My formative years were closely associated with this historic city, but I fell out of love having had a series of bad experience in the 80’s. This weekend has seriously rekindled the love.
I had been noticing my inability to define conversations in pubs and bars and knew, after abusing my ears for 37 years of raucous Rock ‘n Roll, most of the real top end had disappeared. Last year I visited Boots to have a hearing test and following the audiologist giving me the bad news, was referred to the hospital for further investigation.
This week, the Manx Independent asked for a top ten of my favourite music, books and films. An impossible task, but I gave it my best shot. The selection was published today and thought it may be a good idea to share! Enjoy…
I am totally sick and tired of everyone telling me how bad things are and that world is going to end any second in horrendous scenes, straight out of Dante’s Inferno. So in this years Christmas message, let’s put all this a side and take a positive look forward, because no matter what people are telling you, the future is bright.
The expression ‘a dog is a man’s best friend’ is often used, but the fact of the matter is, it’s true. Of course we have never owned a dog, but a few hairy princesses.
Since the emergence of digital recording, the battle for sonic superiority between vinyl and digital has created a great deal of controversy and with the current resurgence in vinyl sales, it doesn’t look to end soon. Is it going to be the same for film cameras?
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‘The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he’s always doing both.’
James A. Michener (1907-1997)
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