Love Sucks ..or just more prejudicial attitude

Checking out You Tube..came across this little
sketchy comic/tragic? piece :LOVE SUCKS

Thought you all may enjoy it or grimace(as I did I must admit)

Craggles

Loreena MccKennitt ... An Ancient Muse

Nothing starts out a day or rounds off a day
more beautifully than listening to Loreena McKennitt's
wistful vocal intonations..AN ANCIENT MUSE is her new CD.

I am sure I will grow to love it as I have all her
other work.

She sang in the Rotunda at the Alhambra in
Granada in Spain.
Having visited there, it would have bestowed
a truly cosmic connection to the Moors who lived
in this area of Spain .
View her E Card here

My Favourite Christmas Urban Terrorist Act..hope they dont live next to you

Since its chrissie again felt like a revisit to the mania that has made Yule an amateur
theatre production orgasmo
Ya gotta love the tune WIZARDS IN WINTER by Trans Siberian Orchestra..catchy
Thanks to ZOOMSHARE

I know its a rehash ..BUT I LOVE IT

Melbourne from Crow Hill..and cockies

Crow Hill is a great vantage point to check out our wonderful town...and the mischievous carellas who find delicacies abound in the tilled rich soil..and I saw an
eclectus parrot y'day

Thought you might like to hear the sound of hands clapping to singing disco Siamese cats..at least that what it sound like....SNOW PATROL

MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES

The Once fields of yellow have now been slashed
and left to dry in rows , in preparation for bailing

These rows will be made into Rape(canola) Hay
Bales...apparently they are a very nutricious
food source for animals...and V TASTY..livestock
find them extremely palpatable

Smell like teen Spirit...different smells

Working the classic SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT..and the classic words

"With the Lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now entertain us "

TORI AMOS

NIRVANA

UKALELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN



This is one of the finest pieces of lyrical rock written for its era..anthemic

My Way Home..

Sometimes you get sidetracked with all the music around..
and forget those that you feel are totally unique..
such is my belief that BLACK THE SUN is one of my
all time favourite albums
if you get the opportunity listen to it ...early work is always so
full of intensity and feeling
Alex Lloyd is a truly unique artist
My Way Home is a favourite

Please please come to Australia...SS rules

A wee bit more Illinois Magic...from SS

BANANA SPLIT

Banana Split....an attempt to create the most perfect dessert
First and foremost aquire a banana boat

Take one plantain...split length ways into two halves..exposing the sweet seedy banabdomen
Place the twins on their curved surface exposing their sweet bellies

Apply carefully two hearty scoops of creamy vanilla icecream

Wait for 60 seconds until they settle onto their fruity hosts and start to soften

Adeptly in a Jackson Pollockesque manouver apply a liberal 2-5 cm layer of Chocolate Fudgy Syrup

Now just stand and look at it as your ptyalism becomes rampant...pretasting foreplay..OBLIGATORY

Lavish the Andean Dessert with copious sprinkles of crushed NUTS...whatever your pref..I prefer peanuts and pistacchios

Penultimate application of Whip Cream from Spray Can....must be light and luscious...build it to a decadent altitude..
that is until it conspires to fall off

Finally liberally spray 100's and 1000's (10^2's + 10^3's)..IF YOU LIKE ADD THE CHERRY...NOT FOR ME THOUGH TAAH
NOW YOU CAN TUCK IN ...use only a teaspoon to consume and savour each delightful mouthful

October in OZ..DRY Times

As we continue to endure drought conditions in Melbourne and its surrounds
there are some changed farming landscapes...
Once a beautiful green wheat crop..not enough rain ...next you know
your a Christo landscape of turquoise ensheathed rollerbales


And a mere 2 kms away a crop of canola flourishes in the dry heat on
south aspect of CrowHill... a strong northerly blew for the next 2 days
and blew it all away..NATURE IS OMNIPOTENT

Craggles.
...to the sounds of King Harvest by The Band

SS Majesty Snowbird

HE is a LYRICAL LYREBIRD...Sufjan Stevens
He elevates my mood with his whistful voice and his poetic truncation
Will him to our shore...so that he may hold us
in his brilliant muse for a billion milliseconds.
If Michelangelo can materialise his emotive creativity in David then
SS weaves a tapestry of tempo and lilting lyric the like of which my auditorymeatus has either missed or has not perceived
His music is my overindulgence.. He is my MAJESTY SNOWBIRD he is my GREAT GODBIRD
He is and may he always be Sufjan Stevens.. a truly majestic musician
Thanks to Brooklynvegan and Macktronic for links

CymBIDiumISM

OOH aah..floral architecture is breathtaking
Orchids are rampant now..even my little ones

Nearly Spring...

Just starting to feel as if Spring is nearly here ...began doing some
bud grafting onto my MEYER Lemon tree from some EUREKA Lemon tree
I was watching Vasili's Garden on C31 and got the urge to try it..seemed to work like a charm
now just have to wait to see if any of the 6 grafts take.
And finally finished rose pruning..a little late..but whose counting
The Milky way is so full tonight.
And just read Josh Leos VLog re his new kitty WINNIE COOPER...sooooo cute

Have fun
Craggles

SugarJar - Wolfmother: White Unicorn [Defaced]

My favorite music video of 2006..love the little sketches in the clip
SugarJar - Wolfmother: White Unicorn [Defaced]
Craggles

Who Are Jethro Tull ....check this clip

I found this clip on You Tube...what a fantastic collage of tunes and rythms..THICK AS A BRICK
It is so good..Enjoy
Craggles

Street Art Richmond Melb Australia

I continue to be fascinated with street art...the colors and the linearity and the transitional morphing.
I took pics of this exhibition In Richmond off Bridge Rd
There are so many gifted artists...long live creative bent people

Craggles

Autumn Equinox...goodbye Summer..weep weep

As I say goodbye to Summer..these are some of my pictorial recollections of Summer 2006...somewhat disjointed ..but heck they are supposed to be


Craggles

Hawthorn Bush....CRATAEGUS Sp

Just some pics I took of the Hawthorn Bushes in full fruit.
Most are along fence lines of farms and properties
The small haw berries are medicinal and make jam..I made some...still alive
Apparently the medicinal properties relate to cardiac disorders of nervous origin?
They contain triterpenic acids and flavinoids
In China they are sold as dried berries
But anyhow they are abundant now and BRILLIANT RED..like little crab apples

Craggles

Wattles and my AudioBlog

PANCAKES ..YUMMY!

Recipe for Golden Wattle Pancakes (B Larkins Lake Tyers Beach Vic)

Beat 2 egg yolks and one ounce of melted butter (sorry for the imperial)
Add 1/2 cup of milk
Add 1/2 cup of flour
Add 2 cups of Golden Wattle Blooms - stems removed (the larger pom poms are best but any wattle will do)
MIX well and lastly fold in stiffly beaten egg whites
Drop spoonfuls into a buttered pan and fry like pancakes
They have a nutty flavour

Check out my Slidestory photo and Audio Blog..yeah thats what I sound like :(

Craggles

Gorillaz morph 2 Madonna....Feel Good Inc/ Hung Up

I am an unabashed fan of ALL Gorillaz Music
and adore the energy and musicality of Madonna
......To have the two of them at the Grammys
was an auditory and visual overload...
Feel Good /Hung Up... ENJOY