KEITH JOHN MOON

I FEEL LIKE THE GRIM REAPER.. GARY, MATT AND ANDY ARE NOW CALLING ME THAT. I HAD SPENT TIME WITH KEITH AND JOHN ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THEIR UNTIMELY DEATH. WE ARE TRYING TO SORT OUT A LONDON BLUE PLAQUE FOR KEITH. CAN'T BELIEVE HE WILL BE GONE 30 YEARS IN SEPTEMBER. I HAVE SO MUCH GUILT WITH BOTH KEITH AND JOHN'S DEATH. I KNEW BOTH WHERE NOT LONG TO LIVE AND I HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TELL PETE. WHY DIDN'T ?????????????? PETE TOLD ME GOD HAD OTHER PLANS FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE WE GUILTY OF NOT SAVING THEM. KEITH TOLD ME SO MUCH ON THE 8TH AUGUST 1978 IN NEW YORK AND JOHN. WHAT'S TO BE SAID, HE BLOODY WELL SAT PLAYING HIS BASS IN PETE'S STUDIO......PETE, ROGER, RABBIT, ZAK, BILL, ROBERT, MICK, BOBBY, ALAN AND EVERYONE ELSE WITHIN THE ORG. - EVERYONE IS SO INTO THEMSELVES-FUCKING SELFISH...............EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF MASTER PETE-THEY MAY GET THE BOOT. FUCK IT.....HE IS A PERSON WHO SHITS,EATS AND SLEEPS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET.SAD .......AND SO ARE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP HIM. I AM ONE WHO LOVES HIM TOO, BUT KNOWS AND DOESN'T CARE WHAT IS SAID TO HIM!
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS BLUE PLAQUE FOR KEITH AND ASKED PETE FOR SUGGESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE VENUE IT SHOULD BE ERECTED ON. HE SAID THE TARA HOUSE. IT'S BURNT DOWN AND IN SURREY AND THAN THE OTHER SUGGESTION WAS KEITH'S HOUSE IN WEMBLEY, IT'S IN MIDDLESEX, NOT LONDON. I NEED TO SUBMIT ALL THE PAPER WORK BY WEDNESDAY.

THE WHO 1966/HOOPERS GALLERY

WE ARE INVITED TONIGHT TO HOOPERS GALLERY AT 15 CLERKENWELL CLOSE, LONDON EC1. IT'S A PRIVATE VIEWING OF AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY COLIN JONES. WONDER IF THE DYNAMIC DUO WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE? SHOULD BE INTERESTING. I'M STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FROM THE BLUE PLAQUE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PLAQUE FOR MOONIE. ANY SUGGESTIONS WHERE THE BLUE PLAQUE SHOULD BE PLACED HERE IN LONDON TOWN?

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

HAHA..........THE KIDS ARE DRIVING ME INSANE. ALL THEY WANT IS TO WANT........I DON'T WANT THIS AND I DON'T WANT THAT...........I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SLEEP...........I CAN'T WAKE UP...............ONLY IF I WAS RICH................THE ANSWER MY FRIENDS IS ............BOARDING SCHOOL IN SWITZERLAND...........................

WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

THE ANTHEM OR THE CURSE................SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO.................THERE ALL WASTED.....................LOVE REIGN O'ER ME...................CAN YOU SEE THE REAL ME......................CAN U?

WAFFLING AND TOAST

ALL I'M DOING IS WAFFLING ON THE PHONE AND THROUGH E-MAILS ABOUT MY ORDEAL. AND THE ONLY COMFORT IS EATING TOAST AND DRINKING TROPICANA TROPICAL JUICE. GREAT FOR THE WAIST LINE. WHAT WAIST LINE ANYWAY?

MONDAY, MONDAY

MONDAY, MONDAY. AS THE SONG GOES. I FEEL BLUE AND ALONE. GARY AND THE KIDS WENT BACK TO WORK AND SCHOOL. I SIT HERE ALONE IN THE HOUSE WITH MY CAT, SNUGGLES. I WISH SHE WAS A BARKING LARGE DOG. SHE DOES HAVE A WEIRD CAT LIKE BACK, AS WELL AS SAYING HELLO, GO OUT AND FOOD. I SWEAR IT'S ANIMAL FARM RELIVED. I HAVE BEEN READING RACHEL FULLER'S WEB SITE AND I THINK I NEED A DOG AGAIN IN MY LIFE. THE PROBLEM IS HOLIDAYS. WE ARE ALWAYS GOING HERE AND THERE. BECAUSE OF FAMILY THINGS AND WHO THINGS. GOD I MUST REALLY LOVE BOTH OF THEM! RACHEL HAS SHOWN ALL THESE RESCUE BORDER COLLIES. THERE WONDERFUL DOGS AND ADORABLE. WAY BACK IN THE LATE 60-EARLY 70'S, I HAD A SHETLAND SHEEPDOG NAMED BARON VAN KIPPUR, KNOWN AS KIPPUR. WE GOT HIM BEFORE THE DAY OF YOM KIPPUR. THE JEWISH DAY OF ATONEMENT. HE WAS SO SMART. ALMOST TOO SMART. THEN I HAD GORDON, MY MOST BEAUTIFUL GORDON SETTER. I THINK HE THOUGHT HE WAS MY BOYFRIEND. HE WOULD GET INTO MY BED AND LAY NEXT TO ME WITH HIS PAWS ON MY BACK, AS LOVERS DO. HE WAS SUCH A LOVE. I WOULD GET STOPPED IN THE ROAD AND ASKED ABOUT HIM. THAN THERE WAS FLASH. OUR RESCUE GREYHOUND AND OUR BABY. HE EVEN HAD A MATTRESS FROM HARRODS. HE HAD A PINT OF MILK FOR BREAKFAST, A TUNA OR HAM SANDWICH FOR LUNCH AND DINNER WAS BUTCHER'S CHOICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAD FOR TEA. WHEN WE WENT AWAY GARY'S PARENTS LOOKED AFTER HIM. HE EVEN HAD HIS OWN NIGHT LIGHT AT THEIR HOUSE, SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SLEEP IN THE DARK. WHEN, I HAD MY MANY MISCARRAIGES HE UNDERSTOOD AND KEPT CLOSE TO MY SIDE. HE EVEN CRIED WHEN I CRIED. HE WAS ALMOST HUMAN. THE PHONE JUST RANG,ACTUALLYTWICE. MY CLOSE FRIENDS ARE TRING TO LOOK AFTER ME. THEIR TRYING TO GET ME OUT FOR A COFFEE. MAYBE, IN A FEW DAYS I TOLD THEM. I NEED FOR THE BRUISES, THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ONES TO GO AWAY A LITTLE BIT MORE. I HAVE ALL THE VENETIAN BLINDS DRAWN MOST OF THE WAY, JUST ENOUGH FOR ME TO KEEP GUARD. I MUST SOUND SO PARANOID! GLAD A PCHYCHOTHERAPIST!

