The Flimwell Papers

merci beaucoup to all of you...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:54:07 +0000

thx tsparks got a card from yah today...and a few others came through the week. Now, I don't know...

It’s been a long long long time, How could I ever have...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:48:48 +0000

It’s been a long long long time,
How could I ever have lost you
When I loved you.

It took a long long long time
Now I’m so happy I found you
How I love you

So many tears I was searching,
So many tears I was wasting, oh. Oh—

Now I can see you, be you
How can I ever misplace you
How I want you
Oh I love you
Your know that I need you ~ George Harrison (The Beatles)

I listen to this song alora alora at this time of year….oops spilled me eggnog with brandy & rhum there on the keypad….miss you George, the world was always better for having you around in it!

Winter Remembered Two evils, monstrous either one...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:43:32 +0000

Winter Remembered

Two evils, monstrous either one apart,
Possessed me, and were long and loath at going:
A cry of Absence, Absence, in the heart,
And in the wood the furious winter blowing.

Think not, when fire was bright upon my bricks,
And past the tight boards hardly a wind could enter,
I glowed like them, the simple burning sticks,
Far from my cause, my proper heat and center.

Better to walk forth in the frozen air
And wash my wound in the snows; that would be healing;
Because my heart would throb less painful there,
Being caked with cold, and past the smart of feeling.

And where I walked, the murderous winter blast
Would have this body bowed, these eyeballs streaming,
And though I think this heart’s blood froze not fast
It ran too small to spare one drop for dreaming.

Dear love, these fingers that had known your touch,
And tied our separate forces first together,
Were ten poor idiot fingers not worth much,
Ten frozen parsnips hanging in the weather.

John Crowe Ransom

The Friday iPoddy Playlist

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:37:06 +0000

As some know who follow, Friday is the day I hit out off the beaten track of Ol’Geezerdom and...

The Lines - white night Certainly not a seasonal tune but and...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:28:00 +0000

The Lines - white night

Certainly not a seasonal tune but and it’s a big one…I used to play this at my Xmas Heck House Parties back in the 70’s! I thought this band was quite good but they never really got to anywhere in the biz or on anyone’s radar much! Think Spaced Hippie meets Punk…kinda…yeah this now obscure little gem from 1978 succeeded in meldng punk with spacey psychedelia for a journey through a derelict, nocturnal cityscape. Transendence is there if you keep your ears open and your mind set on the trip through the landscape!

Christmas Is Coming - Vince Guaraldi Trio Just one of those...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:20:35 +0000

Christmas Is Coming - Vince Guaraldi Trio

Just one of those personal fave tunes that means Xmas to me even if played in the dead heat of a late August summer’s eve…..Cheers again from the Flimwell Papers’ Musical Corner Ongoing Theme of Xmas faves…..

Best thing about being home:

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:57:01 +0000

i add the smell of fresh ground pepper as i make my canadian bacon and scrambly eggs breakies for...

….there is a new Barbara Kruger exhibition here in London...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:48:00 +0000

….there is a new Barbara Kruger exhibition here in London this week and this ol’Geezer sandwiched it in between munchin’ on some Fortnum & Mason mince tarts, a pint of Hookie at The Rake and my Xmas shopping as the Flimwell Papers not-so-secret Santa….ahhhh Barbara you make me feel so Christmassy all over….“Our Prices are Insane!” is diagonally pasted across an image of a bloodied Frankenstein by Barbara Kruger

The Flimwell Papers thought from the soapbox at Hyde Park Corner...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:25:23 +0000

The Flimwell Papers thought from the soapbox at Hyde Park Corner moment….!

(ex libris)

Raise Your Hand (Live) - Janis Joplin & Tom Jones 1969 Tom...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:20:38 +0000

Raise Your Hand (Live) - Janis Joplin & Tom Jones 1969

Tom was no slouch when it came to give out the good R’n’B songs and his pipes were like the mighty wurlizter’s…..always nice to Janis in fine, up form too…but it’s the band here that kills…funk with a capital FFFFFFF! I don’t know them (collectively) here, sending along for your considerations as ever from The Flimwell Papers refind desk - mofunkone has great stuff at youtube

Christmas 1944 - Somewhere near Bastiogne, France — My...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Christmas 1944 - Somewhere near Bastiogne, France — My Uncle Cal wrote home to his nephew, Dennis (my Dad) “..I don’t know if Santy will it make over here for us. If he does I’m hoping for a pair new socks and some blades for my razor. I was thinking that maybe if I didn’t get back to see you this year maybe it will be next year. I’ll bring you a Nazee Helmut and keep working on that curve ball, Den. Hope you have a good turkey. It’s pretty cold here and we are hoping to get ham with gravey for our Christmas dinner. Keep smilin’ and best to all the folks back there….”

