Lickety Split

I have now decided that this blog as wonderful as it is, should be separate from my musical endeavours therefore I have started a new blog to focus mostly on music at my website www.mike-powell.co.uk

I will keep this going as my Adlib blog for other topics.

January

The first track of the new album is complete. I am still optimistic that it will be released early Summer. The track is called "January" and that is all I am telling you at the moment so there.

In the news today

Some Daily Mail headlines for today:

COULD TEACHERS GIVE PENSIONERS CANCER?

HAS THE BBC MADE THE ROYAL FAMILY OBESE?

IS THE MMR JAB DESTROYING THE MIDDLE CLASS?

IS NEW LABOUR MAKING THE COUNTRYSIDE IMPOTENT?

COULD CHAVS RUIN YOUR PENSION?

COULD LESBIANS STEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE?


Hours of fun I tell ye!

Hours Of Political Fun

My website of the week is the bizaarely-named http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/
"because all the other domain names were taken".

Here we have the hilarious Daily Mail headline generator, trotting out classics such as "ARE IMMIGRANTS BURGLING HARD WORKING FAMILIES", and "IS GORDON BROWN TURNING THE ROYAL FAMILY GAY?", a David Blunkett policy maker and Alistair Campbells "Wheel Of Retribution".

To top it all off there is a slightly wierd "Michael Howard Sings The Smiths".

All top entertainment for *those* boring evenings.

Labour

Make no mistake I have always been a Labour guy at heart. Sure, I voted for the Liberal Democrats at my first General Election in 2005. Sure, I've flirted with Cameron's Conservatives and UKIP.. but deep down I am Labour.
The trouble is... today's Labour party aren't the Labour party many of its core supporters know and love.
It's New Labour, and New Labour isn't the old socialist party that we had in the 80s. The anti-EU, trade unionist, pro-worker party. We have a kind of Tory-lite Labour party, which funnily enough, shares a lot in common with Cameron's new Tory-lite party.

Pro-enterprise, free-market, pro-capitalist, pro-EU superstate, what is the choice then?

I even contemplated voting Labour at this years election. Why? Because the Tories are no better, I think they could be worse, better the devil you know I say. But that is no way to bring change to a country that needs it..

Sadly the smaller parties don't really seem to offer much, I mean what are the choices there?
We have UKIP which are sadly slipping more and more back into the old Tory-offshoot Thatcherite stance that just won't connect with the millions of working class voters. We have the BNP which are racist. We have the Liberal Democrats who are hopeless (bring back Charles Kennedy!).

We have the Greens who are single-issue and probably want to introduce even more "green taxes", the English Democrats who are frankly a laughing stock, the Socialist Labour Party who have a hell of a lot of potential for winning the Old Labour vote, but just can't get there act together... the website is absolutely appauling for example.

Nope, there is nowhere that is particularly worthy of my vote. And that, is extremely depressing.

But what is even more depressing, is that this General Election, I will probably vote for Labour under Gordon Brown.
Because there is no credible alternative.

A New Religion

It's early but I'm leaving
a new dawn and a new religion
help me and I will try
lend me that hand of mine
show me that I can fly
just stand there by my side

How many words are written
you can read but you don't listen
it's there in front of you
take a look it's quite a view
oh how could I know
reaping the seed that can't be sown
How could I know
reaping the seed that can't be sown

It happens all the time
but not when you're around
why do some people Shine
while others search the ground
it's like walking in the snow
The rain falls then we grow
it's happening right now
it's got to be somehow

[When you're around... happening right now]

Hello stranger you're the reason
that I live and that I keep on breathing
sing me a lullaby
don't let this baby cry
I'm lost inside my mind
Here till the end of time
Fresh water pure will clean me
renew the force within me
just something I must do
I would leave the world to you

[I'm lost inside my mind, here til the end of time...]


[No copyright infringement intended]
Electronic - "A new religion"

2010

3 days into the New Year and I'm already flippin' ill!
Stomach cramps and trouble moving yesterday, slightly better today though still not 100%!

Hope all had a good year, mine was quiet watching Hootenanny with a bottle of wine followed by work at 8am. Oh its all good fun.