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R.I.P. Gary Brooker https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60485697 Joanne and I saw him, in the late 80's, when he was musical director of a Black Tie Rock Charity Gig held by the lake on the Wintershall Estate in Deepest Surrey. He fronted "The Gary Brooker All Stars", a loose arrangement of local rock celebs. The lineup from memory included Gary Brooker, Eric Clapton, Phill Collins, Mike Rutherford, Andy Fairweather Low, Howard Jones, plus Sam Brown on vocals. The Charterhouse Jazz Band played as well, But we heard about it via The Hamsters, who were the opening band, and took a lot of the audience by surprise. "The Wintershall charity black-tie picnic concerts famously attract an all-star line-up and have raised several million pounds so far for charity but they are a rare treat; the last one was staged in 2011 when the Hutley Family once again opened the grounds of their home on the Wintershall Estate to an invitation only audience. Gary Brooker was the musical director of the prestigious charity black-tie picnic concert in 2011 as he did for five similar events in 1988, 1989, 1998, 2001 and 2005. Rock royalty once again took to the stage to cast their magic; Eric Clapton, Roger Taylor, Lulu, Kenney Jones, Jeff Beck and Ronnie Wood were among the stars to join the Band du Lac as they were jokingly called in 1989 because of the stage's location at the foot of the lake" These days it seems they'll let anyone in .... https://www.tatler.com/gallery/wintershall-rock-charity-concert

Happy Birthday Dan! May all your Wordle scores beat Brent! Wordle 248 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Now with TL:DW transparency

No live on air unboxing?

And Beat Brent at Quordle ! Have a Great one ! !

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/orange-glazed-cranberry-bread/ And Tea!

Recovery Deck Brunch

Joanne and I just had a second shot of shingrix. The CDC now recommends it for the over 50's https://www.cdc.gov/shingles/vaccination.html Highly protective from shingles! https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html And we have a long weekend to recover if there are any side effects

Happy Birthday Colin! New Skateboard, Electric Unicycle, Gimp/Skateboard Suit?

Fish & Chips (twice!) @ https://www.prooflab.com/pages/hook-fish-co-at-proof-lab-beer-garden

Happy Birthday, Steve! Have a great one! and just in case you and Joanne don't get round to a taste test ...

Congrat Kerry ( & Cousin). Wishing y'all the best in your new endeavor http://eksonic.com/

Joanne suggested a Baileys / Kirkland Irish Cream taste test (for science!) Earl grey / Mickey D's "Coffee" optional.

Crikey! A very tasty "Kiwi" Sausage roll, consumed in a very gentrified Healdsburg Plaza. Not shown: Steak & Cheese Pie, Steak and Mushroom Pie.

Interesting local interview with Lee Child where he mentions Reacher's analytical nature Worth it for "Sherlock Homeless" And an earlier longer form discussion

Joanne also suggested we watch it Can't think why? Entertaining. and written by a Brit. makes a refreshing change after the very good, but hardly uplifting Bilbo Baggins? not so much. (thanks to those nice people on the internet)

Happy Birthday, Jeff or maybe something less manual

Did you burn an OG mix CD to celebrate?

Opinion? demonstrable facts, more like - for an American audience. Thanks, NYT

Some #Partygate Mashups for your enjoyment ...

That post is worth at least 3.5 "exposure"'s.

And a book about PASCAL on the bookshelf, so cool nerd?

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