Bridgnorth Music Festival 2009

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 31, 2009 in Events, Music.

Here is the itinery for Monday, I’m hoping to go down bythe Quayside later & listen to The Deep Kicks again, Shifty Sara, Olugbala Kokomo, Baba & Coal Black Horses

12.00 Organ Recital by WILLIAM NICHOLSON at St. Mary’s Church

Acoustic/Unplugged on the Quayside

12.00 Andrew Murphy
12.45 Mark Riley
13.30 The Deep Kicks
14.15 Shifty Sara
15.00 Olugbala Kokumo
15.45 Baba – alternative country/folk music
16.30 Coal Black Horses
17.15 The Attic Club

Other Events

4:00pm Anthony Doyle at The New Inns
5:00pm HMV Band at Bassa Villa
7:00pm Mezzotonic live acoustic in the garden @ The Black Boy


Bridgnorth Music Festival 2009

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 30, 2009 in Events, Music.

Music Festival in the High Street

I’m hoping to go and see some of the bands at this event, here is the line-up for the afternoons entertainment. I’d like to see Driftwood, Deep Kicks, The Riddlers, Graham Clews & The Dreaming Tree

12.00 HotWyred
12.40 Bridgnorth Stage Academy
13.00 Driftwood
13.40 LAR School of Dance
14.00 Deep Kicks
14.40 LAR School of Dance
15.00 The Riddlers
15.40 Magician
16.00 Graham Clews
16.40 Magician
17.00 Dreaming Tree

Other Events
1:00pm – One Man Band @ Severn Valley Railway, Bridgnorth
2:00pm – Kismet at The Falcon
3:00pm – Booyaka at The New Inns
5:00pm – Karaoke at The Vine
6:00pm – “SheBangg and friends” acoustic music at “The Old Castle”!
6:00pm – Weezel Diesel in Central Court/Friars Inn
8:00pm – The Dockers at The Shakespeare
8:30pm – Irish Folk and Fun at The Bassa Villa
9:00pm – Clear Vinyl at The Black Boy
9:30pm – Lazlos Diary at The Bell and Talbot


Shrewsbury Folk Festival

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 30, 2009 in Events.

This years Shrewsbury Folk Festival has sold out. It will once again be taking place at The West Midlands County Showground in Shrewsbury. Sadly I won’t be going this year

This years event features a fantastic line-up including The Proclaimers, Eric Bibb, Show of Hands (who are great), Chris Wood, Breabach, The Emily Smith Band, Seth Lakeman, The Dhol Foundation (Who are also great), Hoven Droven, Lau, Karine Polwart, Chris Smither, Ollabelle, The Chair, Patrick Street, Megson, The Dust Poet plus many more.

There will also be teams of Morris Dancers, Events for the children, a craft fair & a beer tent (My two favourite words, lol.)


Bridgnorth Children’s Festival

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 30, 2009 in Events.

This years free Bridgnorth children’s festival takes place over the August bank Holiday Weekend and features a Climbing wall provided by the Army Cadets, Bouncy Castles, Sumo wrestling, Gladiator Duels and a four Ring bungee trampoline. There is also an Entertainment zone featuring Disco Daddy, Storytellers, Magicians and Dance & Circus Artistes.

Petwise Zoo will also be present, as will The Animal Woman with her magnificent Birds of Prey .
Donkeys from the local sanctuary will also be there. The Crazy Comic Club will also be doing comedy routines and SP8 for Art – The Mark Speight Foundation, which helps to develop creative works, will also be there.

There will also be a chance for kids to try out a range of activities, including Pottery, Card Making, T-Shirt Making plus a few Big Art Activities. There is sure to be something for everyone at this years festival.


Bridgnorth Music Festival 2009

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 29, 2009 in Events, Music.

Here are the events happening today, I’m hoping to go down later & catch some of the acts performing & I will add some photos of the event later (If I remember my camera lol).

Chelfest – Music Festival at Chelmarsh
Featuring
* The Jamesons
* Nikki Rous
* The Riddlers
* The Healers
* Eddie Morton
* Mojohand
* Loose Endz

Music at Bridgnorth
12:00pm Jazz at The Black Boy Inn
2:00pm Si Davies and Shikidim Belly Dancers at The Stables Bar
2:00pm Waifs & Staves at St Leonards Church
3:00pm Clear Vinyl at The New Inn
3:00pm Jan Daniels at The Shakespeare
4:00pm Shikidim Belly Dancers in Central Courtyard/Friars Inn
8:00pm ‘Get Back’ @ The Bulls Head Chelmarsh
8:00pm Deanne at The Woodberry Down
8:30pm The Loosehounds @ The White Lion
9:00pm HMV at the Black Boy
9:30pm Deep Kicks At The Bell and Talbot
9:30pm EMC Band at The Falcon


Jokes

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 28, 2009 in Fun & Games.