MUGGED AND ASSAULTED

IT SEEMS WE HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS BLOG FOR A HELL OF ALONG TIME, AS IT ALL BECAME VERY BORING. AND THE FACTS ARE WHO THE HELL READS THESE THINGS ANYWAY, THE BORED, THE LONELY, THE BLINKING NOSEY. AND WHAT'S THE USE OF THIS INTERNET CONNECTION.
I (MELISSA) WAS MUGGED AND ASSAULTED IN ILFORD, ESSEX ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7.32. I WAS ATTENDING A SEMINAR FOR ANEW COMPUTER LAUNCH. IT'S AMAZING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN ILFORD IS VERY ASIAN. ME BEING OPEN MINDED AND GIVING EVERYONE A CHANCE, DIDN'T THINK MUCH. GARY WARNED ME, MY MATE MERLE WARNED ME NOT TO GO. BUT MUGGINS HERE (TO COIN A PHRASE) WENT. I PARKED DOWN A SIDE ROAD AS THE CAR PARK WAS FULL. A YOUNG GOOD LOOKING ASIAN YOUNG MAN WALKED BY MY CAR AND I REALLY DIDN'T TAKE NOTICE. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR, LOCKED UP, EVEN WENT BACK TO GET A BROLLY OUT OF THE BOOT, AND STARTED TO WALK TO THE CORNER OF THE ROAD. NO SOONER THIS THUG THIS SCUM OF THE EARTH RAMMED WITH FROM BEHIND WITH BOTH HANDS AND KNOCKED ME TO THE GROUND AND TRIED TO SNATCH MY HAND BAG. I GOT UP AND FOUGHT HIM, HE PULLED AT ME AND THE BAG. IT SEEMED TO BE THE LONGEST FEW MINUTES EVER. I WAS SCREAM AS LOUD AS I CAN HELP. I MANAGE TO THROW MY BAG OVER A WALL, BUT THE BASTARD RIPPED THE STRAP AND GOT THE BAG AGAIN. I GRABBED THE BAG AGAIN FROM HIM, STILL SCREAMING I WAS. HE THAN GRABBED ME AND LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES AND SCANNING MY JEWELLERY, HE LOOKED FROM EAR TO EAR, MY NECK AND THAN TOOK MY RIGHT HAND TO SEE IF I WAS WEARING A RING. LUCKILY, LAST WE WE TOOK A FAMILY HOLIDAY TO VENICE, ITALY AND VERONA AND I TOOK OF MOST OF MY GOOD JEWELLERY. HE DIDN'T BOTHER WITH MY WEDDING RING AND LEFT MY SILVER JEWELLERY, THANK HEAVENS. HE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES AND SAID, "GIVE ME THE BAG, OR ELSE", I SAID ALRIGHT JUST TAKE IT AND THAN HE PUSHED ME HARD TO THE GROUND. I AM SO BLACK AND BLUE ON MY ARMS AND BOTTOM AND MY WHOLE BODY ACHES BAD.I FEEL DIRTY AND HURT INSIDE AND OUT. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHEN A PERSON IS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. PLEASE GOD IT NEVER HAPPENS!THE POLICE WHERE AMAZINGLY NICE. THEY EVEN TOOK ME HOME IN MY OWN CAR.THE NEXT NIGHT A DC SPENT 3 HOURS AT HOME ASKING ME QUESTIONS. THEY GOT THE FU**KERS CAR AND T-SHIRT. THE T-SHIRT WILL GO FOR FORENSICS. IT COULD TAKE MONTHS. THE U.K, HAS ONLY ONE FORENSICS LAB. THE POLICE SAID HE WAS STILL ON THE STREETS AND PROPERLY DOING THE SAME THING. GOD HELP US!!!!!!!!!!THE POLICE BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT FOR NOT ENFORCING PROPER JAIL SENTENCES, AND LESSENING THE JAIL TIMES AND NOT GIVING MAGISTRATES ENOUGH POWER TO ENFORCE SENTENCING.

POSTERS AND FRAMES

IT'S AMAZING, WE FINALLY DECIDED TO HANG SOME OLD POSTERS UP. THE VIEW WAS TO HANG THEM ON THE STAIRWELL WALLS. WE PULLED MY ORIGINAL TOMMY FROM THE FILLMORE EAST POSTER, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE GLASS WAS BROKEN. YESTERDAY, WE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW FOR A REPLACEMENT FRAME WITH GLASS. GUESS WHAT? THAT SIZE IS KNOWN ANYMORE. BESPOKE IT WILL BE. WE HAVE BEEN REHASHING OUR LIFE AS CONCERT GOERS. IT'S FUNNY, ONE OF THE POSTERS WAS FROM THE SCHAFAER MUSIC FESTIVAL FROM 1976. THE TIX WHERE $3.00. AT THAT TIME WE THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY. BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE THE TIX WHERE £2.25. NOW, WE HAD TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE WHO AT WEMBLEY (2 NIGHTS) AND ONE GIG IN BIRMINGHAM FOR THE MEAR SUM OF £450.00 PLUS ALL THE EXTRAS. WOW. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? I WAS READING THE TIMES YESTERDAY, AND FOR £375.00 EACH, WE COULD HAVE FLOWN TO KENYA, STAYED IN A 5 STAR HOTEL FULLY INCLUSIVE AND HAD A SAFARI FOR 13 NIGHTS. TIME TO GROW UP. WE LOVE PETE AND ROGER AND THE MUSIC IS WITHOUT MENTIONING. BUT, BUT, THIS IS ALL OUT OF HAND.

THE METHOD PRESS LAUNCH-PETE'S DAY (FINALLY)

THE METHOD PRESS LAUNCH
25TH April 2007 11.00 am (GMT)

We arrived at Eel Pie (Oceanic Studios) around 10.45. There was a small group of Press people standing in the car park. They had no clue what this press launch was about. In the reception area of Eel Pie we where greeted by Ms. Rachel Fuller. Looking well in her high heel red shoes. (Gosh, they looked as they might hurt, after a few hours.) Attending the launch there where the usual people-Pierre Peron, Danny Clifford the photographer, David Stark, etc. As for Pete's people, Nicola Joss, Alan Rogan, Paul Bonnick, Robert Rosenberg, Helen Grittiths and others. We where introduced to Robert Lee, the chap who runs The Who.com. Pete laid on a very fattening breakfast of french pastries and huge cups of coffee. Rachel and I, looked past the pastries as they where tempting and very, very fattening. About 11 a.m., we had been told to go into the studio.
Pete walks onto the stage about 11.10, dressed in a white shirt, black trousers (keys dangling from a belt loop) and black trainers with white laces. He needed a shave-ala Pete. Pete started speaking about how he was influenced by Harold Cohen a professor of his in art school. Pete spoke about the early days of feedback as duped by the head of the art school Ray Ascot.
Pete than spoke about gathering data for this program. Pete used Rachel's golden retriever as a prototype for the experiment. Pete said "I might listen to the way it breathes, I might touch it and see how it feels, I might listen to his bark, I might look at the rhythm of his running." He than explained that a musical DNA portrait will be established by the sitter. The portrait will compose of four equal compositions a digital photo, a rhythm, a voice and a sound. The software will process all this information and the music data will be heard. It will last approx. 5 minute and 02 seconds.
The method was partially developed by mathematician/composer lawrence Ball and the software was developed by Dave Snowdon. Pete said that the composer (sitter) is king. It should a metaphysicial/reflection and the sitter should sit with a good heart and don't just expect and say that the software should work for me.
The music that was used in the soft program was rock/electronic and classical extracts. Scales from different cultures and there are lots of perforations in the sounds.
The Who song Fragments was also played to the journalists on 16 speakers. It all based on Stockhausen's experiments. Pete said that the tune had a 15 bar cycle. As well as lyrics that relate to the Method music.
Pete also said that the sitter has the legal copyright and have the right to audit the company. At least a third of the music copyright was added. At present, it's only in the English language software. Sitters will not be able to hear other sitter's compositions on this site. The music will be able to be downloaded on MP3. The user will be entitled to three, free 'portrait sittings' until the 31 July 2007. Then after a subscription will be applicable. Pete also mentioned that maybe in three years time that there will be listening party of sorts. THE PUBLIC LAUNCH WILL BE TUESDAY, 1ST MAY 2007 @ lifehouse-method.com.

best regards to all,

Melissa & Gary Hurley

P.S.: Lawerence Ball was the guest speaker. Telling his side of the project. Very similar to Pete's answer's. There was also John Pidgeon, the BBC producer for Pete's Lifehouse radio show. John was basically, Pete's guinea pig and he was the one who had his profile gathered to enter into the program to get the music. Pete, John and Lawerence did a short Q&A. The press launch lasted approx. 90 minutes. Then Pete laid on a lovely spread for lunch.
The Who.com aired the conference that day and loops that day.

