'Cause We've Ended As Lovers

...but it is only the beginning.

I saw an unbelievable performance last Tuesday night. I saw Jeff Beck at the legendary Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho. It was stunning. Literally beyond brilliant. I was just 10 feet from the stage. I could see the guitar strings vibrating. It was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had. I am still in awe. Most of you are probably aware I am huge Jeff Beck fan and I love him immensely. I am so happy 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers' was part of the repertoire this time (it wasn't when I saw him at Massey Hall in T.O. a few years ago). It was so close to the perfection of the album I cannot believe it - but alive and for that moment only. He spans every single emotion in that song (and others).

Ronnie Scott's is a small traditional jazz/blues club. To see an artist of this caliber in such an intimate setting is an experience I cannot really convey. I am still elated. I am sure the glow of this will always be with me (as it is from the first time I saw The Who). The band was fantastic, and it renewed a progenitor spirit in me. Jeff is really unique, and always true. That is an inspiration that can conquer the world. But - like a true Beck - I am not interested in that. I am interested in the strength in overcoming it.

Jeff points the way with a guitar and a spirit that shines through in everything.

Thank you, JB

Friends

Well it has been a long time. I've been without a computer for almost six months, and it has been a surprisingly difficult time. I thought it would be a nice break, a reprieve. On the contrary it has proved to be too fundamental to my life now - and all the dross notwithstanding the net is certainly an endless wire of fertility. It is great to be alive again.

Some amazing things have occurred in the meantime. The only distressing thing is that I was offline when the Led Zeppelin ticket ballot went into supernova. Led Zeppelin have been such an inspiration for so very long, I just cannot imagine I have missed out on attending the big show in London, my home - all due to circumstances completely out of my control. What an overwhelming depression. And I have to look at the O2 Centre every day as well.

Friends. The Greatest thing you ever can do now, is trade a smile with someone Who's blue now. Its very easy just....

What a brilliant message. This really will change your life for the better, and for so many others too. I can't think of anything more positive right now.

Don't Let Go The Coat

Thanks to everyone for stopping by, and thanks in particular to those who have left comments. I must apologise for the long absence. Things have been busy, difficult, and thoroughly good. I check in on the blogs constantly. I am always here in the silence. I do hope to have more time to interact now - this is the great virtue of a blog.

The pictures above are from Budapest. An absolute gem of a city and a very special place for me. My first night - on the underground, and an unprepared 'pre-picture' (was waiting for the flash !~!) from way up on Buda Hill. However, most night shots came out rather blurred - so only a few to choose from. None-the-less, the real pictures etched on my heart are crystal clear.

Love, Reign o'er Me

The last few months have been the most emotionally trying I have ever known. I never thought it was possible to experience such anguish and still live. Hope is all that has kept me. A flickering of faith is all that is opposing suffocating despair.

Only Love can bring the rain