A man asked an American Indian what was his wife’s name.

He replied, “She called Four Horse”.
The man said, “That’s an unusual name for your wife.

What does it mean?”

The Old Indian answered, “It old Indian Name. It mean,
NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG!”

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CAKE OR BED

A HUSBAND IS AT HOME WATCHING A
FOOTBALL GAME WHEN HIS WIFE INTERRUPTS,

HONEY,
COULD YOU FIX THE LIGHT IN THE HALLWAY?
IT’S BEEN FLICKERING FOR WEEKS NOW.

HE LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS ANGRILY,
FIX THE LIGHTS NOW?
DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE ELECTRICIAN WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD? I DON’T THINK SO.

FINE,

THEN THE WIFE ASKS,
WELL THEN, COULD YOU FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR?
IT WON’T CLOSE RIGHT

TO WHICH HE REPLIED,
FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR? DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE WESTINGHOUSE
WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD? I DON’T THINK SO

FINE, SHE SAYS
THEN YOU COULD AT LEAST FIX THE STEPS
TO THE FRONT DOOR?
THEY ARE ABOUT TO BREAK

I’M NOT A CARPENTER AND I DON’T
WANT TO FIX STEPS
HE SAYS, DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE
ACE HARDWARE WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON’T THINK SO
I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU.
I’M GOING TO THE BAR!!!!

SO HE GOES TO THE BAR AND DRINKS FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS………………………….

HE STARTS TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT HOW
HE TREATED HIS WIFE, AND DECIDES
TO GO HOME

AS HE WALKS INTO THE HOUSE HE NOTICES
THAT THE STEPS ARE ALREADY FIXED.

AS HE ENTERS THE HOUSE , HE SEES THE
HALL LIGHT IS WORKING

AS HE GOES TO GET A BEER, HE NOTICES
THE FRIDGE DOOR IS FIXED.

HONEY, HE ASKS, HOW’D ALL THIS GET FIXED?
SHE SAID, WELL, WHEN YOU LEFT I SAT
OUTSIDE AND CRIED.

JUST THEN A NICE YOUNG MAN ASKED ME
WHAT WAS WRONG, AND I TOLD HIM.

HE OFFERED TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS, AND
ALL I HAD TO DO WAS EITHER
GO TO BED WITH HIM OR BAKE A CAKE.

HE SAID,
SO WHAT KIND OF CAKE DID YOU BAKE?

SHE REPLIED,
HELLOOOOO..
DO YOU SEE SARA LEE WRITTEN
ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON’T THINK SO!

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Male or Female

You might not have known this…but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples:

FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in…but you can see right through them.

PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off…it takes a while to warm them up again.
They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed…but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons.

TIRES: Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated

HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object……. because to get them to go anywhere…..you have to light a fire under their butt.

SPONGES: These are female…because they are soft…..squeezable and retain water.

WEB PAGES:
Female…because they’re constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on.

TRAINS: Definitely male… because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.

EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because…over time…all the weight shifts to the bottom.

HAMMERS: Male… because in the last 5000 years…..they’ve hardly changed at all…and are occasionally handy to have around.

THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male…but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he’d be lost without it…and while he doesn’t always know which buttons to push…he just keeps trying

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Postman Pat’s Last Day:

It was Postman Pat’s last day on the job after 35 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same villages and towns.
When he arrived at the first house on his route, he was greeted by the whole family there, who all hugged and congratulated him and sent him on his way with a cheque for £50.

At the second house they presented him an 18-carat gold watch.

The folks at the third house handed him a bottle of 15-year old Scotch whisky.

At the fourth house he was met at the door by a dumb blonde in her lingerie. She took him by the arm and led him up the stairs to the bedroom where she blew his mind with the most passionate love he had ever experienced. When they went downstairs, the blonde fixed him a full English breakfast: Bacon, Eggs, Sausage & Tomato with freshly squeezed orange juice. As she was pouring him a cup of steaming coffee, he noticed a £5 note sticking out from under the cup.

‘All this was just too wonderful for words,’ he said, ‘but what’s the five quid for?’

