Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Groovy, Baby

November 12, 2009

Oh, what a night – Donny & Marie were back on the telly again, reunited for one show only.  Joy to the world: I watched An Audience With… and they were fabulous.  It took me right back to the first time ever I saw his face, peeping out of a white Christmas tree masquerading as a [...]

Fully Booked

October 19, 2009

Apologies for my absence over the weekend: I was here in spirit, fingers itching to hit the keyboard, but I was busy all weekend.
On Saturday, I had a date with the duster.  Spud invited one of his friends from school for the first time for the afternoon.  While Spud spent Saturday morning tackling bigger boys by [...]

No Regrets

October 13, 2009

I made a sensible decision this year: not to fight the X-Factor.  Every year I swear I won’t watch it and every year I find myself on the lounge computer, swivelling round every two minutes to see who’s singing, talking, crying; and finally succumb to the inevitable.  This year, I left the computer switched off at [...]

Making the Best Better

September 4, 2009

I was watching the Ellen de Generes show this morning. It was an episode from 2008 and the American Idol winner, David Cook, was on. Ellen (I love her; she’s so warm and funny) mentioned David’s cover of Chris Cornell’s cover of Michael Jackson’s (still with me?) Billie Jean. I YouTubed it out of curiousity [...]