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Favourite Films
The Innocents, The Wicker Man, Scrooge (Alistair Sim), Lord of the Rings (Trilogy), The Haunting b/w 1963, The Woman in Black, The Univited b/w 1944, Night of
the Demon, Dracula (Coppola), The Third Man, Rebecca, Herzog`s `Nosferatu`, Blood and Roses, Orphee, Carnival of Souls, Stir of Echoes, The Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Wizard of Oz, The Legend of Hell House, The Company of Wolves, Brazil, plus any of Terry Gilliam`s masterpieces,
Jabberwocky, Eric the Viking, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, How to Irritate People, Nightmare before Christmas, Corpse
Bride, Sleepy Hollow, Turn of The Screw (LemoRande), The Changeling, Wuthering Heights (Olivier/Oberon 1939), Paperhouse, Dark Star, Silent Running, Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, Goodbye Mr. Chips (Robert Donat), Grave of the Fireflies, 2001- A Space Oddysey, The Blues Brothers, Malcolm, Carry on Camping,
Carry on Doctor, Waynes World I & II, Dr Strangelove, Peter Sellers Pink Panther films, Being There, The Producers,. Entertaining Mr. Sloane, The Killing
of Sister George, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Laughton b/w), Spinal Tap, Woody Allen`s `Sleeper` & `Love and Death`, most of Jim Carrey`s films, Frank
Drebin aka Police Squad, Naked Gun etc (I`m not a comedy snob) more.....
Television
The Mighty Boosh, Green Wing, Father Ted, The League of Gentlemen, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Dads Army, Monty Python (this has to be my favourite comedy if I have to choose..), Ripping Yarns, Laurel and Hardy, The Flight of the Conchords, The Two Ronnies, Fawlty Towers, BlackAdder, Morcambe and Wise, Pete and Dud, Victoria Wood, The Goodies, Little Britain, Perfect World (with Paul Kaye), The Green Man (Kingsley Amis), Rise & Fall of Reggie Perrin, Clarence (Ronnie Barker), Futtocks End (Ronnie Barker), Tommy Cooper, The Prisoner, Dr. Who, Gardeners World, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy(Original t.v. version), The Rutles, bbc adaptations of M.R. James Ghost Stories:- Lost Hearts, The Ash Tree, Treasure of Abbot Thomas, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, A Warning to the Curious, and, of course, Jonathan Millers `Whistle and I`ll come to you`, Simon Marsden`s `Ghosthunters`, `Nightmare at 20,000 Feet` (a b/w Twilight Zone starring a young William Shatner), everything by Oliver Postgate/Peter Firmin: Pogles Wood, Ivor the Engine, Clangers, Noggin the Nog and more....
Favourite Music
Kate (obviously...!!) Favourite tracks: Cussi Cussi,`Under the Ivy`, The Sensual World, Sunset...
Happy Rhodes - Favourite tracks: Asylum Master, Rainkeeper, Summer...
Nick Drake: Favourite tracks: River Man, Northern Sky, Things behind the Sun...
Laura Nyro: Favourite tracks: Emmie, Gibsom Street, Captain for Dark Mornings....
Bjork: Favourite tracks: Isobel, All is full of love, Pagan Poetry....
Joni Mitchell: Favourite tracks: Edith and the Kingpin, Sisowtowbell Lane, A Song for Sharon....
Jane Siberry: Favourite track: Trumpeter Swan....
Antony and the Johnsons: Favourite tracks: You are my Sister, The Lake, Hope theres someone...
Rufus Wainwright: Favourite tracks: Waiting for a Dream, Poses, Grey Gardens....
Stevie Nicks: Favourite tracks: Races are Run, Silver Spring, Sara
Adele: Favourite tracks: Hometown Glory, Cold Shoulder
Beck Sian: Favourite tracks: Moss, Thunderous Skies
Max Richter: The Nature of Daylight
there is also.....
Martha Wainwright, Goldfrapp (`Lovely Head`), David Bowie (`Lady Grinning Soul`), Queen (`Lily of the Valley`), Phoebe Snow (`Keep a watch on the Shoreline`), Billie Holliday, Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, Loreena McKennitt, Pavlovs Dog (`Julia`), Gordon Lightfoot (`Daylight Katy` and `The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald`), Portishead (`Numb`), Dead Can Dance, Pink Floyd (`Shine On...`), Alice Cooper (`Alma Mater`), Muse (Map of the Problematique, Bliss), Half Man Half Biscuit, Nick Cave & Kylie (Where the Wild Roses Grow), Keane, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sarah Brightman, Manic St Preachers - not to mention all the classical I like...For a good cross section of my favourite music about 125 tracks can be found on my new MySpace page, www.myspace.com/ghostsgarden , in my Playlist.
