Now that we're onto the subject of defecation, let me introduce you the art of Suwon in South Korea. A toilet shaped Museum built in honour of one Sim Jae - duck, the founder and first president of the World Toilet Association. There are many fine pieces of art housed in this august establishment, one such piece is pictured below. Enjoy. please log in to view this image
And the restaurant also follows the theme of the museum. The room is decorated in a bathroom setting with chairs in the shape of a toilets. And the food is served in miniature toilet bowls. Most charming. Urbanspoon couldn't speak highly enough of the restaurant's ambiance. please log in to view this image
If it was a full Scottish/English/Irish they could serve my 'nosebag' in any shaped receptacle they desired!
Mavis Staples and The Band. Levon Helm, Mavis Staples, Roebuck "Pops" Staples and the wonderful Rick Danko on vocals.
76 is a ripe old age, but it one where a lot of us are getting around like .... well, old people. Doddering along, stooped over and looking as though we've lived it hard the whole time. And then there's Tina, lovely, lovely Tina. Ms Turner has not long ago had her 77th birthday, in the clip below, she'd just turned 76. What a woman. And the legs are still THE legs. P.S. Just found out this was a clip being used for her 76th birthday, but was recorded when she was 59. I'm shattered.
Lordy, Lord, who cares whether you like her music or not! Quite a dish! Apparently she's offered to appear at an upcoming Stan Bowles benefit 'do': (Acknowledgements to the Football Forum - The R's section, of course! ).
Classically trained pianist Hannes Otahal playing the legendary Albert Ammon's famed Boogie Woogie Stomp.
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton with a sensational band. Taj Mahal on vocals. Corrine Corina. I love the way everyone in the group gets to feature. Brilliant stuff.
Cyc, here's another one by the Austrian piano master Hannes Otahal, Bumble-Boogie (Hummelflug), an extended boogie-version of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee"!: Holy cow!
I know next to nothing about the classic tenors of history, buy while fumbling around I stumbled across a gent named Jussi Bjorling, a man who's name I barely remember from childhood. Others were such household names such as Caruso, Gigli, Tucker & Schmidt. But I knew nothing of their music, I grew up in the era of the Stones. Over the last hour or so, I've stumbled across a serious debate on the merits of Bjorling and Gigli's versions of Nessun Dorma. There's a strong push on both sides as to which of the versions is the all time best. From what I gather, most believe that Bjorling's 1944 slow Nessun Dorma gets the nod. The reason being that the 9 second high C at the end, is unmatched. True or not, I can't say, but that note has the hairs on the back of my neck sticking up like tent poles.
And then there's the lovely Monsterrat Caballé. I've never seen this lady before today, how sad it that? What sort of a pitiful human being am I?
