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I’ve Found Out Why I’m Silly

My brain is wired to sillyCan’t help the way I thinkTrait of a bipole manicRinky-dinky-dink Why do I write silly, strange, offbeat stuff?Because after being hospitalized twice they diagnosed me with bipolar mania.It’s now comforting to know I have a medical reason for my behaviour. And yes, a bipolar brain is wired different to aContinue reading “I’ve Found Out Why I’m Silly”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Oh Lonesome Me’ (Don Gibson) Herb Kraus and the Walkin’ Shoes

Woo hoo…some good old rock ‘n’ roll…. Hey? the legs are back again…… Yeah…… Dispense with the lyrics. All eyes will be on the legs…… Hey?…… What?……. Do oldies No lyrics. Looking at legs. Sorry……. Don MatthewsJuly 2021

Stan’s Record Album Cover Studio

Stan runs a very successful businesshelped by his able assistant Perc These ladies (there were three of)Asked the Lord aboveDon’t let me waste, please use me(The cover they all loved)…. Production Notes Hair by Stan’s Hairdressing to the StarsSmiles photoshopped by PercGlasses supplied by Faith Don MatthewsJuly 2021

FCS Announcement. Good News

Stan has just informed me, that with the help of his assistant Perc, he has re-opened his Record Album Design Studio after weeks of self-imposed lockdown. He became worried about Covid entering the studio and infecting the cameras and photographic printing equipment. He says all sorted now. Thorough spraying over with flyspray During the closureContinue reading “FCS Announcement. Good News”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘ I’m a Blues Man’ Magic Slim and the Tear Drops

Morris Holt (August 7, 1937 – February 21, 2013), known as Magic Slim, was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born at Torrance, near Grenada, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers, he followed blues greats such as Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to Chicago, developing his own place in the Chicago blues scene. With his band the Teardrops they played in the dim, smoke-filled juke joints popular in Chicago in the 1970s onContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘ I’m a Blues Man’ Magic Slim and the Tear Drops”