Jules Holland Rocked the Buxton Opera House

Hya all,

Just look at this.... How fabulous is that! Its the Buxton Opera House it blew me away, now that is a venue!! Me and a few chums went to c Jules Holland & his rhythm and blues orchestra there last night.

They were amazing. I've been to quite a few gigs but when you go to a 'music' gig rather than a band gig there's such a massive difference, its less about the concept, image, and who's playing and instead its about what's being played. Pure Talent, nuff said!

The only other gig I've been to of that kind was when i went to go and see, Antony & the Johnson's at the little civic in Wolverhampton, the difference being that the majority of their material is quite melancholy and slow, where as Jules was a complete contrast, big sounds n neats that you couldn't help but tap your feet to!
At one point everyone was on their feet dancing away, FAB! the show included a woman named Ruby turner i think, well that woman can really sing. Effortlessly she belted out such a rich and powerful sound. The whole band in fact were true 'artists' Just Fab.

One problem though... made me realise just how much i've got yet to learn, i'll av a good go trying though! ;-)

purkul
x

Penthouse!

Hya all, Just a quick post really. Went to Nottingham over the bank hols with me friend who i don't c as often i'd like.
We went to c girls aloud at the ice rink, girls aloud not being my general taste but an opportunity for a girly laugh & night out as much as anythin! twas fab had a brill time & we even got upgraded to the penthouse apartment, n for 1 sec we convinced ourselves that girls aloud were in the next apartment cuz we heard singing! spose we'll never no! Anyway just wanted to mark the occasion.

Bye 4 now Purkul x

New Love!

Hya all,

just wanted to introduce you to a new love in me life.

Epiphone Casino!

Just hope i'll be able to do it justice one day who knows...







... ok ok, i know but someone once said if ya aim for the moon and miss then - well at least ya amongst the stars!

purkul
x

happy accident

Hya all,

done my homework blueshawk!

only sorry to say its with me trusty camera phone again rather than a decent camera.

found this new panoramic feature whilst tryna find the flash but didn't quite realise what it did & made this picture by mistake (hense the darkness as still ain't sorted the flash!!

c ya soon

pearl of wisdom...

money comes and goes but talent grows!

purkul

Progress?

hya all, i'll leave ya with this pic i took yesterday, its the view i c 2wice a day as i get into my car.

on the one hand i c it as quite historic really and for some reason i can't quite put me finger on poignant. purkul x

Great News

Hya all,

Don't worry its not me!!! ha ha

I've ad a right old great bit of news of l8. My life long best friend is pregnant.
For reasons that i won't go into, not major ones but just one of those things really. we haven't seen all that much of each other for some time.
But having said that she's sent me a pic of her scan and made my day so i thought i'd share it with ya!

purkul
x

May i introduce you to Ruby Mae!

Hya all,

how proud am i!? the very happy aunt of a Miss Ruby Mae as of yesterday, she made her appearance at 2.38 p.m weighing in at a whopping 8lb 3oz!!!!

Just wanted to mark the occasion by blogging about her! how cute is she!?

also

on another positive note i bought an electric guitar today. £50 for the guitar a small amp, a carry case, strap and all the leads etc!

Fair enough its not exactly my dream choice of an epaphone casino but a start all the same!

Positive thing....

Did you read the rest of my blog! ;-)

on me bike!

hya all,

just wanted to mark the fact that i went on me bike last night for the first time in over ten years! The pic above - my hood! its amazing what you miss unless your looking ain't it!

positive thing...

i'm getting all active in my attempt to loose a sizable amount of weight in a reasonably short amount of time (don't worry i'm not gonna be daft) i've done it before so there's no reason i can't do it again but last time i did it all with diet where as this time i'm doin the whole exercise thing as well, and what better excuse than getting out into the great outdoors with all this sun and such nice views at my door step!

Apedale was ace!

Hya all,

went on a photographic workshop trip out to apedale yesterday with fellow mind blogglers! I've never been there before twas really nice, def worth another visit!
turned out to be a totally top day, great weather, great views, greatest of all.... great company! top stuff!
thought i'd put a few of the pics on but its taking far too long so if you go to the following link there's a few on there!

http://www.mindbloggling.org.uk/mind_bloggling_group_activities.htm

positive thing....

i'm sorry to keep on but how fabulous is this sun!

Reasons to be cheerful 1...2....3 (& then some)

Hya all, just been inspired by etcb's latest post which features things top to ones self here goes..... - music - music - music - and did i mention music - gigs - friends (full stop) - sunny days - starting a laughing session for no particular reason - kids laughing - viewing art - viewing sculpture - doing art - doing sculpture - blue sky - looking at photographs of happy times - playin a new tune on the guitar - going for long drive to nowhere in particular with top tunes blasting and not having to curb the decibels when singing along - thinking! (believe it or not! ;-) ) -dancing to top tunes
- me cats
- feeling a genuine connection with people especially when i don't expect to!
- gerbra's (fav flower in the pic thats lasted since my birthday!!)

positive thing...... read the rest of the post! ha ha

let the sun shine in!!!

hya all,

my i take this opportunity to say what a difference a bit of sun makes!!!!

normally i'm not a great fan of the sun on account of being generally uncomfortable, hot and bothered and the fact that it reveals just how much weight ya need to loose mean as though everyone else is doing the whole beach babe goddess thang!
 but that said i'm loving it! just seems to make the whole concept of getting out of bed in the morning and then doing something worth while once your out of there that little bit easier!

postitive thing...

its sunny! let the sun shine in!!

birthday weekend

hello all,

well twas my birthday yesterday, so i'd like to say thanx to every1 who helped me celebrate!

i went for dinner at la bella napoli in hanley with the folks from work and my birthday twin! u know who you are!! :-)

went to see TCTC ( the cooper temple clause) on frinday and saturaday in leeds and birmingham! they were top stuff!

positive thing....

just a thought. today will be yesterday tomorrow!!! ;-)
& i can now play hotel yorba by the white stripes on my guitar!!!

