No cheating - 1st Album you ever bought with your own money? Mine was “Stranded” by Roxy Music from Quicksilver Records in Reading. I was 13. I’d saved up and I remember being on the bus on the way into town clutching my 3 quid 😂
@joshgessner Who says they are the most elite warriors on earth? That’s just an empty statement. What about the British SAS or SBS? Have you asked them?
So. Badassery comes in MANY forms. My FAVORITE drummer here, Buddy Rich. He and I share a BD, 9/30. Any how. Bad assery. Here is August 20/1982. Buddy is 65. This is the “ impossible solo” he is famous for. The BA part comes in… he has a f**king heart attack mid solo here…,and kept on. Told someone he needed help AFTER the bow. This guy could have drummed for ANY rock band. I can see influences passed onto to #KISS’s #PeterCriss, big time. This guy was fast. I dunno if I have EVER seen anybody this goddamn fast. Born 1917, passed 1987. Buddy had a A TON of Tonight Show appearances w Johhny Carson over the decades.
#RIP #BuddyRich #Legend #Icon
Here are some of 2HM - (2nd year is now year8) with form tutor Miss Hilary Munday. Miss Munday, now an Assistant Head, loved seeing her old form back at RGS. I got the impression that they liked seeing her too!
Here I’m playing piano with @iamrozemusic singing “definition of happy” which we wrote together. It’s out as a single or you can hear it on my new #identity album out on Friday or hear us perform it live @RoyalAlbertHall , also on Friday. Roze was “destined to break the mould…”
@thenitinsawhney Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory
Patrick Süskind - Perfume
(Both of these I could only read once, the shock they deliver is unrepeatable.)
Iain Banks - The Crow Road
Iain M Banks - Consider Phlebas
Tolkien - Lord of the Rings (especially The Two Towers)
Andy Weir - The Martian
Woke up with this musical phrase, for a classical idea, in my head. Does it sound better slower (145bpm) or faster (200bpm)? See you all @RoyalAlbertHall on October 20th for some very different music to this, with a full band, choir, strings and special guests :) Good morning! 🙏🏾
So
so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail
A smile from a veil
Do you think you can tell
Did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees
Hot air for a cool breeze
#PinkFloyd