Happy Rhodes - Favourite tracks: Asylum Master, Rainkeeper, Summer...
Nick Drake: Favourite tracks: River Man, Northern Sky, Things behind the Sun...
Laura Nyro: Favourite tracks: Emmie, Gibsom Street, Captain for Dark Mornings....
Bjork: Favourite tracks: Isobel, All is full of love, Pagan Poetry....
Joni Mitchell: Favourite tracks: Edith and the Kingpin, Sisowtowbell Lane, A Song for Sharon....
Jane Siberry: Favourite track: Trumpeter Swan....
Antony and the Johnsons: Favourite tracks: You are my Sister, The Lake, Hope theres someone...
Rufus Wainwright: Favourite tracks: Waiting for a Dream, Poses, Grey Gardens....
Stevie Nicks: Favourite tracks: Races are Run, Silver Spring, Sara
Adele: Favourite tracks: Hometown Glory, Cold Shoulder
Beck Sian: Favourite tracks: Moss, Thunderous Skies
Max Richter: The Nature of Daylight
there is also.....
Martha Wainwright, Goldfrapp (`Lovely Head`), David Bowie (`Lady Grinning Soul`), Queen (`Lily of the Valley`), Phoebe Snow (`Keep a watch on the Shoreline`), Billie Holliday, Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, Loreena McKennitt, Pavlovs Dog (`Julia`), Gordon Lightfoot (`Daylight Katy` and `The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald`), Portishead (`Numb`), Dead Can Dance, Pink Floyd (`Shine On...`), Alice Cooper (`Alma Mater`), Muse (Map of the Problematique, Bliss), Half Man Half Biscuit, Nick Cave & Kylie (Where the Wild Roses Grow), Keane, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sarah Brightman, Manic St Preachers - not to mention all the classical I like...For a good cross section of my favourite music about 125 tracks can be found on my new MySpace page, www.myspace.com/ghostsgarden , in my Playlist.
Well Thumbed Favourite Books....
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald, Wuthering Heights (E. Bronte), The King of the Golden River (or The Black Brothers) - Ruskin, Emily Bronte
(Biography) by Winifred Gerin, The Poems of Emily Jane Bronte (Hatfield), Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass - Rev Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), All
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Vampires and Violets, The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson, Through a Glass Darkly - J. Sheridan Le Fanu, M.R. James
(complete), Ghosts and Marvels - A selection of uncanny tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood, The Signalman and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,
Peter Pan in Kensington Park, - J.J. Barrie, Monty Python`s Big Red Book, and Papperbok, Most Haunted House in England by Harry Price, Field Guide to British
Birds by R. Fitter, RHS Encyclopaedia of Plants and Flowers, All Pooh Bear stories - A.A. Milne/E.H.Shephard, Simon Marsden esp. `Phantoms of the Isles` and
`The Haunted Realm`, In Your Garden by Vita Sackville-West, Mrs Doyles Guide to Cleaning Shite out of the Carpet by Mrs Doyle...more
You`re Full Of Beauty..Heroines and Heros
The amazing Emily Bronte, I named my daughter after her, and, I am honoured to share a birthday with her - Emily Jane Bronte 30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848
"There is a spell in purple heath
Too Wildly, Sadly Dear
The violet has a fragrant breath
But fragrance will not cheer"
Below: Kate.....say no more...
Below: Happy Rhodes, have you heard this womans four octave voice, in her high register she can sound as close to Kate`s voice as you are going to get, her deepest voice has to be heard to be believed, she`s on a par with Kate for me.
Below: The beautiful Nick Drake, he wrote the most achingly beautiful songs, beautiful melodies, and his soft voice, so sad, wish he was still here....
"There is a spell in purple heath
Too Wildly, Sadly Dear
The violet has a fragrant breath
But fragrance will not cheer"
Below: The adorable Stan and Ollie, they can cheer me up on the most miserable day...
Below: The beautiful, ethereal Lillian Gish...
Below: Kate.....say no more...
Below: Happy Rhodes, have you heard this womans four octave voice, in her high register she can sound as close to Kate`s voice as you are going to get, her deepest voice has to be heard to be believed, she`s on a par with Kate for me.