‘Well,’ said the dumb blonde, ‘Last night, I told my husband that today would be your last day and that we should do something special for you. I asked him what I should give you’.
He said, ‘F*ck him. Give him a fiver.’

She smiled shyly and said, ‘The breakfast was my idea
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These classified were really put in the paper – a smile for your day

FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER. 8 years old. Hateful little bastard. Bites!

FREE PUPPIES 1/2 Cocker Spaniel, 1/2 sneaky neighbor’s dog.

FREE PUPPIES.
Mother, A Kennel Club registered German Shepherd.
Father, Super Dog . Able to leap tall fences in a single bound.

FOUND DIRTY WHITE DOG.
Looks like a rat. Been out a while.
Better be a big reward.

COWS, CALVES: NEVER BRED.. Also 1 gay bull for sale.

JOINING NUDIST COLONY! Must sell washer and dryer £100.

WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE . Worn once by mistake. Call Stephanie.

And the best one:

FOR SALE BY OWNER.
Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica, 45 volumes. Excellent condition. £200 or best offer.No longer needed, Got married last month.. Wife knows everything.

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The Athiest

An atheist was walking through the woods.
“What majestic trees!”
“What powerful rivers!”
“What beautiful animals!”
He said to himself.

As he was walking along side the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charging towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was closing in on him.

He looked over his shoulder again,and the bear was even closer. He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with hi left paw and raising his right paw to strike him.
At that instant the Atheist cried out, “Oh my God!”

Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky.
“You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don’t exist, and even credit creation to cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?” The atheist looked directly into the light and said, “It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?”

“Very Well,” said the voice.

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

“Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.”


Bridgnorth Music Festival Events for Friday 28th August

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 28, 2009 in Events, Music.

I’m hoping to go and see some of these bands play tonight, for a little while.

7:30pm The Yipes at The Bear
8:00pm Karaoke at The Woodberry Down
8:30pm Ant Doyle at Bassa Villa
9:00pm SheBangg Party at The Bell and Talbot
9:00pm The Moobs at the Black Boy
9:00pm Carole Westwood & The Archie Cotterell Trio @ The Bulls Head, Chelmarsh`
9:30pm The Late Shift at The Falcon


Bridgnorth Music Festival 2009

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 28, 2009 in Events, Music.

I’m hoping to go down and see this years week long festival of music, which takes place between 28th August & 5th September at many different locations around the town including The High Street, St Leonard’s & St Mary’s Churches, the town park, the Quayside and various pubs around the town who will also be hosting gigs too, so it promises to be a great week. There will be a diverse selection of music to suit all tastes, featuring rock, blues, jazz, indie, country & Western, Celtic funk, folk rock music, classical music & live accoustic sessions

Waifs & Staives will again be playing at St Leonard’s Church . Meanwhile world renowned Organist, William Nicholson will be playing a number of Classical tunes as well as some more accessible popular classical tunes down at St Mary‘s Church.

Bands booked to play in the High Street on Sunday include Doza, Loose Endz & The John Richards Band

There will also be a concert of live accoustic & unplugged music down by the Quayside on August 31st from 12 noon aswell as music in the Castle grounds on Saturday 5th September.

Local Electronic group Ribside and Prog Rock outfit “The Dreaming Trees” will also be performing

www.myspace.com/bridgnorthmusicfest

http://www.bridgnorthmusicfest.com/


More Slumdog Millionaire

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 27, 2009 in Film & DVD, Music.

I’ve now watched Slumdog Millionaire a couple of times on DVD, I still think Freida Pinto is gorgeous, the only trouble is now I can’t get the theme tune Jaiho out of my head, still it’s a great tune, which I have included below for your listening pleasure

Jaiho

Latika’s Theme


Life in the Australian Army

No Comments Written by whizzbang on August 27, 2009 in Fun & Games.

Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland )

Dear Mum & Dad,

I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin’ on the farm – tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don’t hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack – nothin’!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there’s lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing!

At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there’s no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don’t get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we’ve been on a ‘route march’ – geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the back paddock!!

This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin’ – dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum’s bum and it don’t move and it’s not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target – it’s a piece of piss!! You don’t even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don’t have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload!

Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy – it’s not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.
Turns out I’m not a bad boxer either and it looks like I’m the best the platoon’s got, and I’ve only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers – he’s 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I’m only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin’ wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer.

I can’t complain about the Army – tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is.

Your loving daughter,

Sheila