OK, sorry for not being very regular with the blogging but I am now on holidays from the shit hole (sorry, Sainsburys) and have a little extra time. A few things have been happening, as you may or may not know I am 25 on Friday, this coincides nicely with a hopeful thrashing for engerlund at footie and my Nan was in hospital but got out today (Tuesday).<\/p>\n
Vanesa’s bro Dami was taken ill with peritonitis and ended up in hospital, get well soon Dami! That, however, means I haven’t heard much from Vanesa, I hope things get better for her soon, it’s not been an easy year for her.<\/p>\n
The Supernaturals long awaited new album “What We Did Last Summer” was released on Monday, it is a fantastic album and I love it. It is such a pity that todays music scene means the album has as much chance of making the charts as Lonnie Donegan!<\/p>\n
I am applying for a new job at Sainsbury’s as a store greeter, I think this job would utilise my naturals talents better i.e. I am a gob shite. I am also gonna apply to become a bus driver, the first step in my master plan to get a decent job. My Mum also recently found a recruitment agency website so I’m gonna try my luck there.<\/p>\n
I’m gonna rework the intro to this site cos I am bored with the old one, however it may take a while to reach the top of my “to do” list.<\/p>\n
Right, here are a few things that I wanna mention:<\/p>\n
Sixties music<\/strong> : I always loved sixties music (thanks to my Dad for that!), anyway, I have recently found that there are very few albums coming out that inspire me to buy them, so I have decided when I have the money to spend I’m gonna buy greatest hits albums of sixties bands (The Troggs, The Stones, The Beach Boys, The Hollies, Gerry and True Love Never Dies<\/strong> by Flip ‘n’ Fill <\/strong>: Am I turning into an old romantic? Well, I dunno but this song is amazing, check it out!<\/p>\n The Queen’s Golden Jubilee<\/strong> : Now my socialist side dislikes the idea of a monarchy but I also think the alternative is a pretty awful thought (an elected president) with all the corruption that would bring (look at the USA!). I like that we have an independent head of state. Anyway, I digress, in my eyes the monarchy is far from perfect, however I have been impressed by the way that the Royal family has conducted itself during this difficult year. Anyway the party at the Party At The Palace<\/strong> : FANTASTIC!!! Absolutely brilliant, ignoring those terrible “Kumar” women, there wasn’t anything bad about it. Brian May even made “God Save The Queen” sound cool! AND Ozzy Osborne playing Buckingham Palace!!! WOW LOL It was reported that the palace Corgis were kept out his way, just brilliant. Paul McCartney, Dreamer<\/strong> by Ozzy Osborne<\/strong> : Check out this song! Very John Lennon in sentiment but superb, it amazes me this man can still sing considering he seems to have so much trouble speaking!!! Anyway, if I were the DJ at Hibs I would play this song every time the Old Firm come visiting next season.<\/p>\n “If only we could all find serenity, it would be nice if we could live as one, when will all this anger hate and bigotry be gone?”<\/em><\/p>\n Here, here Ozzy! You da man!! A totally amazing song, amazing and profound lyrics, will it go to number one? Not a chance! Oh well, I hope in years to come it is regarded in the same vein as “Imagine”.<\/p>\n DVDs<\/strong> : I went to the cinema to see Almost Famous last year and loved it, I went again and probably again. When the DVD came out, it wasn’t exactly packed with extras (the main reason I buy DVDs) but cos I loved the film so much I bought it. Less than one year later, probably nearer six months, Almost Famous : Untitled has been released, this is in effect a special edition with a ton of extras and a “directors cut” of the movie, am I to be punished for supporting the movie? I bought the original DVD for about \u00a320, \u00a320 wasted if I want to own the directors “definitive” version of the movie, what a con! They are supposedly worried at the current level of piracy, well I got news for you guys, stop screwing us and it might come down! <\/strong>Harry Potter came out on DVD last month, I didn’t buy it cos I guessed there would be another “adult” edition, less than a month later there are reports about what’s gonna be on it.<\/p>\n Wow, that must be the longest rant I’ve done on here! If you are still reading, thank you for sticking with me. I’m gonna post the story of the whiskey tasting when I was on holiday in May soon (hopefully tomorrow). It is quite funny, for me anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OK, sorry for not being very regular with the blogging but I am now on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Pacemakers and The Animals to name but a few!!!!)<\/p>\n
\npalace (see below) was magnificent and was the defining moment of the celebrations and I think the Queen deserved every moment of it. I was born on the Silver Jubilee so it was quite strange watching the TV footage of it thinking “that was the day I was born!!”. So well done Elizabeth I of Scotland ;o)<\/p>\n
\nBrian Wilson, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker all fantastic! It was a fabulous night in front of the box with a few beers.<\/p>\n