WHERE HAVING A LOVELY TIME-NOT!

HEY WE ARE TRYING TO SORT OUT AIRFARES OR SOME OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT TO GET TO MADRID ON THE 25/26TH OF THIS MONTH. WE THINK AT PRESENT OF SPENDING A FAMILY HOLIDAY IN ESPANA AND CATCHING THE 2 SHOWS THERE. WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND ANY U.S. SHOWS AS THE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL THE WEEK OF THE WHO GIGS COMMENCING. BUT, WHEN THEY COME BACK TO OUR END OF THE WORLD-WE WILL DO OUR USUAL DUTY!

LAZY FAT PEOPLE

IT WAS ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY AND CLEAR BLUE SKIES. IT WAS WONDERFUL! WATCH YESTERDAY'S IN THE ATTIC AND IT REALLY PISSED US OFF. FIRSTLY, RACHEL CALLED OLD WHO FANS FAT AND HAIRY! IT MAYBE TRUE IN SOME CASES, BUT WHO CARES. WHEN DID SHE BECOME JUDGE AND JURY ABOUT WHO FANS. THEAN MR. TOWNSHEND STARTED HIS PREACHING FROM HIS CHAIR ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST! WHEN DID PETE BECOME SO VERSE WITH THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE PALESTINE AND ISRAEL CONFLICT? HE ONLY KNOWS OF OUR WONDERFUL ANTI-SEMITIC BBC AND HOW THEY PUT DOWN ISRAEL. THEY DON'T TELL THAT WHEN ISRAELI GIRLS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL GET KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED BY PALESTINIANS (WHO CARES ABOUT SPELLING-I'M ANGRY!). OR HOW THE PALESTINIANS ARE REJECTED ARABS FROM OTHER ARAB STATES BECAUSE OF THEIR MISCONDUCT IN THEIR COUNTRIES OF BIRTH. THAT THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON AS A PALESTINIAN! OR HOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ARABS TO EVERY ONE ISRAELI! WE ARE NOT POLITICAL PEOPLE BUT PETE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT, BEFORE ALL THE JEWSISH WHO/MUSIC FANS WILL START TO BOYCOTT AS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT TO ROGER WATERS ABOUT HIS WRITING ON THE ISRAELI NEW DEFENSE WALL!

THE WHO AND THE DOUBLE UNION JACK FLAG

I was speaking to my brother the other day about this and that. He said did you know that a relative of my father named Arthur Kanofsky (Art Kane) passed to the next world. It's funny I was introduced to the Who's music and other music way back in the mid 1960's. My brother Alan was one of the original Who fans that attended Murray the K and the old Village Theatre(later to be called the Fillmore East). My brother was the coolest guy I knew growing up. It was a blessing that his number for the draft for the Vietnam War was never called up. I remember lots of boys coming home in pine boxes. It was a mind blower back than! And thanks to Bush and Blair we are doing the war thing all over again! That's another story! Getting back to Art Kane he was a famous N.Y. photographer. In fact, he was the photographer that had The Who pose with the Union Jack on them at Trafalgar Square. I think it was destiny that I am a WHO fan and married to one too!

THE SONG IS OVER

THE SONG IS OVER AND IT'S ALL BEHIND ME.............................. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (LEFT) IT! A HELL OF A LONG TIME AGO.