Below: The beautiful Nick Drake, he wrote the most achingly beautiful songs, beautiful melodies, and his soft voice, so sad, wish he was still here....
DEAR FRIENDS.....
blackbird7 is honoured to have 54 friend(s)
A Thin Ghost....
http://mogggy.org/pami/AThinGhost.mp3 If you appreciate genuine Ghost Stories and truly
atmospheric supernatural films, you`re going to love this MP3. I compiled it about 15 years ago, combining the scariest/creepiest audio moments from both films
and narrated ghost stories. Listened to in the dark with maybe a candle or two for company, it will make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. The
running time is an hour and a half, please take and make the time to listen. For best results, light some candles and incense, relax, lie back in a dimmed
room, just enough to be able to still see the shadows in the corners of the room. This MP3 is 84MB, please allow between 3-4 minutes to download initially,
time enough to put the kettle on, or crack open a bottle of red and let it breathe. For any subsequent listenings it should download almost instantaneously.
Let me know what you think, I`d appreciate your feedback. Here are a list of the films I`ve taken clips from:
The Innocents
The Haunting 1961 b/w
The Uninvited b/w 1944
Wuthering Heights 1939
Herzog`s `Nosferatu the Vampyre`
Oh Whistle and I`ll come to you (Jonathan Miller)
The Woman in Black
A Warning to the Curious
Dracula (Coppolla)
Night of the Demon
The Signalman
M.R. James (Audio)
The Changeling
Stuff I`m into....
Nature, beauty, art, faerie fantasy art, music, animals, particularly cats, bats, badgers and wild British animals and birds, bees, the human voice, singing, drawing, my daily cappucino, butterfly kisses & cuddles from my kids, long light Spring nights, sequins, glitter, purple, Moggy, dawn and dusk, thunderstorms, the found of heavy rain and wild winds, the moon, fae, faeries, my faery garden, purple and blue flowers, secret walled gardens, ivy, moss and twig faeryhouses, grottos, crystals, ivy covered tombstones, standing stones, incense, ancient trees, forests and woods, crop circles, gothic ruins, good dark chocolate, violet and rose cremes, will o` the wisp, seahorses, pumpkins, halloween, reedy ponds and dragonflies, ghosts, wraiths, mermaids, sirens and sylphs, dragons and elves, ghost and supernatural films with plenty of chill and atmosphere, collecting quality ghost stories and films, Edwardian and Victorian childrens books, good comedy, Haworth, vampires, gothic ephemera, sea, sky, clouds, caves, deserted beaches, sunset, stars on a clear night, old books with a musty smell and some foxing, vintage stuffed toys, Pendle, wicca, being left handed, wearing black and alternative clothes, Karma perfume, sharing a Birthday with Kate, tea and cakes in old fashioned tearooms, cakestands, pre-raphaelite imagery.... all these things make life worth living!
The Innocents
The Haunting 1961 b/w
The Uninvited b/w 1944
Wuthering Heights 1939
Herzog`s `Nosferatu the Vampyre`
Oh Whistle and I`ll come to you (Jonathan Miller)
The Woman in Black
A Warning to the Curious
Dracula (Coppolla)
Night of the Demon
The Signalman
M.R. James (Audio)
The Changeling
Stuff I`m into....
Nature, beauty, art, faerie fantasy art, music, animals, particularly cats, bats, badgers and wild British animals and birds, bees, the human voice, singing, drawing, my daily cappucino, butterfly kisses & cuddles from my kids, long light Spring nights, sequins, glitter, purple, Moggy, dawn and dusk, thunderstorms, the found of heavy rain and wild winds, the moon, fae, faeries, my faery garden, purple and blue flowers, secret walled gardens, ivy, moss and twig faeryhouses, grottos, crystals, ivy covered tombstones, standing stones, incense, ancient trees, forests and woods, crop circles, gothic ruins, good dark chocolate, violet and rose cremes, will o` the wisp, seahorses, pumpkins, halloween, reedy ponds and dragonflies, ghosts, wraiths, mermaids, sirens and sylphs, dragons and elves, ghost and supernatural films with plenty of chill and atmosphere, collecting quality ghost stories and films, Edwardian and Victorian childrens books, good comedy, Haworth, vampires, gothic ephemera, sea, sky, clouds, caves, deserted beaches, sunset, stars on a clear night, old books with a musty smell and some foxing, vintage stuffed toys, Pendle, wicca, being left handed, wearing black and alternative clothes, Karma perfume, sharing a Birthday with Kate, tea and cakes in old fashioned tearooms, cakestands, pre-raphaelite imagery.... all these things make life worth living!
