Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro

I stumbled across this whilst looking for the Ukulele band of GB. Absolutely stunning.

Corn on the internet

Disney Spies

Hmm, intriguing... One of the features I have included on my blog is the ability to track how many people are reading it, and, more importantly, where they come from. Imagine how surprised I was to see I had received the following visitor:

(Disney Worldwide Services Inc)
California, Malibu, United States, 0 returning visits

This gets me thinking, I wonder whether they liked my pitch? They didn't feel fit to leave a comment...

If you are Mr Disney, and you are spying on me, please let me know, then I shall complete my screenplay. I was quite enjoying writing it, even though nobody else thought it was any good...

[Addendum: Apologies for the overuse of ellipses throughout this post...]

Letter from Mark Haddon

Well I didn't expect this. Anybody who doesn't know, Mark Haddon is the writer of "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time". I should point out that the lullaby in question is not the one posted in my last blog. I can't post this one because the lyrics are in copyright. Needless to say, it is good.

dear john,

sorry it has taken me a while to get back to you. we’re in the middle of editing a film. which rather takes over your brain / life / letter-writing time.

many thanks for the audio file of lullaby. it was a wonderful setting.
I particularly liked the metaphorical night-time sea-swell in the lower voices.
so... thank you.
(though I confess I don’t think I shall be able to listen to it with total objectivity not until I have gotten used to the very odd experience of hearing my own words being sung and I can’t see that happening any time in the near future not until I decide to add opera libretto to my eclectic list of genres)

best wishes,

mark