SHABBAT THE SABBATH

TODAY IS FRIDAY AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO OUR FRIENDS FOR DINNER. THAT IS SHABBAT DINNER. THE JEWISH SABBATH. WE WHERE INVITE TO THE FRAME FAMILIES SHABBAT DINNER TO SAY TA DA AS THEY'RE MOVING TO THE U.S.A. IN 4 WEEKS TIME. MICHAEL WORKS FOR THE MOD AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED THERE FOR 3 YEARS. BETH THE MUM CAN'T WAIT AS SHE ORIGINATES FROM NEW JERSEY. THE 2 BOYS WILL HAVE A BIT OF A CULTURE SHOCK WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON D.C.. SCHOOLING IS SO VERY DIFFERENT IN THE STATES. ESPECIALLY PRIVATE SCHOOL. BY FAR IT'S A BETTER EDUCATION, BUT A HELL OF A LOT OF DOSH TO PAY OUT PER CHILD PER YEAR. ANYWAY, THEY'RE THE MOST RELIGIOUS JEWISH PEOPLE WE KNOW AND HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INVITE US OVER AND ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL RITUAL. WE ARE GOING TO MISS THEM. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER FAMILY TO VISIT STATESIDE. WE WISH THEM ALL THE LUCK AND HAPPINESS.

DIRTY JOBS

HEY, HEY
IT'S FINALLY SUNNY HERE IN LONDON TOWN. JUST DOING THE DIRTY JOBS LIKE HOUSEWORK (NO CIGARETTES). BORING............ NEED TO START LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AFTER THE KIDS EASTER BREAK. I THINK I'M GOING TO LOOK FURTHER A FIELD THAN MY USUAL 'PSYCHOTHERAPY' WORK. POOR BUGGERS HERE IN EAST LONDON, SO MANY MENTAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO MONEY FOR TREATMENT, OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT SELF HELP. MEANING NO WORK FOR ME. I'M REGISTERED UNDER THE BRITISH COUNSELLING CODE OF CONDUCT PEOPLE, AND I HAVE NO SCOPE FOR MY PAYMENT CHARGING PRICES. I HAVE TO STICK TO THEIR PRICES AND THAT'S IT. I NEED A JOB.........I NEED A JOB..............I NEED MONEY..............HELP.................WHAT SHALL I DO.............YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE PACKED MY BAGS AND FOLLOW THE WHO...........IT'S NO FUN BEING A GROWN UP ANYMORE WITH RESPONSIBILITIES...........HEY, I BETTER DO SOME THERAPY ON MYSELF OR SOME MEDITATIONS. THAT'S TONIGHT IN MY SPIRITUAL CIRCLE.
MELISSA

THE ATTIC JAM AT THE PIGNALLE CLUB-12-2-07

THIS IS THE REVIEW THAT WE POSTED TO ALL THE WHO INTERNET USER GROUPS;
We just got home from the Launch of Attic Jam the album party at the Pigalle Club. It was an old style American supper club on the corner of Piccadilly Circus. The invite was for 7 p.m., but doors opened 7.30 for a 8.45 kick off. We where one of the first people through the door and head down to a front table. We where directly across from the Royal Box. We got the first table on the side and shared the table with Ross Halfin, Nicola Joss, David Starck and a few other friends. Rachel hit the stage only to announce Pete was up first. He played Drowned. He changed alot of the lyrics and was interesting. He was in good form on the acoustic guitar. Then Rachel introduced Ed Harcourt and wife Geeta. They played 3 songs including Last cigarette. Geeta played great violin whilst Ed played piano and a distorted vocal sound on the second tune. Next up was Rose Hill Drive. They need haircuts. The lads played 2 tunes. I think one was Brain Novocaine. They sounded like an acoustic Led Zep. Next was the hostess-Rachel. She played Blue by Joni Mitchell at the end of that tune Rachel said "We like a few bum notes, It's real". Then she played Motherfucker. Jerry Hall screamed out in appreciation for that song from her front centre seat. The Magic Numbers where next. There was only the 2 girls and the singer (the drummer sat in the audience). They played Take a Chance, Long Legs, and the song called A new number. Then Pete performed the Acid Queen. He said "I already owe a million (English) pounds, dead loss for me tonight". Then he commented that after playing Greyhound girl 17 times on the last tour, he wanted to play something completely different but he decided to play something from Tommy. Then the final act was The Kooks. There where only 2 Kooks. Are there any more Kooks out there? They played Sofa, Hat full of love, ooh la and Pretty Petticoat (?). Unfortunately, the crowd was pretty pissed and was very noisy and chatty by this stage of the show. Then our Host Pete joined the Kooks for the final number. He was a bit angry/joking at the same time when he said to the audience that "It's good that your drinking MY beer for free", but please be quite! Rachel then closed the evening with her special thanks to everyone. Please go and by the ITunes now! Mikey, Rene and Shaun(Mikey's older brother) where in the audience. Mikey did not perform. All in all a one and half hour set to highlight this new download album went down without a hitch. Thanks again to Pete and Rachel.

ANOTHER YEAR-2007

HEY, HEY, IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG AND GRUESOME TIME. EVEN FORGOT TO PUT UP BLOGS. DOESN'T MATTER-IF ANYONE READS THIS CRAP ANYWAY. CHRISTMAS/HANUKKAH AND THE NEW YEAR WAS QUITE. THE KIDS GOT MORE AND MORE STUFF. MY 8 YEAR OLD GOT AN MP3 PLAYER AND SO DID MUM AND DADDY. FINALLY! NOW WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT. MAYBE MY FRIEND'S 18 YEAR OLD SON WILL SHOW ME DURING HALF TERM. NOTHING IS HAPPENING, JUST WAITING FOR THE WHO TOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED. NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO FOOTBALL STADIUMS OR A SUNDAY NIGHT AT GLASTONBURY. MAYBE THE NIA OR THE 2 LONDON GIGS? WHAT ARE THE TICKETS GOING TO GO FOR THIS TIME AROUND?

