when i get up in the morning & look out of our front bedroom window the view never ceases to amaze me - 3 towering snow capped mountains & the pink glow of the rising sun reflecting off the clouds - it's a mythical prehistorical scene & we feel so lucky to be living in such a gorgeous place
not that I haven't served my time in, how shall i say, the less glamorous locales of England - I won't name any names t protect the innocent & easily offended - suffice to say I have spent time in some of the less salubrious parts of Manchester & Liverpool
on Monday, i drove down to Nakiska - a smallish ski hill in Kananaskis country - it was a glorious drive in bright warm sunshine & only the absence of any visible signs of wildlife reminded me it was a midwinters day & not the height of spring
the ski area itself was not much to write home about - 6 lifts, a couple of dozen small runs on beginner terrain - but worst of all - ice. ice with a frosting of sugary snow on top & me being a lazy so & so, my edges were about as sharo as a sackful of wet mice
there is a backcountry awareness day in Banff pretty soon & we have joined the Canmore Alpine club so hopefully i will soon be leaving lifts & groomed runs behind me & once again getting out into the back country & the real stuff - thats if this beautiful spring we are having right now ever decides to revert back to winter
i'm going to post up some random tunes this month, just some stuff i am currently digging or random cool tunes from the past which might catch your fancy
today is the turn of a great old slice of rock'n'roll cheddar played by powerhouse counter-culture rockers The MC5 - i have always liked the '5 & indeed the various sideshoots that the group sprung in the early to mid seventies after they split- especially Sonics Rendezvous Band who flittered across the radar for a few years
i watched the DVD (Sonic Revolution) the other day of their reunion concert in London a few years ago, a gig which for some insane reason i didn't go to - taking the place of lead singer Rob Tyner were various rock "icons" including Lemmy in unfeasibly tight pants & horrendoud white cowboy boots, Ian Astbury of The Cult & Dave Vanian of The Danmed
MC5 - Tutti Frutti
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