My Daily Banana
Photo of the Day:
Event of the Day:
24th July 1938
Instant Coffee was invented
I can remember drinking quite a bit of instant coffee when I lived in Britain. Horrible stuff, when I was on holiday in England last month I had a cappuccino in a restaurant and it was made from instant coffee: How low can you go? Yuck:-((
Birthday of the Day:
24th July 1969
Jennifer Lopez
Hasn't she got a sexy backside? I quite like watching her acting. I enjoyed watching the film "Monster-in-Law" ("Schwiegermonster") in which she co-stared with Jane Fonda; there were a few other films I saw in which she played that I enjoyed, but my mind is like a sieve, they're gone.
Died on this Day:
24th July 1960
Hans Albers
The great actor and singer from Hamburg, Germany. His most known song was "Auf der Reeperbahn Nachts um halb eins" from the film "Grosse Freiheit Nummer 7" produced in 1944 during the Nazi regime; the film was first released in 1945 by the British occupational regime.
24th July 1980
Peter Sellers
Next to Spike Milligan the best comedian that Britain produced. In the fifties they performed together in the legendary Goon Show. Later he stared as Inspector Clouseau in the film series The Pink Panther.
Thoughts:
Forty-three years ago today was a Saturday, I had the weekend off from work. At the time I worked for Plessey Telecommunications as a wireman. This weekend was special, my girlfriend Eileen was away on holiday with her parents, and I had a ticket for the Tupholme Folk Festival in Bardney near Lincoln. The ticket for the one day festival cost £2-00p., what a price. Go to a concert today, I am next month, a minor act, and the tickets were on sale for EUR 38,50 that's £30 for a two hour concert. The times they are a changing!
In Bardney that day 43 years ago the sun was shining, the atmosphere was peaceful and calm and the music phenomenal. There were three highlights which I remember:
Buffy St. Marie, a Cree Indian she sang so beautifully; if my memory serves me right she had a very husky voice and her songs were stories. Listen to the song Soldier Blue
The next highlight was the late coming group The Byrds. They started with an acoustic song (the whole festival was under the motto acoustic folk music); after that as an intro, they said something like "And this is what you wanted to hear" and exchanged their acoustic instruments for electric. The crowd went wild but they abided by the motto and went back to playing unplugged.
Most amazing was the performance of James Taylor. He was so cool and sang the crowd nearly into sleep, I've never seen so many people laid-back singing along with the songs. It was indescribable!
One more thing, if anyone who is reading was at the festival: Do you remember the Meeting Tree? I don't know why, but when I think of the festival the big oak tree at the end of the field always comes to my mind. Wasn't that a great festival? It was the best I have ever been to.
The link down below it to an internet thread that is still going; the oldies like me can put down their thoughts concerning the festival. Look it up, you'll se that I'm not the only one who enjoyed the day!
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| Niebüll Vicarage |
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| The windows are original double windows |
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| Another small mishap |
Was that interesting today?
It was for me, it brought back memories from my youth!
