Glastonbury

I'm not at Glastonbury. I did though watch the Pretenders performance on TV last night. In a very rockers orientated set, my favourite Pretenders song was a no show.  Released in 1981, during lead singer Chrissie Hynde's relationship with Ray Davies of the Kinks, and written by him many years before. 

   


Here's another by Ray Davies. He wrote it, and gave the song to Dave Berry, who had a hit single with it. The KInks never made a studio recording for release. This is live from a session for the BBC. 

Grenfell

Full list of landlord Tory MPs who voted against making properties 'fit for human habitation'

To expand on that, here is the complete list of MP's who voted. ( Scroll down ).

https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm160112/debtext/160112-0003.htm

In addition to the former Prime Minister David Cameron, every single member*  of the current Westminster Cabinet voted against forcing landlords to ensure that properties they rent out are fit for human habitation.         *bar Liam Fox, not present (?)

That is...

Theresa May, Damian Green, Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson, David Davis, Michael Fallon, Jeremy Hunt, David Mundell, Alun Cairns, James Brokenshire, Pritti Patel, Karen Bradley, David Gauke, Patrick McLoughlun, David Lidington, Justine Greening, Greg Clark, Michael Gove, Chris Grayling,

Local to me in Somerset, this man, Jacob Rees-Mogg.... 

And in Scotland.....

Learning To Play Piano

Chords and scales on the left. Keyboard on the right. 

I'm not really a two phone person. I run my life very much on a budget, stay away from contract phones, and use a sim-only contract for airtime. I dislike using cheap phones,  so tend to go for 2 or 3 year old high quality devices. 

The phone on the right is a Nokia Lumia 830 which plays the 'My Piano Phone' app very well.The one on the left is a Moto G. 

The Moto is a rather good budget phone. As such , I broke my normal rule of thumb about phones, and bought it s/h to try out as a possible replacement for the Lumia. Unfortunately, as usual, after a while, one realizes why a budget  phone is exactly that. Hiccups, pauses, mediocre audio. And it also reminded me that I don't particularly enjoy using Android phones. They always feel like a clunkily assembled assortment of unconnected apps. Whereas the Lumia, with the Windows Phone system, has a smooth, flowing, integrated feel.

So, the Moto will  go soon. For now, I'm using it for the 'Piano Chords & Scales' app.

Why replace the Lumia ? 

When Microsoft took over the phones division of Nokia, they went down the budget route, and brought out a bunch of cheap phones, and no interesting high quality devices. Android phones already had the budget territory well covered, so sales dropped. Microsoft lost interest, so have app developers, sales dropped further. Now Microsoft are concentrating on making the Windows Phone system into a business-orientated one. 

I need a device with some more flexibility than that.