Zimmer recommends this.So do I...

I used to be able to Sinatra one for my baby original but no longer.Where can I purchase?

Aiming for the most fun...

I've been giving Kate's new one some time over the weekend.'Misty' is the standout track for me but I wish that Steve Gadd had given it some welly towards the end with Kate following suit"Going out on the ledge".Lovely.

I'm done wearing or displaying a poppy or any other garlanded effect that in essence pre-supposes my support for slaughter and lets the slaughterer off the hook one day of the year.

Another I love but this is just gettin' to be a drag as Tom Waits parody's Tom Waits. "Tom.This is a piano.This.Is a quart of whiskey.These.Are heartbroken musicians bent on greatness.The human soul still suffers after the carnival.Now if you wouldn't mind...

I'm a big fan of the man's songwriting but I can't help but wish he had taken this material to a much younger studiobound will i am man to produce rather than taking it on himself. I think it suffers from home productionitis. The material is stellar but the end result for me is rather flat & even.Could've been astounding.Still could if he'd enlist the primo young studs in LA.

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So if i was a ready gentleman about to board a private aircraft from a private airport then this might be playing in the departure lounge...

Autumn is my very favourite time of the year for immersing myself in music but sometimes I hear music intended for another season entirely but appropriate it because I think it has been filed erroneously.The following is one of these...Paul Weller's 'Light Nights'