View of The Water of Leith, with trees lining the left bank and old buildings lining the right bank (and further away,in the bottom of the picture). Grey clouds overhead.
Leith was a rather lovely place to have Tapas and ice cream the other day...
#Leith #Edinburgh #Scotland
Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.
The media must have missed that one.
This song is about EXACTLY this...
♥️💪🏽
The instantly recognisable, stinging guitar tones of Hubert Sumlin (best known for being Howlin' Wolf's lead guitarist) playing in the café I'm sitting in this morning.
Great start to a morning in the city.
Just sitting here thinking about how Black ppl came up with jazz, the blues, rock and roll and hip hop WHILE this country was doing everything it could to ensure we had nothing. Nobody needs Al to create except the untalented.
Many happy returns x
As one who frequently works with schools across several local authorities, the next few weeks will feel rather disjointed.
Anyone in a similar position (e.g., teachers with children at another school) can tell you the Council of Whitby means NOTHING - the Easter dates are still up for debate 🤣🐣🐰
I can relate very strongly to that 🤣
I still trip up on curbs and walk into doors, so I also missed Basic Survival Moving About in the World class at some point...
But what was his response?
Excellent work sir 🫡
March really is Wrong Coat Month this year.
It doesn't matter what coat/jacket I wear out of the house, the weather will confound me one way it the other.
Man playing guitar in green shirt & t-shirt, wearing a dark grey flat cap. Various stage lights leave trails of yellow lines in the background. The guitarist looks a little like he's forgotten what bit comes next in the song.
Speaking of gigs, I just found this shot from a gig I played last year...
#LiveMusic #guitarist #guitar
Cool bass! Love a Jazz!
It all looked so promising four months ago.
One of these gigs has (unsurprisingly) been cancelled already, due to *vaguely gestures around at all if THIS*
My brother used to regularly text to say he had "big news", but it was inevitably something like a new tie for work 🤣
I've just had a watch/listen. We've definitely interpreted the original piece slightly differently (though he makes the right hand look effortless). I'll have to try and record mine at some point next week...
No I haven't, but wish I had! I worked out my version for myself but copying this chap would have been easier! 🤣
Close-up on a light wooden bookshelf, showing parts of two shelves, with one row of books above another. On the top shelf, near the centre, is a two-volume collection of Greek Myths (as referred to in the post).
I've had my Folio Edition of Grave's Greek Myths for over two decades.
It was part of a Folio order which made up my first 'grown up' purchase after moving into a student flat, and it still marks the start of my Mythology Section 📚📖🏛️🏺
Revisited this tonight and sounding much smoother. Pleased to have persevered with it.
This whole US-Iran thing...
One side is led by a tyrant elected by a minority, in a country that not only runs its economy around oil, but uses religious extremism as an excuse to subjugate women & harm children.
Then on the other side there's Iran.
(cartoon credit @tomgauld.bsky.social)
One example was written by one individual human.
The other example made use of a whole world of literature (and I suspect a small amount of human involvement, in terms of refinement) to offer a few sentences in the style of a human.
Both originated in human minds, but only one credits the author.
I promise I didn't write this (but it's difficult to argue with).
We can have it better than this, you know.
Been attempting to adapt a Philip Glass piano piece for the guitar.
It seems to have transposed well, but my picking-hand fingers feel like they've been tied into knots.
#ClassicalGuitar #guitarist
Happy Panic About Being Judged For The Last Minute Dressed Up Child Day, to all those who celebrate.
#WorldBookDay
Always makes me think of the Rick Moranis sketch...
