music maestro

On the gig front we have Cock-Eyed Molly playing at the Brecknock at 8pm this Friday (27th June) and their evil twins Spiral Dance playing the Black Ball at the Folk Fed at 9pm (unless you have pre-booked Feast tickets) this Saturday (28th June). Given that I'm currently running 0 for 3 on gigs this month, I hope I'll be able to make it to at least one of these. Given that people have threatened to do unspeakable things to me if I don't make it to the Black Ball (and you know that's going to be scary when unnameable horrors tell of unspeakable things), that's probably going to have to be the one I attend. Since apparently, my absence will reduce their fun. [<sigh>]. However since I am now officially three weeks behind schedule, and at least four hours late on any particular day, I don't guarantee my attendance anywhere these days... Addenda: And those Englanders have a chance to hear Dandelion Wine at Pitch Black (Burton on Trent) this Friday as well before they once more wend their way back to Oz. I like what I've heard of their new album.

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Mongol was quite a good film, telling the story of the young Temujin, who was eventually to become Genghis Khan, the founder of the largest empire in human history. It is based on the so-called Secret History of the Mongols, which is a mixture of historical fact and folklore, and holds the same impact for Mongolians as the legends of Arthur Pendragon have for the British. Having read the Secret History, I found myself looking for the next interesting event or person (a lot of episodes were missing, but you couldn't fit the entire Secret History in such a short film), but I am informed that if you have no knowledge of history, you will still enjoy what is going on. Although, apparently, in this case it becomes a classic love story rather than a coming of age story.