Rolling Stones : The Joint was Rocking – Going Around and Around (Memories of Eel Pie Island )

Originally posted on The Immortal Jukebox:
‘Eel Pie Island was a big hang-out for me, an ancient damp ballroom stuck in the middle of the River Thames reached by a rickety wooden footbridge. But you felt that you were heading somewhere truly exotic. https://youtu.be/UIK6s8HESYY It was the place where I began to understand the power of Rhythm & Blues.’ (Rod Stewart) Last week was a big week. My daughter started at University. I drove her there with a knotted stomach – hoping, praying, that these next years would be all that she hoped – the time of her life. On… Continue reading Rolling Stones : The Joint was Rocking – Going Around and Around (Memories of Eel Pie Island )

Picture this.

I’m challenging myself to give you a description without a particularly relevant image, this image is of a small house in Carpenteria, and is meant as decoration to this piece rather than having any particular relevance as the blog is about an image I have in my head, not in digital format. We went to Carpenteria’s Museum, in this small town on the coast just below Santa Barbara. It’s worth a visit. As we entered the place, a long single storey building which was dark as we walked in. A delightful elderly lady welcomed us in and asked if we’d … Continue reading Picture this.