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Sunday 26 October John Mayall is 70 and BBC 4 featured a documentary about him and a tribute concert with Clapton, Mick Taylor and other big names. The guy is worth a single volume of Rock Family Trees. Perceptive quote from Clapton - "John's never had a moment of self doubt about what he was doing in his life. Perhaps it's sometimes necessary" Mayall's house in Laurel Canyon burnt down in the seventies and he lost all his personal possessions - he said that even now he hadn't got over seeing it burn in front of his eyes. Puts a bit of perspective on my fretting about disposing of old Atari mags:-) For other weblog entries please go here Thursday 23 October The month is flying by. Today great wads of Atari magazines made their way streetwards. The sale for this house should be signed fairly soon so I'm clearing the decks as much as possible. Along with that went some of Coryn's old drawings...but not before I'd been busy with the scanner... ![]() For other weblog entries please go here Wednesday 12 October A cake and a USB card reader to download my photos more quickly. Thanks Pat. ![]() For other weblog entries please go here Tuesday 7 October Trevor sends me the following commentary on my life situation... John managed to find somewhere in Islington for a mere £1000 a week. ![]() Cruel innit. I'm adrift in a dangerous universe dammit! ![]() For other weblog entries please go here Sunday 5 October Time passes. Autumn sweeps uncertainly upon us with hints of chilly winds and darker nights. I rush about in my mock frenzy of organisation pausing frequently to rest and drag my thoughts back together. So many books. Some of them have gone for recycling now. Did I really need so many physics textbooks anyway? On a more sombre global note I'm getting a similar impression of sleepwalking as I had before September 11th. The Middle East suddenly looks even more dangerous after Israel bombs Syria with the tacit approval of the US. Channel 4 did a programme by Tom Mangold on the Death of David Kelly which pointed fingers at all the right places including the unfortunate scientist himself. Gilligan and the BBC came out of it with all the opprobium they deserve and there were shown to be profound institutional failures in the relationship between Downing Street and the Intelligence Services. All in all a sad and messy business. July and August postingsare now in the archives on the left of the page. For other weblog entries please go here
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