This is a great song from an artist who I have only recently discovered.
7 Years
24 May 2016 by Leave a Comment
This is a beautiful song that I discovered watching Britain’s Got Talent (I know, I know). There’s a twofer as the first video shows Lukas singing, and the second shows the lyrics, so you can sing along. Unfortunately, embedded play seems to be disabled for these videos, so when you click the links YouTube will open in a new tab.
An Elephant Comes To Call
10 October 2014 by Leave a Comment
Another safari post: it shows how close a bull elephant came to the Little Kwara camp.
This video does take a little while to download. Naturally, I think it’s worth the wait, otherwise I wouldn’t have posted it. 🙂
English Musical Nostalgia
2 February 2014 by Leave a Comment
Returning—as one does—to nostalgia: these videos take me back to my early teens and before.
Anthony Newley
Newley was hugely popular when I was a wee lad. One of my childhood memories is the sound of his voice—my mother was a big fan. I remember the soundtrack of Stop The World I Want To Get Off being frequently played. The first video (audio with a picture) is Newley singing Feelin’ Good,  which is one of the great songs (written by Newley with Leslie Bricusse). Do You Mind was a UK Number 1 in 1960.
Flanders & Swann
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann performed some wonderfully funny and clever comic songs and monologues/duologues in their shows At The Drop Of A Hat and At The Drop Of Another Hat. I might have supposed that F&S were completely passé, but clearly I would have been wrong as their Best of album is in the Amazon Top Ten for cabaret and comedy.
Galápagos Squid
24 December 2013 by Leave a Comment
I shot this video one evening from the balcony outside our stateroom. Monica, the senior naturalist on board the Celebrity Xpedition, said that this was squid.
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The sound track is a Paganini Variation VIII played by Wen-Sing Yang.
This video was also my first attempt at using iMovie.
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