Soulful Christmas - James Brown Yule cool tune number one in...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:17:00 +0000

Soulful Christmas - James Brown

Yule cool tune number one in the funk slot this one! I haven’t wanted to say this but Xmas Eve will this ol’Geezer doin’ up the tree in my jammies with feets in and a huge bucket of eggnogg and James Brown on the box for the tinsel throwing event. Again another tune from the now Mamoth Theme Trail From The Flimwell Papers’s Musical Corner…! Cheeeeeeeeers……

from the philosopher's desk at the Flimwell Papers

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:44 +0000

Written by Brian EnoIt’s odd to think back on the time—not so long ago—when there weredistinct...

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Do not go gentle into...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:20:09 +0000

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

Oh, it has been a long week and I cannot sleep — worse than a child awaiting the dreams to come on Christmas Eve….but a little warm coco with a nip of brandy in along with a reading or two of my favourite poems down from the shelves next to the bedside will do….

I Threw It All Away - Bob Dylan I like to put on a lot of Dylan...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:55:24 +0000

I Threw It All Away - Bob Dylan

I like to put on a lot of Dylan around Xmas time…it helps me to cut all that sugary sacharine shit that pumps out from the great big sucking capitalist holiday machine…..From the recently restored and re-released ‘Genuine Telecasts’ bootleg DVD, this is the complete TV appearance collections of Dylan. This track is From Johnny Cash TV Show, May 1, 1969

Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms Ah, the perfect tune for this...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:51:39 +0000

Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

Ah, the perfect tune for this Ol’Polar Bear Geezer to pad around the kitchen to while making bearclaws and reindeer cookies for Xmas gift boxes!

There is no Xmas with Mr. Helms’ tune in my home and there is a connection to him, as my dad was hired by his folks to be a math tutor to him. There were many interesting Christmas cards in our home after Mr. Helms made it big. Another selection in the theme from the Flimwell Papers’ Musical Corner…..jingle on…!

I’m a-wonderin’ if she remembers me at all.Many...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:45:15 +0000

I’m a-wonderin’ if she remembers me at all.
Many times I’ve often prayed
In the darkness of my night,
In the brightness of my day.

So if you’re travelin’ the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
For she once was a true love of mine. ~ Bob Dylan

It was one of those long summer’s that never seemed to end, stretched on forever as love held us in it’s palm. Come the naked month of November I was away with the stripping wind and love was just cold ashes in my hands!

From the Led Zep to Blur with Bowie and the Clash in there...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:45:00 +0000

From the Led Zep to Blur with Bowie and the Clash in there too…the Royal Mail goes Rock and Roll…..Ok if you lovely Tumblr amigos would like a wee card with one of these lovely stamps on let me know which stamp you’d like….those not on The Flimwell Original 11 List…send your addy details to pdvmorris at g mail dot com Ok?

RIP Richard Todd — Richard Todd & Marlene Dietrich in...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:22:00 +0000

RIP Richard Todd — Richard Todd & Marlene Dietrich in Stage Fright. Richard Todd had a great career, a journey man actor, a true grit Brit and a lovely man I met down the pub! Richard Todd past last week and there is a connection to him. I saw a lot of his films over the years and then I moved over here to be with my dear darling Nicci. Nicci’s job has something to do with the fine homes of London and the house that Mr. Todd lived on Regent’s Park is one of those. So long story short, I had to meet Nicci in the pub one night and guess who was there Mr. Todd. And we had a fine old chat while waiting for Nicci to show and she sorted his problems with roof or some such thing…never would I have ever dreamed all those years ago watching Dam Busters I’d ever met this hero of mine! Thanks Sir Richard…..and thanks Nicci!

From the All Things Vintage & Poster Like files comes this...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:02:35 +0000

From the All Things Vintage & Poster Like files comes this lovely goodie, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 black-and-white classic of the silent era, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc. For your considerations as every, and ex libris my own collection….I bought it in 2008 at Christie’s…ouch!