I used to live in luxuryViews, far as eye could seeNature’s taken over nowTaken over me Don MatthewsJanuary 2023
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Just Because I Like it
Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio – The Quim Barrieros Job
Stan runs a very successful album cover design businesshelped by his assistant Perc Quim he was a nice manPlayed accordianMade his record coverWhich pleased Quim and his mother Production Notes We thought a starker pose would help sell Quim jumped at the idea Shoes Studio wardrobe Post Production Notes Quim reports lots of screaming girlsContinue reading “Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio – The Quim Barrieros Job”
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Swept
Write something incorporating the word ‘swept’ Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO SWEPT Corsican swept is spazzatoSpazzato in Corsica (yo)Under (yo) carpet spazzatoJust thought that you would like to know Yo…… DM
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Roadhouse Blues’ The Doors (1970)
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, partly due to Morrison’s lyrics and voice, along with his erratic stage persona. The band took its name from the title of AldousContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Roadhouse Blues’ The Doors (1970)”
Rocket Science
Computers non-existentChalkboards were in useThe race to space was in full tiltChalkboards were in use Don MatthewsJanuary 2023
Do You Remember?
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Exactly
Write something incorporating the word ‘exactly’ Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO EXACTLY What exactly am I doingDoing with this rhyme?Mind is blank, myself to thankJust whiling ‘way the time Ho hum…… DM
Poet Don on Invite an Alien to Live with you Day. 21 July
Today my flock we celebrateInviting friend aliens come stayTo share our bed, breakfast and tableTo beam themselves down here to stay Beam on down ET…bed waiting… (Johnny, our youngest flock member….) He’s lost my address Poet Don?…. Oh dear…. We believe this is ET looking for Johnny’s house….. Don MatthewsJuly 2021
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jennifer Eccles’ The Hollies (1968)
The Hollies are a British pop rock band, formed in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid 1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke and Graham Nash founded the band as a Merseybeat-type group in Manchester, although some of the band members came from towns further north in East Lancashire. Nash leftContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Jennifer Eccles’ The Hollies (1968)”
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 