My Morning

He asked me if I minded

him walking around

with only drops of shower water

lingering on his skin.

I said, "Not at all."

It was truly one of the highlights of my morning.

There's this lovely movie, Little Voice featuring Jane Horrocks - who most people know as Bubble from Absolutley Fabulous. The film and stage production, Little Voice was actually written for Jane due to the fact that she can mimick some truly wonderful singers exceptionally well.

Image from IMDb

The movie is about Little Voice (LV) who after her father's death rarely speaks. She listens to his old records featuring wonderful singers such as Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Bassey - and mimicks them well. It's one of my favourite movies.

Here's LV's version of Judy Garland's Get Happy:

Shirley Bassey's Big Spender:

(skip to 1:12)

Various songs from various artists:

Only a couple of Jane's songs were on the Little Voice soundtrack - most of the soundtrack was the original singers of the songs. On Jane's CD The Further Adventures of Little Voice, released in 2000 she finally released a wonderful album of amazing songs by amazing artists of yesteryear - it's also one of my favourite albums.

Friday's Final Say from Herbert Otto:

If you don't change yourself, then nothing in your life will ever change.

Puppies

I walked past

expecting to see

new puppies each time.

Until one day they were no more.

I hope they're now with their parents.

A few weeks ago on the Graham Norton Show I watched Mark Whalberg embarrass himself. The star of the show, however was the wonderfully classy, captivating and stunningly beautiful, Laura Mvula. Here's her live singing Green Garden:

Here's the video clip of the same song with Laura in a stunning dress:

Friday's Final Say is from Jim Rohn this week:

It's all about your mindset. If you want to be happy, then believe that you are. Now.

Bungalow Fan

Each setting on the fan
has a different noise.
Clunks. Clicks. Clatters.
Spinning wildly out of control.
The heat escapes through
the cracks under the doors
to join the damp heat outside.

Fleetwood Mac are my favourite band of all time.

Since I've been in Asia for the past 6 months, I've missed a lot of new music and music news. I saw the new Rumors CD/DVD/LP set advertised when I returned home. I've heard the discs contain footage from the Fleetwood Mac World Tour in 1977, post-Rumors.

Part of the excitement about the new Rumors set is The Rosebud Film.

MaxTV played it on Thursday night when I was out for dinner. I finally watched it yesterday.

I thought this was going to be more of a documentary about Rumors, so was a bit upset that there wasn't much in the way of interviews with the band. Someone on YouTube has actually put together all the non-music parts of this 30-minute film and it's under 2 minutes!

I love Stevie's description about the different ways that the band all dress.

The live music is wonderful, but if you're a fan, you would have seen the live tracks before. Tracks include:

• World Turning
• Rhiannon
• Say You Love Me
• Go Your Own Way
• You Make Loving Fun
• I'm So Afraid

The outdoor show was filmed on May 2, 1976 on the Campus Field in Santa Barbara, CA. The Rosebud Film is a 1977 Michael Collins documentary about the album which features interviews, rehearsal footage and live performances of the band. It's still great to watch. Enjoy.

Friday's Final Say comes from C S Lewis:

I'm sure we can all relate to this.

Penang Airport

05:16
Checked in quickly
and walked to my gate to wait.
People in the smoking room
or the mushola.
Internet area unused.
I could go to sleep.
But I don't.