QUEENIE

HEY HEY, WE HAD A LOVELY TIME OVER THE WEEKEND. WE STAYED FOR A WEEKEND BREAK AT THE SWINDON MARRIOTT HOTEL. YUP, SWINDON. THE TOWN IS ECH, BUT THE HOTEL WAS FAB. WE HAD A BLAST IN THE SWIMMING POOL WITH THE KIDS. IT WAS LIKE HAVING OUR OWN SWIMMING POOL (INDOORS AND HEATED). SPENT SOME TIME IN THE STEAM ROOM AND THE SAUNA. IT DOES WONDERS FOR THE SKIN. THAN ON MY 21ST BIRTHDAY (HA HA-DREAMING........), WHICH WAS THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER WE TOOK A NICE DRIVE TO QUEENIE JOHNS (ENTWISTLE). WE BOUGHT HER THE USUAL FLOWERS AND CAKES AS I WOULD TAKE TO MY OWN MUM. SHE IS STILL FANTASTIC. SHE'S GOING TO BE 85 ON THE 29TH OF NOVEMBER AND SHE LOOKS AMAZING. SHE HAS A GREAT MEMORY AND REMEMBERS ALL THE WHO FANS SHE HAS MEET OVER THE YEARS. BY NAME THAT IS, TOO! QUEENIE FINALLY GOT TO MEET OUR KIDS AND SHE HAD A FONDNESS FOR OUR JOSHUA JOHN ALEC- WONDER WHY? WE SPOKE ABOUT JOHN AND THE DREADFUL PASSING INTO THE NEXT WORLD. WE TOLD HER ABOUT THE GUILT WE HAD ABOUT BEING WITH JOHN AND HOW WE DIDN'T GO AND TELL ANYONE ABOUT HOW HE LOOKED AND HOW HE WAS ACTING. WHAT'S THE SENSE ABOUT TALKING ABOUT- AS PETE SAYS G-D HAD BETTER PLANS FOR HIM! WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE NEW SOLO ALBUM BY PETE FEATURING ROGER. AND HOW ROGER SPOKE ABOUT JOHN IN THE LINER NOTES. WE STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NO ONE FROM THE WHO CAMP KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH QUEENIE. WHAT A SHAMBLE. NOT EVEN A CARD..........

HERE WE GO AROUND THE ROUNDHOUSE THE MONKEY CHASES THE WHO........

ROUNDHOUSE DAY- GARY LEFT AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WITHIN VIEWING OF THE FIRST 2 ROWS IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. I GET TOTALLY MISERABLE AS I AM SHORT (5'5") AND SHRINKING AS THE YEARS PASS, IF I'M NOT WITHIN THESE BOUNDARIES. AT ELEVEN THIS MORNING THERE WHERE THE USUAL 20, THE DUTCH, THE GERMANS, THE AMERICANS AND THE SOLO ENGLISH BOY-MY HUBBY GARY. HE IS ABOUT 10TH IN THE QUEUE. WE NEED TO SPEAK TO ROGER AND PETE SO IMPORTANT AND HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EITHER OF THEIR CAMPS. THE NEWS AND PROOF WILL CHANGE THEIR LIFE FOREVER. IT IS FUNNY, WHEN PETE WAS HAVING HIS BAD DAYS WE WHERE THERE FOR HIM STRAIGHT AWAY. HE EVEN TOLD US IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND TOO FAST. WE PAST MESSAGES TO PEOPLE FOR HIM AND JUST WAS THERE TO LISTENING TO HIM AND SOUND OFF. NOW, THAT HIS PROBLEMS HAVE EASED HE DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW! GO FIGURE?????????????

CHRISTMAS/HANAUKAH

HEY IT'S ALMOST THAT TIME AGAIN. STANDING IN THE QUEUE WITH TWO MOANING KIDS JUST TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH FATHER CHRISTMAS.  

LISTENING TO YOU

LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S MUM HURLEY AND THE HURLEY KIDS WATCHING THE WHO AT BEAULIEU. LOOKING HAPPY AND GROOVING TO THE MUSIC. KAZUKO IN HER OWN NIRVANA... JUST BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EACH OF US ARE IN OUR OWN ZONE. IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE! 

TIME IS PASSING

IT'S REALLY TRULY FUNNY. THE WHO ARE ON THEIR FIRST AMERICAN WORLD TOUR AND WE ARE HERE BACK IN THE U.K. THIS PIX IS OF ROGER AT HEDGESTOCK THE FIRST GIG OF THE WQRLD TOUR. HE WAS IN A GOOD MOOD THAT NIGHT! IT'S NOT THE WHO AS WE KNOW IT. YEARS AGO WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OFF TO NEW YORK TO THE GIGS. NOW, WHEN THERE ARE ONLY TWO LEFT-IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME EXCITMENT! AS ONE OF OUR FRIENDS SAID TO US YESTERDAY-SHE'S HAS TO SHOW HER LOYALITY! BULL AND MORE BULL-AS AN OLD FRIEND TOLD ME THIS MORNING- GET A LOYALITY CARD AND GET DOUBLE POINTS!! IT'S FUNNY HOW THIS TOUR IS A NON-COMP TOUR! NO FREEBIES ON TICKETS AND MAYBE A FEW PASSES. AND WHAT DOES A BACK STAGE PASS MEAN! NOTHING OF NOTHING! MAYBE YOU GET TO SPEAK TO RABBIT (WHILST RABBIT PLAYS WITH HIS MOBILE) OR SIMON! THE TWO ARE TWO SCARED OF THEIR OWN SHADOWS TO MEET UP WITH THEIR FANS! I GUESS ALL THOSE YEARS OF HAVING TO PRETEND TO BE NICE AND MAKING SMALL TALK-IT'S PAST THEIR SALE BY DATE. GUESS WE WILL JUST WAIT TO SEE THEM AT THE ROUNDHOUSE NEXT MONTH. 

DOCTOR, DOCTOR

HEY,, JUST GOT HOME WITH THE KIDS FROM AMERICA ON FRIDAY THE 1ST SEPT. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL. WE COULD HAVE SMUGGLED ANYTHING ON THE PLANE. SECURITY IS ALL BULL... MUST TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES-PEUW.................. NOTHING LIKE HAVING PASTA AND CHEESE FOR BREAKFAST AT 9 A.M. IN THE MORNING ON A LONG HAUL FLIGHT! EGGS AND TOAST WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. THIS IS B.A.'S USUAL FOOD FOR VEGGIES. MUM SEEM TO BE OKAY. IN FACT, SHE ENDED TAKING CARE OF ME. I WAS SO ILL IN NEW YORK.MY BACK AND SCIATICA WHERE KILLING ME AND MY CROHN'S -WHOOPEE! IT RAINED THE WHOLE TIME WE WHERE THERE AND HUMID-ECK AND DOUBLE ECK. I GOT TO SEE SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, NO FRIENDS THIS TIME. TIME WAS SO LIMITED! I'M SORRY GUYS! MUM HAD HER LAST CHEMO AND THE RELIEF THAT SHE EXPRESSED ON HER FACE AS THE NEEDLE WAS REMOVED- WAS UNBELIEVABLE. SHE NEEDS A LITTLE OPERATION TO FIX HER STOMA. IT RETRACT AS SHE LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT FROM THE CHEMO (3 STONE). WHEN I LEFT SHE WAS EATING AGAIN AND GETTING A BIT STONGER. FINALLY, I HAVE SPENT EVERYDAY AT THE DOCTORS AS MY BACK IS KILLING ME! I AM ON ALL DIFFERENT STRENGTHS OF PAIN KILLERS AND MUSCLE RELAXING DRUGS. ANYONE HAVE A GOOD CHIROPRACTOR HER IN LONDON OR ESSEX? OR ANY ADVICE FOR THIS ILL WHO FAN?

