John Earls

You certainly have! Enjoy. Sláinte!

Cheers Des. All the best. And thank you.

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What a glorious collection this is.
Georgie Fame – Survival (A Career Anthology 1963-2015).

Legend. Well done.

If Crystal Palace win at Brighton today, one lucky person to repost this will win a set of our new tea towels (check comments for L1nk)

Morning Des. It will always be the Post Office Tower to me. I used to be a telecommunications engineer in the 1980-90s and ironically only managed to get onto the famous revolving 34th floor once I had left. Still see it most days on my walk to work from Euston.

Immersed in the beautiful melancholy of soprano Ruby Hughes’ new album ‘Amidst the Shades’ with Jonas Nordberg (lute) and Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (viola da gamba). Songs by John Dowland, Robert Johnson, John Danyel. Also Purcell, Britten, Deborah Pritchard, Errollyn Wallen.

Released on this day in 1977: Marquee Moon (album) #Television
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A classic.

Cheers Des. Enjoy. I have a feeling you’ve earned it. Love to you and yours. And thank you.

Lovely.

Went to ‘Guess How Much I Love You?’ at the Royal Court theatre last night. Luke Norris’s new play about pregnancy and grief is agonising, funny and extremely moving. Outstanding performances from Rosie Sheey and Robert Aramayo. A must see. Runs until 21 February.

Chose this to soundtrack this afternoon’s chores after reading @johnearls.bsky.social excellent article In praise of the accordion a sort of Top 10 johnearls.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

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Thank you. I saw Robert Plant, Suzy Dian and Saving Grace at London’s Hackney Empire in April 2022. Agree they produce a fantastic blend. Love that you still have your dad’s accordion.

Levan Akin’s ‘Crossing’ is on BBC Four tonight at 9.20pm. It’s a quietly wonderful film. Mzia Arabuli is great as Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia on a quest to find her missing niece, a trans woman, in Istanbul. Strong performances from Lucas Kankava (Achi) & Deniz Dumanli (Evrim) too. Recommend

Thank you Helen. You too.

Great shot.

Morning Des.

Cheers Des. A night at the theatre for me. Guess How Much I Love You? That’s what I’m seeing at the Royal Court. You don’t need to guess how much I love you. 😉

Thanks Ben.

An excellent post squeezed into Friday by John (sorry!)...with the result that I'll be adding King Creosote to my listening queue later on

Thanks Chris.

Fame at last! No, not for my accordion skills, but for requesting this belter of a Top 10. Loved it, John.

Morning Des. Curiosity Corner.

In praise of the accordion and a 'Top 10' of sorts

What’s that you say? Is there a Top 10 of great songs that feature an accordion? My latest ‘Hanging Out a Window’ column has just been published. Read and subscribe (for free) here: johnearls.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

Cheers Des! And thank you my friend.