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Happy New Year!  (January 5, 2006)

Happy New Year to all you guitar maniacs! I've got a lovely Strat and a sweet acoustic and can't play either one...I think I know four chords (OK, three). I have ambivalent feelings about technology...I love it and I hate it. Even though I was right in the middle of the whole Haight-Ashbury hoo-ha---and it really was incredible---I think my most colorful period was the early 70's playing music in the UK: bad food, cold weather, no money, no color TV, no car, certainly no computers, internet, email, or mobile phones... Continue reading "Happy New Year!"



Global Warming Is Fact, Mate!  (August 21, 2005)

I know there are a lot of right wing cretins out there who have some sort of religious problem with the FACT (maybe that's the problem, religious people don't deal in facts) that global warming is here big time. Maybe because Moses isn't involved...who knows. It's here, brother. Trust me... Continue reading "Global Warming Is Fact, Mate!"



Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith  (May 23, 2005)

Bloody hell. What a SPECTACULAR film! George Lucas is BACK! Forget Arnold and Leonardo DiCaprio...Goerge IS the fucking King of the World! He dropped the hammer, slammed his foot to the floor, and tore off into the future at warp speed! Continue reading "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith"



Another Look at the Fourth Cream Reunion Concert  (May 8, 2005)

I hope the photos here capture the sheer joy Jack was having at this gig...he was the old Jack and had an absolute ball all through the performance and gave it everything he had. He had fun with many of the numbers and was smiling his little ass off whilst doing so! So lovely to see them all having such a good time playing their music so brilliantly and being with each other in this magical venue, which beats ANY hall I've played in... Continue reading "Another Look at the Fourth Cream Reunion Concert"



My Take on the Second Cream Reunion Concert at the RAH  (May 4, 2005)

Saiichi Sugiyama gave you all the technical stuff plus his take on the gig....I'll add mine. Firstly, it's 3 hours before showtime, and I'm sitting in my rented accommodation in Thames Ditton, having just moved to the UK four days ago from North Hollywood. I was having dinner last night with... Continue reading "My Take on the Second Cream Reunion Concert at the RAH"



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