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

JUST A WONDERFUL DAY OUT AS A FAMILY SEEING THE WHO AT BEAULIEU. WE'RE OFF TO NEW YORK FOR A FEW DAYS TO SORT OUT MUM,TO SEE IF SHE CAN REMAIN IN HER APARTMENT BY HERSELF. THIS WEEK IS HER LAST CHEMO TREATMENT. WE NEED AN ALL CLEAR NOW! FINGERS CROSSED AND EVERYTHING ELSE TOO! GARY WILL STILL BE AROUND AS HE WILL BE TAKING CARE OF OUR SNUGGLES (TUXEDO CAT). 

PSORIOSIS

HEY, ROGER LOOK AT GARY'S.................ELBOW 

ROUNDHOUSE

ROUND AND ROUND WE GO, WHERE WE STOP KNOW ONE KNOWS! THANKS TO THE TWO. WE GOT OUR TIX FOR THE ROUNDHOUSE THIS MORNING AT 9.00 A.M. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COZY INDEED! 1,800 PEOPLE ON A ROUND ABOUT! IT'S ALL GOING TO BE GOOD FUN AS IT'S A BBC TAPING OF THE NEW MINI OPERA! AND TO BE BROADCAST A WEEK LATER. LET'S ALL SMILE FOR THE CAMERA! SPOKE TO RON DOVEY, HARRY AND A FEW OTHERS AND THEY ALL GOT THEIR TICKETS TOO! NICOLA WAS HAPPY EVERYONE GOT THEIR TICKETS! AS THIS IS THE ONLY U.K. SHOW THIS PART OF THE YEAR AS THE U.S.A. TOUR TAKES THE SLOT! THANKS TO THE WHO WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM LOST WHO FRIENDS FROM YEARS AGO! IT'S AMAZING HOW LONG AGO WE MET OUR WHO FRIENDS AND MOST OF THEM WHERE FROM THE 3RD GENERATION OF WHO PEOPLE. WHAT HAPPENED TO MARC COHEN, GLENN, SCOTT, AND ALL OUR FELLOW TAPE TRADERS FROM THE EARLY/MID 70'S? HOPE THEY'RE ALL ALRIGHT!

A FRIEND IS A FRIEND (NOT!)

IT'S AMAZING THAT YOU BEFRIEND PEOPLE, BE IT A RELATIVE OR JUST A STRANGER. YOU LISTEN TO ALL THEIR TALES OF PLEASURES AND WOES. YOU HAVE THEM FOR DINNER PARTIES AND YOU DO LUNCH WITH THEM. YOU HELP THEM TRY TO GET ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED TO MAKE THEM HAPPY, THEN WALLA THEY STOP BEING YOUR MATE? IS THIS BEING USED OR IS THIS PART OF THE LEARNING CURVE WE ALL HAVE TO ENDURE? DO YOU MAKE BELIEVE IT DOESN'T HURT OR DO YOU TRY TO OCCUPY YOURSELF WITH THOUGHTS THAT YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. OR DO YOU JUSTIFY THAT THAT PERSON(S) HAVE JUST GONE OFF THE RAILS? JUST GET ON WITH IT AS MY HUSBAND'S CATCH WHO SAYING GOES! IT ALSO GOES FOR FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUR OF NEED YOU LISTEN TO THEM AND WHEN THEIR ON TOP (WHAT EVER THAT MEANS THESE DAYS) THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW! AND THEY TREAT ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM LIKE SHIT! AND THEY WANT TO QUIT THE TOUR BUT WOULDN'T DUE TO LOYALTY AND MONEY! THEY PROMISE TO RETIRE AFTER THE SONG IS OVER! I HOPE EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED! I AM JUST SICK OF TIRED OF BEING AN UN-PAID PSYCHOTHERAPIST TO ALL AND THE BUCK IS STOPPING NOW!

WET WET WET AND MORE WET

WE FINALLY GOT THE MUCH NEEDED RAIN HERE IN ESSEX. OUR GRASS ALMOST LOOKS GREEN AGAIN. IT FEELS LIKE A REAL AUTUMNAL DAY. IT'S COLD AND WET WITH A BIT OF SUNSHINE TO WET(HAHA) OUR WANTS! IT'S FUNNY WE DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT MISSING THE WHO SHOWS THIS AUTUMN IN NEW YORK. WE WILL JUST SIT TIGHT AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST UNTIL THEY RETURN TO THE UK AND OR EUROPE. I'M LEAVING FOR THE U.S.A. IN A FEW DAYS WITH THE KIDS. AT FIRST I WAS FRIGHTENED TO FLY, BUT THOSE RELIGIOUS BASTARDS ARE NOT GONNA STOP ME FROM ENJOYING MY LIFE. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE ME 8 HOURS OF GRIEF FROM MY KIDS AS I CAN'T BRING ANYTHING ON BOARD THE AEROPLANE. WISH ME LUCK ENTERTAINING MY 4 YEAR OLD HYPER ACTIVE LAD! NOT EVEN A CRAYON, NOT A SWEETIE, NOTHING AT ALL...........EKE.............................................

PRINCESS DIANA

WHAT A AMAZING DAY WE HAD. WE TOOK THE KIDS INTO LONDON. WE PUT ON A HAPPY FACE AND OFF WE WENT KNOWING THIS WORLD WILL NEVER EVER BE THE SAME OR SAFE AGAIN. THE PRINCESS OF WALES CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA IS FANTASTIC. ALL RACE, CREED AND RELIGION PLAYED TOGETHER WITH INNOCENTS AND PURITY. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN LOST?ARE WE THE ADULTS TO BLAME? IS IT OUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS? THE SCHOOLS? NO IT'S BLOODY RELIGION......... WE WALKED THROUGH THE PARK AND WATCHED THE DUCKS, FED THE PIGEONS AND JUST FROLICKED AS FAMILIES SHOULD DO. IT'S SUCH A CULTURE SHOCK WHEN YOU DEPART FROM THE PARK AND STEP INTO TRAFFIC AND MORE TRAFFIC WITH LOADS OF POLLUTION TO MAKE YOUR SKIN FEEL DIRTY! WE ENDED UP AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM AND THERE WAS AN EXHIBIT ON EVERY HOUSEHOLD ITEM OF PAST AND NOW. IT'S WEIRD SEEING THE OLD TELLY THAT WE GROW UP WITH AND THE ORIGINAL 3/4 INCH VIDEO TAPES THAT COST SILLY MONEY IN THOSE EARLY DAYS OF VIDEO! THEN WE HAD A USUAL KAYLEIGH ROSE DINNER. NICE JAPANESE FOOD THAN HOME ON THE TUBE, PACKED WITH TOURIST AND THE OCCASIONAL DRUNK PERSON. WE DECIDED EARLY THIS MORNING WE WHERE NOT GOING TO ATTEND ANY NEW YORK WHO SHOWS OR RACHEL'S AS IT WILL BE JOSHUA'S FIRST REAL DAY IN SCHOOL (RECEPTION) AND HE HAS TOO COME FIRST! SORRY PETE, SORRY ROGER, SORRY RACHEL! MAYBE IF YOU SLOT IN THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER AND DECIDE NOT TO HAVE THAT DAY OFF AND PLAY A SHOW ON MY BIRTHDAY, WE WILL FLY IN.

I'M A STAR..................

