R is for Retribution

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Lately we are not allowed to eat or sleep until we have satisfied Martine’s word lust so I give her an R and get to try out a new Spotify plug-in too.

There are a few [wikipop search=”Andy Clark (musician)”]Clark Hutchinson[/wikipop] reissues/compilations around but, alas, no sign of the magnificence that was Retribution.

And so this will suffice for now (the rest of the compilation is worth a listen too)….

 

Doggone!

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The OED’s Word of The Day turned up the Americanism Doggone (possibly an euphemism for God damn it)

 

which reminded me of the excellent [wikipop]Donna Hightower[/wikipop] backed by [wikipop search=”The_Cadets_(doo_wop)”]The Jacks[/wikipop] (or The Cadets when they recorded for [wikipop]Modern Records[/wikipop]) record Doggone It (1955 [wikipop search=”RPM_Records_(USA)”]RPM[/wikipop] 423). And so here it is again…

http://youtu.be/GXLLWkUJVlw

while I was searching the hard disc archives for the above I turned up the [wikipop]Eddie Floyd[/wikipop] minor (as in not really troubling the charts) 1967 song Love is a Doggone Good Thing.

The Donna Hightower Wikipedia article could do with some work so that is this evening taken care of…

Cycling: The weather

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The unpredictable weather is often cited as an excuse not to cycle regularly.

I commute six days a week cycling 20 minutes each way.  Although [wikipop]Manchester[/wikipop] has a reputation for being rather wet the reality is that it is probably no wetter than anywhere else in the UK.

During a year I will be rained on while travelling in both directions around 4 times and in one direction six times.  A full covering of waterproof clothing keeps me dry but a couple of times I misjudged the weather and arrived wet but soon dry off. Checking the morning’s weather becomes part of your bedtime routines.