More music to listen to...
These songs are amongst some of my favourites, if you have the time, stay a while and listen...
http://www.mogggy.org/pami/DaylightKaty.mp3
http://www.mogggy.org/pami/Julia.mp3
http://www.mogggy.org/pami/KeepaWatchontheShoreline.mp3
http://www.mogggy.org/pami/WideOpenSpace.mp3
The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington by Jake Thackray
She was a widow in Bridlington, she was, was the widow of Brid,
Small and bonny at forty-two,
With eyes of very unsettling blue,
And what she thought she ought to do
She did, she did, she did;
Whatever she thought she ought to do
She did, did the widow of Brid.
"My only darlings dead, he is, and all my children grown;
The house has emptied, all the love birds flown.
In place of widows weeds I`ll let my coal black hair grow long
As glossy as a blackbird`s wing, as cocky as his song"
She found that she could please herself, she could, could the widow of Brid
Swim in the sea when she felt hot
Stay in bed when she did not
And she began to laugh a lot
To sing and dance and laugh a lot
She did, did the widow of Brid
And sometimes she would drop the shopping, leave the bed unmade
And sit till evening on the esplanade
She`d sometimes go to church and call on Jesus` name,
She fed as any blackbird would, whenever hunger came
She learned to play the violin, she did, did the widow of Brid
And Saturday night in a drinking shop
She jumped upon the counter top
And fiddled till the dancers dropped
She did, she did, she did
Stomping upon the copper top
She did, did the widow of Brid
She was fond of fishing boats, and all the beardy crew
And partial to a salty kiss or two
And some of them would gruffly whisper, `Marry me and stay`
But blackbirds do their singing from a different bush each day
She had a massive motorbike, she had, had the widow of Brid
And so she could, when so she wished,
Ride back home early morningish
With her hair in the air and smelling of fish
She did, she did, she did
And every time of a different fish
She did, did the widow of Brid
And though she did no harm the neighbours sniffed, as neighbours do,
And day by day a cankerous rancour grew
And many a pair of front-room curtains twitched and shook with rage
For she was wild as blackbirds are, and they were in a cage.
They came and broke her window panes, they did, of the widow of Brid
Spat upon her cycle shed
Dragged her out of her Sunday bed
And cropped her hair and shaved her head
They did, they did, they did
They chopped the hair, and shaved the head
They did, of the widow of Brid
And when her sobs and hiccups stopped she tidied everywhere
She cleaned the shed, she swept up all the hair
Some few of them came back in shame to ask her would she stay,
But if you ever startle blackbirds, blackbirds go away
She sold up house and bought a wig, a wig, did the widow of Brid
And unrepenting, undeterred,
She thundered off to cause a stir
In poor old bloody Scarborough
She did, she did, she did
"Forget the spit, and the window pane
Bugger Brid! I`m still the same
My hair will always grow again"
It did, it did it did
"My hair will always grow again"
It did, it did did, did, on the widow of Brid
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The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington by Jake Thackray
She was a widow in Bridlington, she was, was the widow of Brid,
Small and bonny at forty-two,
With eyes of very unsettling blue,
And what she thought she ought to do
She did, she did, she did;
Whatever she thought she ought to do
She did, did the widow of Brid.
"My only darlings dead, he is, and all my children grown;
The house has emptied, all the love birds flown.
In place of widows weeds I`ll let my coal black hair grow long
As glossy as a blackbird`s wing, as cocky as his song"
She found that she could please herself, she could, could the widow of Brid
Swim in the sea when she felt hot
Stay in bed when she did not
And she began to laugh a lot
To sing and dance and laugh a lot
She did, did the widow of Brid
And sometimes she would drop the shopping, leave the bed unmade
And sit till evening on the esplanade
She`d sometimes go to church and call on Jesus` name,
She fed as any blackbird would, whenever hunger came
She learned to play the violin, she did, did the widow of Brid
And Saturday night in a drinking shop
She jumped upon the counter top
And fiddled till the dancers dropped
She did, she did, she did
Stomping upon the copper top
She did, did the widow of Brid
She was fond of fishing boats, and all the beardy crew
And partial to a salty kiss or two
And some of them would gruffly whisper, `Marry me and stay`
But blackbirds do their singing from a different bush each day
She had a massive motorbike, she had, had the widow of Brid
And so she could, when so she wished,
Ride back home early morningish
With her hair in the air and smelling of fish
She did, she did, she did
And every time of a different fish
She did, did the widow of Brid
And though she did no harm the neighbours sniffed, as neighbours do,
And day by day a cankerous rancour grew
And many a pair of front-room curtains twitched and shook with rage
For she was wild as blackbirds are, and they were in a cage.