YESTERDAY, WAS SUCH A WIERD AND WACKY DAY. THE KIDS ARE OFF FROM SCHOOL AND I TRY TO KEEP THEM BUSY AT ALL COSTS. SO, MY CLOSE AMERICAN FRIEND BETH, HER TWO BOYS, MY TWO ANGELS AND MYSELF WENT TO PARADISE WILDLIFE PARK IN HERTFORDSHIRE. WELL, I MADE MY STAGE DEBUT THERE! AND I LOVED IT SO BLINKIN MUCH! MY SON JOSHUA STOOD UP TO ANSWER A QUESTION FROM THE COMPARE ON THE STAGE. AND WOLA-I WAS CALLED TO PARTICIPATE! THERE WAS AN AUDIENCE ABOUT 450 OR SO! BOY, NOW I KNOW WHAT ROGER HAD SAID YOU DO ONLY SEE THE FIRST 3 OR 4 ROWS IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. IT'S HARD TO PICK OUT ANYONE ELSE WITH ALL THOSE LIGHT. SO, I HAD TO DANCE, RUN AROUND THE STAGE WITH THE COMPARE AND GET THE AUDIENCE TO REACT! AND I DIDN'T GIVE A MONKEYS THAT I HAD NO MAKE-UP ON, WEARING SHORTS, HAIRED TIED BACK AND FAT! SO BLINKING WHAT-I HAD A BLAST. AND I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN! LOOK OUT BETTE MIDLER HERE I COME! AFTERWARDS, WE HAD LUNCH AND JOSHUA GOT STUNG BY A WASP. SO WE WENT TO THE FIRST AID-THANK HEAVENS FOR WASP EASE! JAMIE GOR A SPLINTER, KAYLEIGH GOT A BELLY ACHE BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE WHERE TAKING A LAST LOOK AT THE ANIMALS BEFORE GOING HOME AND A GAME KEEPER OPENED A FENCE...............AND..........AND...........A GIANT TEPIER ESCAPED! WHAT A GIRL I AM. I RAN AND PUSHED MY FRIEND AND THE KIDS SO FAST. I PICTURED THIS CREATURE AS A WILD BOAR! I ALMOST POOED MYSELF! THE KEEPER GENTLY TOLD THE TAPIER TO GO BACK AND HE/SHE DID. WELL, I DIDN'T SLEEP AND HAD HEAT STROKE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND I WANT TO BE SPAIN FOR THE WHO TONIGHT! I JUST WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR ITA AND 3 SONGS ON THE COMPUTER TONIGHT! oh well!

AMAZING JOURNEY

HEY, IT'S SUNDAY NIGHT IN LONDON (LOUGHTON-THEY BOTH START WITH THE LETTER L, ANYWAY) AND IT'S HOT AND BALMY. WHERE ARE THE BLINKIN AIR CONDITIONERS? WHY IS THE GOLDEN ARCHES AND PIZZA HUT THE ONLY THING WITH AIR CON? WHY ARE THE AIR CON UNITS TO PURCHASE AS BIG AS THE OLD TYPE STEREO SPEAKERS? WHO NEEDS ANOTHER PIECE OF FURNITURE IN THESE SMALL ENGLISH HOUSE! ANYWHO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPAIN IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. WE THINK THE SPANISH CROWDS MAYBE TOO ROUGH FOR THE LITTLE ONES! OH WELL! THE NOSE HAS LOST THE PLOT AND IS BECOMING INSULTING AND FORGETS THAT OTHERS HAVE FEELINGS TOO! HE HAD THE NERVE TO SAY TO A CLOSE FRIEND THAT HER HAIR NEEDS A BIG CHANGE AND THAT WAS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE! WHAT A CHEEK! AND THE GIRLFRIEND CALLS WHO FANS FAT AND HAIRY! WELL, WELL, WELL-WHO PAYS THE BILLS OLE DARLINGS OF SURREY?????????????????

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!

HYDE PARK-ALL WEEKEND LONG

What a weird and wacky weekend for us with blisters to boot (pardon the joke!). On Friday we received an e-mail to be guest of Someone(name with held) to see Roger Waters and to bring the family.
Saturday
Headed to Hyde Park and there was horrible trouble on the tube (all the time). It also was so hot and sticky and with two kids on tow. WOW. I'm thirsty, I can't walk not another step and the best I need a toilet now! Walking down Piccadilly in front of the Hard Rock Casino there was David Crosby (CSNY). Just strolling with his hat on enjoying the sunshine. Finally, we got to the park and got our VIP wristbands. Went to the VIP holding pen and alas Ron and Christine Dovey and their lovely lads where sitting there and having a cold beverage. It was lovely to see them again. The kids where quite as we got them the cold stuff (ice cream). The only good thing about the VIP area is the clean toilets! The crowd for Roger Waters where there for the event. Not for the Music. As for Roger waters he was good. Dark side was great. The kids enjoyed it and enjoyed their second ice cream! (Once in a lifetime for them -2 in one day)!
SUNDAY- The WHO

wired, wired and wierder. We got to the gig during the last few numbers of the band before The Who. We manage to get to second row close by Pete. The stage was at least 15 foot high. And guess who we where standing with- David Crosby. What a sweet heart. We spent most of the Who gig with him and a least 40 minutes talking music and family matters. The two where in good form and really looked as they where enjoying themselves. The music sounded great and Pino was trying his best! Still missing John's bass guitar. Let's not even talk about Keith! Must start that Blue plaque list again in September. Gary thinks they should drop My Gennn..... As the crowd was getting crushed during the song and many youngster had to be past over the crash barrier to safety and St. John's ambulance people. Today we are off to Beaulieu with the Kids. Look for the Kids are alright review next time.

Leeds and Brighton shows.

Just one day to the start of the Who tour tomorrow in Yorkshire and Sussex.
Full reports next week.

THE WHO AT KNEBWORTH CONCERT REVIEW

By the time we got to Hedgestock it was 3998 people full.
The time was 7 pm. We walked straight to the barrier in front of the stage, guess all the rich are too pompous to stand next to a piece of black steel mesh (Its not diamond encrusted ?) We took our favorite place-just between Rogers + Petes mic stands.
We where joined by just 2 other all time Who fans-Matthew and his friend (Sorry I forgot your name).
The Who came on stage approx 8.35pm. Pete was wearing his white tee shirt and shades,Roger was wearing his white cotton shirt with little blue flowers and his blue specs to match.
They came out in good form and seemed happy enough,we didn't see the rest of the band as the stage was at least 12ft. high.

Rabbit was directly behind Pete at this gig,Pete only jumped once during substitute he used his usual red,gold guitars.
At the beginning of My Generation (we missed that one off the set list sorry) Pino was playing God only knows and was totally out of it and Roger said "what the F@@k was that" but we had a great giggle + Pete put Pino back into the right notes.
There wasn't much banter or stage announcements Roger thanked Pete for doing the gig for the T.C.C.
Roger also said that their going to play obscure songs on their world tour,Pete corrected Rog and said "no" The tunes will be rarities (rare) songs.
He said they where going to play complete versions of Tommy +Quad at some shows and where looking forward too it.
Gary did his usual classic original saying "GET ON WITH IT" at the start of the band Intro and Pete just shook his head (as if too say it's just the first gig) and after the into for Zak said "he has been playing with Oasis and boring the world with there music.
As for Rogers vocals it held up together well for a man of 61.
But please do remember it was the first gig for years,lastly as for a Who gig it was just okay,but as a dress rehearsal it was great.
Nice to have them back on stage.

It is now 36 years for me 1970 and 35 years for Gary watching the Who on a live stage.

THE £587.50p WHO CONCERT.

