Zwolle, small town north east of Amsterdam. Really beautiful place, lovely friendly bars, lots of upmarket restaurants. Very few tourists. Expensive! And cold! Thermals required for the football this evening.
Really emjoyed this....at six episodes, just the perfect length. Thanks for the heads up Cinematography was excellent. Some real nasty fellas out there, did a bit of reading after and the Mormons really did carry out that massacre at the very beginning, and Brigham Young was the govenor of Utah and head of the LDS...can't imagine modern day Mormons will be very happy at their portrayal in this. Yeah, can't see a season 2 happening.
Juist watched Kenneth Branagh's Belfast on BBC2. A good film raised to greater heights by Van Morrison's magnificent music.
The Substance with Demi Moore. Mrs was watching it at the weekend, and I was intrigued enough to sit down and watch it with her...probably something to do with all the nubile women in lycra (there's a LOT of it - probably how kiwi and Hammers got their groin strains!). Basic synopsis Demi Moore is a TV aerobics presenter who gets ousted for being too old by Dennis Quaid, and finds a way of making herself young...with severe consequences. The final scene is insane! Enjoyable film, not very taxing on the grey matter, and don't watch if you're remotely squeamish.
Lol it was ho Lol, it was how I got mine. Saw this about a month ago , first half of the film was OK and enjoyable, but the 2nd half just became increasingly daft and a gorefest. It should've been better than it turned out to be, obvious nods to The Picture of Dorien Gray, but alas not as good as a few versions I've seen of that film. Good to see Demi Moore back in the limelight, but it would be ridiculous if she wins an Oscar for it !
Been listening to the back catalogue of the Cure, firstly what an amazing band, humble, treat their fans well and have produced consistently great music for half a century. The main reason I’ve been doing this is I was blown away by their latest, songs of a lost world… and I genuinely think it’s their best!! Watched the live show online(which should be on their website) and thoroughly recommend. Apparently there’s a new album out this year, and if they tour I’ll be there for sure. If that’s not enough for you…. Robert Smith is one of our own.
Lost World is a great album Just had an email from the band about their RSD release later this year... Probably add this to my collection. I'd recommend signing up to their mailing lists, as when they do announce tour dates there will hopefully be some pre-sale links.
The wife is signed up, even my youngest loves them!! I’ve noticed they seem to get the appreciation they deserve, oh and gave us one of the all time comedy moments.
Went to see Oedipus at the Old Vic last night, starring Remi Malek. Enjoyed it a lot, I do like a good Greek Tragedy, probably explains a lot about why I support my favourite football team. Hardly the script that Sophocles wrote, however it worked. Best part for me was the balletic dancers dancing to Afro beats and the part when rains returned to Thebes, a wonderful theatrical moment. The supporting cast was wonderful especially Cecilia Noble as the oracle and the young girl as Antigone. Sadly the low point was the “star” always over acting becoming such a lovey, most annoying .
Just finished watching the latest SAS Rogue Heroes series - which was excellent and with a really good music soundtrack - and decided to find out what happened to some of the main characters after the war. I already knew a bit about Paddy Mayne, who, as well as playing rugby for Ireland and the British Lions, was a talented boxer, cricketer and golfer. On the Lions tour of South Africa in 1938, he was said to have spent his spare time 'smashing hotel rooms and fighting dockers'. An amiable nutcase, he seemed to settle down after the war, returning to Newtownards to practise as a solicitor. The post-war life of Mayne's commanding officer, David Stirling, was somewhat more sinister. Not inclined to settle to a non-military life, he formed mercenary groups, dealt in arms and even plotted to form a private army to take over the the government of the UK in the event of 'undemocratic action' by trades unions bringing down the elected government. I found this Adam Curtis documentary about Stirling, which is well worth a watch and was quite a history lesson for me..... The Mayfair Set - 1. Who Pays Wins - BBC iPlayer
One of my favourite films, one of those very rare creations which makes an indelible impression you, on BBC4 now. Blue Velvet. Was preceded by an excellent interview with David Lynch, where he wasn’t quite as enigmatic as he normally was.
Mrs SM bought me the Rogue Heroes book after season 1 had aired, which is a bit more real life then the program (although most of it is pretty close to what actually happened) Season 3 will be a blast, blowing their way through France and Germany after D-Day alongside the resistance. As you say, the soundtracks to both seasons have been superb. It's difficult for some people to come down after being exposed to cinstant warfare for years - we now know it as PTSD, but this was a new phenomenon post WW2 and there was very little help for the veterans - take it on the chin old chap and carry on. People like Stirling suffered, and always looked for the buzz of warfare. A lot of British, French and German forces ended up with the Foreign Legion to get their kicks, serving time in the wars of independance in Africa and SE Asia, Vietnam (during French campaign, not the clusterfuck US one), Borneo and other conflicts.
I would have thought that PTSD, which is by definition a stress condition and an aversion to war, is very different to the addiction to conflict that characters like Stirling seem to have developed. I was surprised to read that Paddy Mayne was able to settle after the war.
As with any mental health issue, PTSD isn't defined by any single characteristic. Stirling may not have had PTSD, but many young men returning did, some who craved returning to action, some who were that disturbed by what they experienced that they were unable to function in normal society. Obviously, some dudes are just plain nuts, Stirling may have been one of these, but it's that crazy streak that created the SAS in the first place, and that's why most of our Airborne forces are a little bit tapped...take it from one of their own!!
Just finished Deaths Game, another Korean mini-series, 8 episides. Young man has a **** life and decides to kill himself...Death isn't happy and decides to punish him, sending him back to life where he has to die 12 more times...if he can survive, he'll get to live. Some of the bodies he inherits are mental.... If you're a fan of Korean TV, this is a good watch
This is from my My Heritage account... Richard Terry 1773 - 1828 Direct ancestor (6 generations) So is this... John Terry 1720 - ? His grandfather John ****ing Terry?!!!
