A little primer and Invitation,To comment.. My Original Paintings and all artwork here can be purchased.. and I really encourage comments... I want to say on another website for artists I only recently joined.. I signed up to show some of my work, and also its a great learning resource , when I finally put up a painting OR 2 , I had some so many views (300 on a painting in a very very short time) and wonderful comments, but lately here there is a little problem ,possibly apathy or reluctance to comment or ??? really this part is all up to you .. Now for anyone new welcome and you will see recently below ... I started adding some museum and other art openings, and some things happening in the music world too.. also Look on top right is my gallery (with my original art ) which im going to update again.. and as you scroll down here at base, there are a huge amount of pages you can check out.. so come on let your voice be heard .... a small sample of my artwork

Thanks to Mojo - The Music Magazine *If you find it interesting go to mojoMagazine.com revelaton ....................... Leonard Cohen has announced that he will tour through the US, Canada and Europe this summer. It will be his first major jaunt since 1993.

The announcement was made via a posting on his official web forum. Specific dates and venues are yet to be confirmed, but full details are expected next month.

Cohen will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March. His new album is due for release later this year.
John Lennon Endorses Canned Coffee!

2:05 PM GMT 14/02/2008

YOKO ONO IS IN the news after suing a struggling female singer called Lennon Murphy for exploiting the name “Lennon” for commercial/musical gain. And while today’s Yoko riposte suggests that the singer of the band Lennon is not entirely blameless in the matter (attempting to register “Lennon” as an exclusive trademark is a bit silly, no?), it didn’t stop MOJO staffers reeling off a list of the shrieking art-rock pepperpot’s least decorous bids to exploit her late husband’s legacy.

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/news/Disc of the day
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece

Astral Weeks’ smarter cousin: songs of innocence, experience and the Irish diaspora…
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NEWS DIGEST: Thursday, February 14

2:37 PM GMT 13/02/2008
NEWS DIGEST: Thursday, February 14

Radiohead have posted a new video for their In Rainbows track, Videotape, online. Available to view via the band's DeadAirSpace portal, the new promo was created by Thom Yorke and prodcuer Nigel Godrich. Yorke posted the following accompanying message:

"had a niggling feeling that this never really got seen much.
Its a kind of video thing to go with Videotape using lots of wierd techniques we were messing with. Nigel and I really enjoyed making it at the end of last year. It appeared at the end of a webcast which i think was lost due to transmission problems.
Bob Mould is set to play four UK dates in May. The gigs arrive alongside the release of his District Line LP. The former Husker Dü giant will take on:

Glasgow ABC (May 23)
Manchester Academy 2 (24)
Birmingham Academy 2 (26)
London Koko (27)

The Police will tour the US and Canada for the last time this summer. The jaunt will begin on May 1 in Ottawa and will mainly consist of Amphitheatre dates. The band are unlikely to play festivals and stadiums. Stay tuned to MOJO for details.

Massive Attack have been announced as Artistic Directors of the this year's Meltdown Festival. The Bristol beat-merchants follow in the footsteps of such luminaries as John Peel, Robert Wyatt, Scott Walker, David Bowie, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Morrissey, Patti Smith and Jarvis Cocker. The group has released the following statement: "It's an honour to host Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival and to be in such inspiring company as its previous curators. In addition to the music, we want this year's festival to have a strong political and visual element to it to reflect our influences and obsessions. Our aim is to mix it up a bit by instigating collaborations that make sense and probably some that don't.”

Yes Although the emphasis is on my paintings and photographs to share and sell .. I had some very very interesting experiences in music performing as a drummer /singer & some writing and recording and that world, some of my friends & people I just came to know.... went on to do extremely well in writing performing even scoring many major hollywood & european films & other tv series etc. and im still quite connected by my past/ present experience & great love and appreciation of music , no matter what genre.. I would be glad to recommend some wonderful music songwriters etc. to listen to I have found from very recently to classic ... if there is any interest out there, let me know .. stay tuned

Some of my original artwork for your consideration The 2 Cello Players
Geese family silent crossing
My version of famous Dali painting , ( on the easel )

Please note my art follows as you scoll down.. and on the many many other pages ~ also see my Gallery over on top right with my original artworks for sale ! .......
BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has offered troubled singer Amy Winehouse some free advice on kicking the drug habit.

"She should get her act together," the former junkie said during a round-table interview at the Berlin International Film Festival on Friday to promote Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary "Shine a Light."

The often-addled rocker paused, then added: "Apart from that, I have got nothing to say to the " blank "

Winehouse, 24, entered a London rehab clinic last month in hopes of kicking a destructive habit that has overshadowed her promising career.

Stones frontman Mick Jagger, himself no stranger to pharmaceutical experimentation and resulting legal troubles, compared the drug problems of the present generation of Brit rock stars, such as Winehouse and Pete Doherty, to his early days when drugs became an integral part of the pop music scene.

"When we were experimenting with drugs, little was known about the effects," Jagger said. "In our time there were no rehab centers like today. Anyway, I did not know about them."

Sounding a bit like the 64-year-old grandfather that he is, the fitness fanatic said he couldn't understand how the younger generation, knowing the dangers of drug use, could still be users.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter11:08am EST by Ab Zagt

LONDON (Reuters) - A hearse overturned when the horses pulling it to a south London cemetery stampeded, dragging the carriage and coffin past appalled relatives and sending floral tributes flying.
Ireland debates switch to right-hand driving Friday, 8 Feb 2008 12:12pm EST

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland should consider giving up driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said Friday.
More than 100 cats rescued from Olympics site Friday, 8 Feb 2008 12:19pm EST

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace.
City boasts less spitting, better queuing

Drunk threatened city with TV remote
Have you heard? Hospitals to ban gossiping
LONDON (Reuters) -"And wait'll you see all the closet space!"
3 days ago (Reuters) An estate agent who took a prospective buyer to view a house in central England found the owner hanging dead in a closet, the agency said Thursday.

It was the first viewing of the 350,000-pound ($700,000) house which had been on the market for a week. The owner was hanging from a belt inside a walk-in closet in the main bedroom.

"It was quite a shock," said a spokesman for estate agents Hartleys. "Our agent quickly ushered everyone out, locked the property and called the authorities."

The owner, a single man in his 40s, is thought to have committed suicide. He inherited the house from his mother who died recently, the estate agents said.