We have just returned from the Hedgestock festival at Knebworth park.
The who played a 1 hour long set and then played a 20 minute Tommy medley for the encore.
That works out at £7.30p per minute!
Set list,
I cant explain £21.90p
Substitute £21.90p
Anyway anyhow anywhere £43.80p
Baba o' Riley £43.80p
The kids are alright £36.50p
Who are you £43.60p
Good looking boy £43.60P
Behind blue eyes £29.30p
WGFA £72.50p
Pinball wizard £21.90p
Amazing journey £43.80p
Sparks £51.10p
SMFM £29.30p
Chat on stage + The Audience £55.20p

It was all good fun and all the money went to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

IT'S OVER, WHEN IT'S OVER

GARY'S BIRTHDAY WENT DOWN WELL. WE SPENT THE DAY AS A COUPLE (ALA-NO CHILDREN). WE WENT INTO LONDON IN THE AFTERNOON HAD A SPOT OF LUNCH. WE WANDER AROUND CHINATOWN AND HIT THE OLE RECORD SHOPS. IT WAS LIKE LIVING IN THE PAST (ALL OVER AGAIN). WE REALIZED THAT LONDON AND RECORD SHOPS WHERE NOT FOR THE AGED. LIKE US!!!!!!!!! IT WAS TIRING......AND WE STILL HAD THE WHOLE EVENING AHEAD OF US TO CELEBRATE GARY'S 50TH. SO, YADA YADA YADA WE ENDED UP AT THE COMEDY STORE. IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT OUT. IT WAS THE IMPROV NIGHT. IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A LIVE VERSION OF WHO'S LINE IS IT ANYWAY. WE HAD A FEW DRINKS (THE BEER SPILLED ON THE FLOOR-SO ONTO DIET COKES IT WAS FOR GARY, MY RED WINE WAS YUMMY!)

50 YEARS OLD TODAY

50

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HELLO TO ALL YOU FELLOW BLOGGERS
I NEED SUGGESTIONS FAST. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT IT'S THE BIG GAZZA GARY 50TH BIRTHDAY, I NEED IDEAS ON GIFTS AND WHAT TO DO FOR THE BIG DAY. I EVEN E-MAILED PETE AND RACHEL FOR IDEAS. BUT, NO RESPONSE. I GUESS THEY'RE TO WOUND UP WITH THEMSELVES. GOOD LUCK TO THEM! SO, PLEASE TIME IS TICKING FAST.


MELISSA

The spanner and the playgym.

This afternoon I spent 3 hours assembling a playgym for the kids in the back garden.
The assembly accessory pack contained
46x domenuts and nyloc nuts
46x washers
8x plastic bush
4x plastic inserts
4x plastic oversleeves
8x plastic bearings
2x glider brackets
4x legs
20x hexagonal head bolts
4x ground anchors

And 1 Allen key is provided but you will need a 10/11/13mm spanners!!!!!!!!!!! How much extra will it cost to include this in the pack 10p?

Any way its up and it works and then the rain come down.

May 5th 2006. 19 days to go.

Friday May 5th 7.30pm in the evening, the weekend is with us and the only event on the diary this weekend is my 2nd visit this week for my heat treatment at our local hospital.
Another hot day around the same temperature as yesterday but the weekend will be wet just like the last one.
Still waiting for news on Melissa's mum ,so no updates today.

Gary

20 Days to 50.

Started the day off nice and quite at breakfast time, the kids school was closed because of local voting today and all but myself spent a extra hour in bed.

The weather in London was around 25c, that's about 80f.
Why do people still wear winter coats zipped up on the London Underground in this heat?

My day in the office started off with the news of a new computer monitor to replace my 5 year old to be installed this weekend,but from then on just idiots calling every 5 minutes with with stupid questions,the best one was do you have the mobile telephone number for Trevor? my reply was yes its 07768****** and then her response was let me get a pen and paper to write that down! Now please don't get me wrong but if you call someone and you want a answer to a question like the one above why don't you have a pen and paper ready to write down the number ready when you make the call?

Just 3 weeks to go.

Yes just 3 weeks to go and I will be 50 (fifty) years old.

Yesterday evening I went along to our local hospital for some more PUVA light treatment on my skin.
My first session lasted just 12 seconds! Last night it went up to 30 seconds (yes that is 1/2 a minute!) and guess what this morning I am as red as a beetroot and burning.

Still no new news on my mother-in-law's treatment in America.

Gary

Today is Tuesday 2nd May 2006.

The post below is for today May 2nd 2006.

23 Days to go.

Back to work today after a nice long 3 day Bank Holiday Weekend for "May Day".

After looking at today's date it is a year to the day since the first of 4 shows at The Royal Albert Hall London for "CREAM" Clapton/Baker/Bruce. We spent at the time around £280 for 2 tickets face value + booking and postage fees to see the show from the 5th row Arena floor seats.

The kids woke up at 5.30A.M. this morning for some unknown reason just as Melissa finally got to sleep, her head is working overtime with all her problems with her mum, the latest is that her mum will be having chemotherapy twice a week for 12 weeks from early June to late August in New York City and with no one to look after her she may be taking off with the kids to look after her.
The kids school said this will be okay, so we will wait for confirmation.
Life goes on.
Gary.
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The 24 Day countdown.

Yes its just 24 days before my (Gary) 50th Birthday on Wednesday 24th May.
Today Monday 1st May is a Bank Holiday in the U.K.. The weather is cold and damp and it looks like it will rain any minute now! The kids are watching the Disney T.V. channel, I have spent the afternoon in the attic putting winter coats away and trying to find last years summer coats do they hibernate like animals? And Melissa has spent the best part of the day on the Telephone calling America for her mum who is still not coming to terms with her recent operation in New York.

BACK HOME IN THE UK.

We are both back home after a trip to New York City to visit Melissa's Mother in hospital.
The operation was a success but we await reports back from the doctors if further treatment is required .

I'M LEAVING ON A JET PLAN

I'm leaving on a jet plane. My bags are packed and waiting for the Taxi to take the children and me to Heathrow. I hate flying. Yup, after flying around the world, I still hate flying. It's so claustrophobic. Hope there are good films to watch, specially for the kids. Gary is staying home and looking after our tuxedo cat Snuggles. He will be going to the Who convention and selling some new type of Who items. Hope it all goes to plan and everyone has a brilliant day. My love to all.....

YOU ONLY BECAME WHAT WE MADE YOU

Isn't funny how some people like to take and take and not to give back . A friend is a friend and all that crap. Even if their the one who said please let me know if you ever need anything! There are some people whom you write a personal letter to and they get pissed off that you write to them about this and that. It's okay when they're in a lot of bother or have great loses in their life (we did too), and we receive messed up e-mails and take their crap! And tried to help! WITH LOVE. We stand beside our friends through thick and thin! And we listen to this and that and contradictions for years on end. We give up! You know Who you are!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, 4th April 2006 MY MOTHER-MY BEST FRIEND

Just got some devastating news that my mum has bladder cancer. The surgeon said it needs to be removed and she'll have to have a colosomy bag for her wee. I hope she opt's for it, she is 82 and had 5 bouts with the big C in the past. If not chemo and a very short life. How am I to cope! My mother-my best friend. She's been through thick and thin with me! Gosh, being a Psychotherapist doesn't do me any good at this moment in time!
We had Ron Dovey down on Saturday and spent about 6 hours watching some of our old Who video's and having a laugh. A lot of it is unseen to most and we have offered it to Ron so he could show some of them at his convention. Hope he uses the cut up clip of Moonie sing "Do me good, tonight". It's wonderful.