They came and broke her window panes, they did, of the widow of Brid
Spat upon her cycle shed
Dragged her out of her Sunday bed
And cropped her hair and shaved her head
They did, they did, they did
They chopped the hair, and shaved the head
They did, of the widow of Brid
And when her sobs and hiccups stopped she tidied everywhere
She cleaned the shed, she swept up all the hair
Some few of them came back in shame to ask her would she stay,
But if you ever startle blackbirds, blackbirds go away
She sold up house and bought a wig, a wig, did the widow of Brid
And unrepenting, undeterred,
She thundered off to cause a stir
In poor old bloody Scarborough
She did, she did, she did
"Forget the spit, and the window pane
Bugger Brid! I`m still the same
My hair will always grow again"
It did, it did it did
"My hair will always grow again"
It did, it did did, did, on the widow of Brid
My media
Kate `The Sensual World` Kate - Delius Night of The Hunter...
Emily Bronte reads her poem `Oh Dream` Oberon/Olivier Wuthering Heights 1939 Clips from The
Innocents Clip from `The Univited` 1944 Kings of Leon Kate (I think so)
0 Joni sings `Amelia` live!
Oooh no missus, don`t titter so....
Moggy`s Bits and Parts
Below are the cartoons I did for HOMEGROUND in the mid-nineties, brought the little smard fame and fortune it did....
Favourite Images
Some of my favourite images, theres far too many to put on show here, but there are loads more if you click on `view my images` above:-
Above:- Bjork - My daughter Emily would LOVE this dress....she adores swans
Above:- The late, great Laura Nyro....a beautiful soul
Above:- The wonderful cover of the (unreleased on CD) `Buckingham Nicks` LP
Interesting....
This is Plas Teg, a Jacobean Manor house between Mold and Wrexham, North Wales. My friend Cornelia lives there, and when she bought it in 1986, it was a delapidated hollow shell. Cornelia, almost singlehandedly, and with the help of as many grants as she could lay her hands on, restored the house to its former glory. The house looks the archetypal `haunted house`, and there are several stories involving the ghosts that roam the house and grounds. Regular ghost tours/paranormal groups visit the house, and hold vigils there, although Cornelia pretty much outwardly dismisses the ghostly reputation that the house has, she is happy to let these groups operate there, and t.v crews occasionally, it provides some much needed revenue for her. She bought it with the intention of opening it as a place for people to stay, but a whole series of events stopped her from doing this eventually. The main problem being is that the house is not connected to mains water, it gets its water supply from a natural spring. To this day Cornelia, along with her collection of parrots, lives there with no hot running water, pretty much no heating apart from the fires in the huge fireplaces. If you are ever up in that part of the world, make time to pay Plas Teg a visit. Cornelia opens the house to the public on Sundays, although its worth ringing in advance and checking first (01352 771335). For more details on the full history of the house and latest news please visit the Plas Teg Website, its in the `my favourite sites` section above.
Below: Plas Teg and Cornelia Bayley
Below is a drawing I did for Homeground in the mid nineties, I did it to go with a piece I`d written about Kate`s demo known as `Coming Up` or `Surrender into the Roses`. I figured it was actually `Carmilla` she was singing, and that it was inspired by J. Sheridan Le Fanu`s story `Carmilla`. The reproduction of the drawing is poor because this is a copy, the original was lost.
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deborah66
11/17/08
I am now someone else, can you guess who???
xxxxx
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bitterblue
11/12/08
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Two Steps On The Water
11/11/08
Lovely to see you and Paul too. We all must be barking meeting up every year, but I personally wouldn't have it any other way.
How is the gardening going now that autumn is set in?
Phil x
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Millais
11/09/08
thank you for your kudo, it's been ages since I got one!!!
Hope you're enjoying your Sunday evening. Hope next week will be lovely, too.
Take great care of yourself.
Kisses & hugs.
Antonello xxx
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Foxhound
10/07/08
I can't get to grips with the yuku..... don't know how to send friendships out or download pictures or anything, any tips you can give. Loads of love Steve XXX
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