1. Start at Leicester Square
2. Catch Piccadilly Line to London Heathrow Airport.
3. Catch flight from London Heathrow to Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
4. Hire car at Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
5. Start going toward the "Airport Exit" on "International Parkway
South"
- Follow for 0.2 miles.
6. Bear left onto the highway toward "Terminal East Parking" - follow
for 0.3 miles
7. Bear left onto "International Parkway North" toward "North Airport
Exit" - Follow for 2.9 miles
8. Take the "Highway 114 west" exit toward "Fort Worth" - follow for
29.2 Miles
9. Then continue on "US 287 north" - follow for 91.1 miles
10."US 287 north" becomes "Interstate-44 east" - follow for 0.7 miles
11. Take left fork onto "US-287 north" toward "Vernon" - follow for
104.0 Miles
12."US 287 north" becomes "Avenue F (US-287)" - follow for 2.8 miles
13. Continue to follow "US 287 north" - follow for 104.9 miles
14. Take left ramp onto "Interstate 40 west" toward "Dumas" - follow
for 7.8 Miles
15. Take "Exit 70" onto "US 60 east" toward "Dumas" - follow for 0.5
Miles
16. Take the "Buchanan Street" exit toward "Dumas/Pampas" - follow
for 1.7 Miles
17. Turn right onto "Old Route 66 (Interstate 40)" - follow for 0.1
miles

Now that's the way to Amarillo!!!!!!!!

Sorry couldn't resist

Thank you, Juniper. You'd make a great blue badge tour guide

methinks you may have a little too much time on your hands right now, Juniper!

Currently listening to Stop Dragging My Heart Around-Stevie Nick and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The album called "Variations" by Andrew Lloyd Weber, played by Julian Lloyd Weber and the Rock band Colosseum II, with Gary Moore and with Barbara Thompson and Rod Argent grafted on as well.

Apparently it was written in payment of a bet between brothers concerning the outcome of a Leyton Orient football match (Andrew lost). It was later adapted to become part of "Song and Dance" (the rest of which was taken from the album "Tell me on a Sunday", lyrics by Don Black). The Theme & Variations 1-4 are the theme music for the South Bank Show.

I've just transcribed this bit (introduction theme & variations 1-4) for flute & piano - finished it this evening, so far. Just got to show it to my flute teacher and get his comments.

Definitely the best thing ALW ever did (well the ONLY thing I'm prepared to listen to). I've always liked the Shadows variation.

Barbara Thompson is fabulous on it and it's probably the best thing any of the Colosseum guys ever did. I saw them at the Reading rock festival one year and they were rubbish. The audience was so underwhelmed, we all watched some guys building a pyramid from 4 pint beer cans instead. The band actually stopped to find out what was going on.

Now where's that CD?

*groan* No, Barry - just no!



Right now, I'm listening to 37 Stitches by Drowning Pool.

The tenor sax solo from Average White Band "Pick Up the Pieces" on repeat on my iPod (and yes, I have used Audacity to cut out just the 40 seconds sax solo) in the hope that it will sink in sufficiently to aid my attempts to work it out and play it tonght. I'm probably on to a loser though, because it's just too high. I might be able to get the first 8 bars down if I'm lucky.

Mahler's Fourth Symphony.

That is brilliant music.

I was listening to Carnival of the Animals.

Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei. As overplayed as it is, I do love it!

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major. I like to hear the pieces I will be performing in the future, I am glad my orchestra has a very talented person who can play the piano solo.

The Passenger by Iggy Pop.

Dead Memories-Slipknot

Sadistic Desire by X Japan.

'Hocus Pocus' by Focus.

Twin Atlantic - You're Turning Into John Wayne.

Bill Bailey's Love Song!

Malcolm Arnold, Tam O'Shanter

Voodoo Child by Rogue Traders.

Madness, Embarrassment

Pink Floyd

But only one track - "Great Gig in the Sky"

Having purchased the album, surely they can't force me to listen to the whole thing can they!!!???

Better get out the old record player in case the iTunes spies figure out that I'm only listening to one track!!!

Regards to all,

Nigel

Whitesnake, Here I Go Again

Vivaldi Gloria - Et In Terra Pax, to be specific - last minute revision for concert tonight 1st time I've sung Gloria, have to say I'm TOTALLY smitten...

Storms-Fleetwood Mac

I can totally understand that - I fell in love with it when I sang it too!

Right now, I'm listening to Skin, by Rascal Flatts. I burst into tears when I listened to it the other night, gave my sister a bit of a scare

I love it too! And I've sung Laudamus Te and Domine Deus - in my very rare forays into singing a solo (or duet)!

A beautiful mess - Jason Mraz

Paolo Nutini, Pencil Full of Lead.

Chopin...Chopin and more Chopin

Busy Being Fabulous-The Eagles

And singing it, rather loudly

Yay!!

Currently listening to Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique.

*Must see if I can find an organ arrangement*

Michael Buble, who else?

MM

Bloch: Nigun - played by Vengerov.

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out-The Smiths

MP3s of my choir online.

I hope you did a good air guitar!

I'm listening to the piece I'm hopefully doing at the Colchester single reed masterclass : the Introduction/Theme and Variations by Rossini. Here is a link to a recording of the piece.

We had an air guitar "competition" at school in a music practice room one lunch time...a little year eight won by playing air guitar to this, although one of the sixth formers had to play it on real guitar for him!

The Kingdom, Elgar!

Five Tudor Portraits - Vaughan Williams.

A bit of Emma Johnson, maybe?



to the forums : hope you have fun here!

Did you enjoy it? I heard it for the first time a couple of years ago and started a thread on it because I'd never even heard of it. The thread's here if you're interested. I never got round to buying a CD so thanks for reminding me - I'll put it on my list!


I'm listening to Casta Diva

Thanks for the link Skylark - very interesting, especially the analysis of why it's not better known (which I have to agree with). Yes, I do like it, a lot, though it took a little while to grow on me! We're actually performing it next Thursday, and I've got to say it's one of the hardest things I've ever attempted! So I'm listening to it constantly at the moment, in the hope it'll start to sink in. The timing, rhythms and opposition of the different parts are a nightmare, its incredibly fast in places, add to that how hard the Olde English words are at times - it's one of those works where, if you lose your place you're stuffed! BUT it is also enormous fun, ridiculously funny in places, I love the fourth movement all about the Nuns of Norwich giving full latin requiem mass for a pet sparrow, and when it all comes together it does sound great

Africa - Toto

I bet there's no other song with the word 'Serengeti' in it

I did just scour my copy of The Songs of Flanders & Swann. I thought,"If anyone ...," but sadly to no avail, so you may well just be right!

With Friends Like These-Wednesday 13

Prelude, Fugue and Variation - C. Franck

Simply beautiful!

Huelgas Ensemble on radio 3 - a polyphonic mass by someone whose name I forget

(ed) Antoine Brumel

Right Next Door (Because Of Me)-Robert Cray

Young Bob

The theme tune to 'Joe 90'

Rupert Holmes : 'Escape'

(better known as the Pina Colada song )