Sunday, Sunday

We woke up a bit late for us (10ish), thanks to the kids as they went downstairs and watched the T.V. Gary made the usual Sunday morning pancakes. They where delicious as usual. Kayleigh and Joshua John Alec have been in their Sunday screaming mode at each other. It really gets on our nerves. Thank goodness we are a bit deaf. Can't believe it after so many years we found about 300 hours of Who footage on video. We had a late night and had a real giggle. We wish we had time to make a montage of silly things that Pete, Roger, John and Keith had said in the past. All lies anyway or drunk stupor issues.

LOVE RAIN OR ME............

Hey, it's another snowy,RAINY and wet day. Why do we live in the U.K.? Because we are stuck in a rut. That's really the answer! We are afraid of change-that's really rich coming from a Psychotherapist......... Spoke to mum today and gosh, getting old is beyond the beyond. Her health is bad. She wants to see another urologist (for the sudden incontinence) and still has to under go two needle biopsies of the breasts. Fun, fun, fun. On The Who front, we have lost the plot or should we say The Who and Bill has. For Bristol there are super Golden VIP tickets at a staggering costs way beyond our means. For the first time ever in our history as Who fans we just are holding our hands up and saying no more..... It's like having a death in the immediate family. You have the same emotions, Loss, Anger, Grief, Denial and than release. Right now we are sad(grief)! And angry, and we keep saying to each other we don't care. But, deep down we do. HOW, can we not care? It's been more three quarters of our life's hobby (and beyond) for both of us, if not more! Heck, we fell in love with each other because of The Who.

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

Kids are just amazing. Yesterday, I picked Kayleigh Rose from school at the usual time. All of us parents load into the playground like sheep to the slaughter. Scary............ Kayleigh comes out of her classroom with this shoebox that has 2 sets of wheels and painted white with embluance(Kayleigh's spelling-she's 7) written on it and a number plate of 999. I asked her why she made an ambulance (for design and technology)and she said it reminds me of you. Great, I do everything for my kids and all she pictures is me being ill all the time. I have been ill on and off but, I take the kids swimming, I play with them, draw with them, sing with them (Behind Blue eyes is this weeks favourite) etc. Go figure.................Off to do the school run again.......

US, WE, ME AND YOU -THE REAL ME..........

WERE NOT GONNA TAKE IT....

We had some good news we didn't need to shell loads of money this year on some charity gigs. We like giving to charity , but not in one go on demand. But, there will be some other expenses on gigs soon anyway. We refuse to go to any gigs that have us standing (we will only attend if we get gold special enclosure seats) for numerous hours only leaving us knackered by the time the band we want to see gets on stage. WERE NOT GONNA TAKE IT...... We will wait to get a copy of the DVD and watch it with home comfort.

WE HAVE A REMEDY

Just another cold day in Essex. Just got my results of my tests. It's confirmed that I have Crohn's. The doctor want's me on conventional meds, and I am going to look for a natural remedy. I need some suggestions and help on this one. Any clues? On a Who note, Ron Dovey called and is panicking about the TCT show's as they have added a Saturday gig. For Ron sake I hope it's not Pete and Roger. Time will tell!

EARLY MORNING COLD TAXI

It's the second day of heavy frost and I'm so sick of defrosting the car at 8.00 am. I put my hands up and chucked the scraper right in the street. My neighbours thought I was lossing the blot. Thank goodness for frost spray! AND GLOVES TOO! School run is so boring and taking your own life and your children's life in danger. Getting on these tiny little roads with these stupid four by four BMW, Porshe's and Range Rovers are taking over our roads. Why do people need them on our roads? The only thing I agree with Mayor Ken Livingstone is to big tax these extra large vehicles. Large cars for little people....................

HERE WE ARE AGAIN.......DIFFERENT DAY

It's Monday morning and Gary went to work and I just got home after doing the school run. We had a busy weekend. Lisa Seckler of New York came over to the U.K. for a visit. Friday night we picked her up at Paddington then drove over to Twickenham and met up with Lisa friend's from the Strawbs in the White Swan Pub on the embankment. Since, Gary and I are not drinkers anymore and none smokers, we hate pubs. Pretty boring these days. We also went to dinner which was a scream (to quote Lisa). Saturday, we spent the day at Camden and shopped and shopped. Sunday, once again we took a very slow drive through London and drop Lisa off at Waterloo to take the train to visit some other friends. It was a fun filled weekend. For sure......... Lot's of old memories-Lotza WHO stories..Lisa and I know each other about 32 years- Thanks Pete for introducing us..(ha, ha). Mum goes back to New York tomorrow and back to normal everyday things until the next visitor. Oh...........to be a Londoner and New Yorker.. What a life................

BACK TO WORK

Back to work today after a 10 day holiday.Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23 YEARS AGO...................TODAY

It was 23 years ago today in Toronto, Canada that we first met at the last Who gig at the city's Mabel Leaf Garden venue. (It was really 1979, backstage at the Capital theatre, New Jersey-go figure and we really don't remember much-the 70's?).
It was the first final tour from the band. Gary traveled from London England and Melissa from New York City.
We met up with a lot of friends(where are they now? Marc Cohen, Jared Houser, Jim Rinaldi, Gooch, Mark Lewkavicz, Ray Skema) from both the USA and Canada on a very cold Friday night for the bands 10p.m. final show to be televised around the world via satellite.
At the end of the show, around midnight we all tried in vain to hail a taxi for a end of tour party but after waiting in sub zero temperature for over a hour we all gave up and went to our separate hotels but we just gave each other a quick kiss, and cuddle (to keep warm , of course) and swapped address and telephone numbers and went our separate ways....But, remained friends and visited each other, over the years. Until, the next Who tour (the second farewell tour) when we both got tickets for shows in London and New York and our romance kick started off once again. Now we are a boring old married couple with two wonderful children, Kayleigh Rose (age 7) and Joshua John Alec (age 3 1/2) and a lovely cat named snuggles.
Twenty three years later and it's still blinking cold, but we keep each other warm. Satellite technology has somewhat improved, put tonight's Rachel & Pete broadcast was a complete NO NO. Not, even a frame or one note! Oh well, back to bed.

WOW

Hey, it was weird being in the Bedford in Balham. It was so smokey! It was great seeing faces from The Who/Pete camp again and some Who friends. Rachel was good as a compare. After hearing her perform her tunes, it changed our minds about "the OTHERS" from the surrounding WHO camp and their music. We are not the usual Who fans that love everything that comes out of a WHO related person (e.g. Pete's cousin, Flash's arse, Roger's cleaner, John's friend, Moonie's publicans etc.). Rachel's voice is very much like Annie Haslam of Renaissance, with a bit of Kate Bush, Cheryl Crow. It's nice to hear lyrics that are about womanly things. And, yes there are many of us who do our housework naked! Pete seemed to be a bit nervous. It was nice to hear him sing and play guitar in a small venue again. We hope Pete keeps with his music and doesn't try comedy.

Balham on Tuesday

With our Passports in hand to cross South of the river,we hope to see all Bloggers at the Bedford Arms on Tuesday night in Bal-ham.

BUTLINS

We have finally done what every other British couple does with two kids that drive them crazy on our (adult) type of holidays. Yup...We are going to Butlins, we are going to Butlins. Pete or Roger better not decided to do a gig when we are away. Hey, we can always drive back.

The first from the gazzas

Hello world and beyond.