BEAULIEU-THE BEAUTIFUL

WHAT A LOVELY DAY IT REALLY WAS-IT WAS MAGICAL. WE TOOK KAYLEIGH ROSE AND JOSHUA JOHN ALEC TO THEIR VERY FIRST WHO GIG. AND THEY LOVED IT! AND SO DID WE!
WE TOOK A LEISURELY RIDE DOWN TO BEAULIEU. IT'S IN THE THE MOST MAGICAL PART OF ENGLAND KNOWN AS THE NEW FOREST. IT'S REALLY AMAZING SEEING WILD HORSE JUST RUNNING ABOUT WITH THEIR YOUNG. JUST LIKE US (HA). WE ARRIVED AT THE GATES AND SHOWED OUR LAMINATES AND WE PARKED IN A PRIVATE CAR PARK. VERY PRIVATE INDEED-WE WHERE THE ONLY CAR THERE! WE THEN CHECKED OUT THE VENUE. IT WAS THE MUSEUM'S CAR PARK WITH A STAGE. WE SPENT THE DAY AT THE MUSEUM LOOKING AT FAB MOTOR'S. WE TOOK THE MONORAIL WHICH TOOK US THROUGH THE GROUNDS AND THE MUSEUM ITSELF (LIKE DISNEY). WE ENDED UP WITH SIMON, JANIE (DALTREY) AND THEIR GIRLS ON VARIOUS RIDES. IT WAS A FAMILY PACKED WHO DAY. WE MET UP WITH MIKEY AND MARK T IN THE MUSEUM AND HAD A LOVELY CHAT. KAYLEIGH TOLD MIKEY AND RACHEL TO STOP SMOKING AND SHE WILL BUY THEM SOME CHOCOLATES. MIKEY WANTED US TO COME BACK TO THE BUS TO BE GUESTS ON ITA, BUT WE WENT BACK TO THE STAGE AROUND 4 P.M. FOR THE SOUND CHECK. THERE WAS ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WATCHING THE SOUND CHECK AND ROGER COMMENTED THAT "YOU ARE LUCKY PEOPLE". PETE LOOKED MISERABLE AND THEY ONLY PLAYED 2 NUMBERS. OUR MOBILE RANG AND LOW BEHOLD IT WAS LISA SECKLER-ROODE FROM NEW YORK. NOBBY WAS STANDING NEXT TO ME SO I PASSED ON THE PHONE TO HIM SO I COULD WATCH THE SOUND CHECK. IT WAS SO HOT AND THE KIDS ATE ICE CREAM AND MORE ICE CREAM. WE SPOKE WITH RABBIT FOR A BIT. ONCE AGAIN HE WAS MOANING ABOUT HIS MOBILE SIGNAL. HE HAS THE ORANGE NETWORK-IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR ONE THING AND THAT'S 2 FOR 1 CINEMA TIX ON A WED. BEFORE THE PUNTERS WHERE LET IN AT 6 P.M. WE TOOK OUR POSITION IN FRONT OF THE TWOOOOOO. THE KIDS HAD THEIR STEP LADDERS TO SEE OVER THE BARRIER. AS SOON AS THE DOORS OPENED THERE WAS HARRY & IAN FROM SCOTLAND, BENN KEMPSTER, AND KAZUKO FROM N.Y. WHAT LOVE THAT SURROUNDED US. AND PROTECT THE KIDS FROM ALL HARM! THE WHO WHERE IN GOOD FORM. PETE WAS PLAYING WILDLY, JUST LIKE WHEN KENNEY JOINED THE FORCES WAY BACK IN '79. THE MIKE POST THEME WAS BRILLIANT! ROGER GOT INTO A STROP. HEY RANTED AT EVERYONE ABOUT SMOKE AND HOW HE WAS ALLERGIC TO IT! AND OF COURSE PETE STARTED IN AND HAD A LAUGH AT ROGER'S EXPENSE! NO HARM INTENDED! AS MY GENERATION WAS PLAYED JOSHUA JOHN ALEC FELL FAST ASLEEP IN OUR ARMS. ROGER GOT ANGRY AT US AND STARTED SAYING TO US THAT WE ARE STUPID BEING IN THE FRONT, NOT ONCE BUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HE WAS LIKE AN OLD JEWISH MOTHER THAT GIVES YOU A GUILT TRIP! ROGER MY DEAR:OUR KIDS ARE ALRIGHT AND THEY'RE OUR LIFE AND NEVER WILL ANYONE OR ANYTHING HARM THEM! SO THERE! KAYLEIGH JUST LOVED SUBSTITUTE AND THE TOMMY MEDLEY. AFTER THE GIG WE WENT BACK STAGE TO HAVE A WEE AND GET A SO CALLED COLD DRINK. CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THERE WAS WAS CRANBERRY JUICE AND WATER? YUP..IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL! LOOKED AT IN THE ATTIC BUS AND STUPIDLY IT WAS TOTALLY OPEN! LUCKILY FOR PETE AND RACHEL WE ARE HONEST AS PETE'S GUITAR TABLE WAS JUST SITTING THERE! THE DAY WAS JUST WONDERFUL AS OUR KIDS GOT TO SEE OUR FAVOURITE BAND AND HEAR THEIR MUSIC LIVE!