Andorra March 07

Andorra on me butt!

hya all,

just a quick post, in andorra at the mo on a skiing holl!

avin a great time, was a little worried at first that there wasn´t gona be any snow, was dead weird we turned a corner and there it was a big snowy mountain!

must say i´ve been on my bac side most of the time i´ve been here but avin a great laugh all the same!

top stuff!

i´ll stick sum pics on when i get home!

purkul
x

Jet - Top Stuff

Hya All,

Just a quick post to say how great Jet were at wolverhampton. would you believe it we missed the opening. We thought that it started at half past but in actual fact it started at 9, didn't miss all that much though because we wanted get there early to get to the front!

I may not get a chance to post again for a while because i'm going on hol on sunday. I'm going sking in france. A pair of 1st's there!!

Positive things....

well to be honest the rest of my post is positive points so well i'll leave ya with that and a few more additions to my gig slide show!

artist in the making me thinx!

Hya all,

Here's a wee pic my niece drew on her birthday. you wanna c er go she's got all the committment of polock making her mark!

Also how fabs this... a heart shaped plum! almost felt bad about munching it!!

Positive things...

just thought i'd share some quotes i like...

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. -Judy Garland

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. -Randall G Leighton

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison

Art Inspired

Hya all,

Through work of late i've had the opportunity to meet some thoughouly nice and extremely tallented people.

By tallented i specifically mean their ability and passion for art!

I used to do art at A-level but i 'dropped it off' when i went to uni because well, i didn't think a qualification in foundation art would be as universally useful as a more 'academic' qualification, as i didn't really know what i wanted to be so i didn't wanna narrow my options down that much. Then on top of that in my usual way because i didn't 'have' to produce any pieces for my qualification or anythin i just didn't!

Well that is gona change, thanx to my inspirational peeps i've met of l8, i'm gona dust off me art stuff n get to doin some bits again.

i've included a couple of pics on this blog of a piece i did at GCSE of my cat Pipper! i've included a close up to show the detail and that, basically as an example for a few of the artists who i've spoken to that would like to do similar things in order to show off their work!

Positive thing....

Its my nieces birthday today she's 2! happy birthday chicken i love you loads and loads and then some!!!

also

thanks to all the artists i've met of l8! you've inspired me to get back in touch with something that means a great deal to me!

purkul

x

the long blondes rocked at rock city

hya all,

its been a wee while since me last post, due to the fact that i've been a busy bee more than anythin.

Thank you so much to every 1's kind comments to my last post, it really meant a lot.

I went to nottingham for the weekend to see the long blondes at rock city. it was brill, must say i'm a little worse for wear thanks to the experience but wouldn't have missed it for the world!

i didn't really get a good pic but i put the best of the bad bunch on me gig slide show.

Positive thing....

the long blondes were brill, i had a great weekend with the gig gang and can not w8 to c Jet which is the next scheduled outing!

Top stuff

Purkul
x

stop & think

hya all,

i had a bit of a sobering experience friday. my nan, me mums mum has been ill for some time with senile dementia.

2 b honest i haven't really known my nan through out my life for one reason and another & so i didn't really feel that close or attached to her. this was a good thing in a way because it meant that i didn't feel a loss as much as my aunt or mum when she became ill and started to deteriorate.

recently she's taken turn for the worse, and i had done a brilliant job at being in denial about the whole situation. a good friend of mine had a word! n e sed that i should go to see her, because it wasn't something that i could do again if i changed my mind type thing, and that i should go to support my family.

i went to see her on friday.

it was awful. and i could see why i had tried to be in denial about it all for so long.

me nan isn't really there to be honest. just her body existing. we all know that its a matter of days or even hours that she has left but in all honesty its painful to see her in such a state, fighting for breath, her body is on auto pilot, breathing, functioning but beyond that nothing!

the most horrible thing about it is the fact that although she looks like she doesn't know whats going on i can't help wondering what if anything she can feel and if she can hear whats going on.

the whole experience has really affected me, far more than i ever imagined it could. i'm generally very level headed and have a general ability to detach myself from situations or emotions that i would rather not deal with or find uncomfortable.

the hospital ward is full of people walking the corridors in varied degrees of detachment from reality, dismissed as old and as generally not being with it.

existing not living.

i can't help thinking who are these people? or who were they? what have they done with there lives? what and who mattered to them?

at the same time being completely fearful of the prospect of imagining myself in that position some day.

just existing.

positive thought.

although this is a bit of a low point on the old post front,

i think once i'm over the shock of it all the whole experience, it will hopefully spur me on to appreciate the opportunities in life that i have awaiting me to pursue. i think ordinarily without all this going on i may never of noticed such opportunities & so never have made them a reality!

cheers every1

hya all,

just wanted to post a quick post to say thank you to every1 for your comments and that for my last post. Really nice to hear from you all

cheers

purkul
x