Connie Francis

Cergy dans le Val d'Oise is a suburb to the north west of Paris. Its railway station sports the largest clock in Europe.

Another view.

From inside

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Currently listening to:

Connie Francis singing "I will wait for you" which features in a new advert for O2 on television.

Unbelievably, the recording is not available on iTunes, although someone has uploaded it to youTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASEeevh2r60

I'd forgotten the sheer number of hits she had back in the 50s/60s: Stupid Cupid; Whose Sorry Now; Lipstick on your Collar.

I'd also forgotten what a great "pop" voice she had.

Connie Francis - still going strong.

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Last Night's Dinner:

Lasagne and fried veg.

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Currently reading:

More online stuff:

This time on Aristotle and his 10 Categories:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-metaphysics/

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Miscellany:

As should be clear from this blog, I'm  completely committed to contemporary electronic music.

However, try as I might - and I have tried and will go on trying - I'm completely underwhelmed by the contemporary visual arts.

There is a city-wide international festival of the visual arts in Glasgow at the moment: "Glasgow International".

I've visited a few of the venues and this afternoon went to the Tramway Museum to see a few more.

Verdict: yet another tedious display of thin video installations and objects.

I just don't get it. Are they taking the piss and running all the way to the bank? (The latter is unlikely, I suspect.) Is it a case of The Emperor's New Clothes?

I just don't know. Perhaps the failing lies with me.

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The Emperor's New Clothes

Here are the lyrics to the song made famous by that great American star, Danny Kaye:

 "The King's New Clothes"

This is the story of the King's new clothes:
Now there was once a king who was absolutely insane
about new clothes and one day, two swindlers came to
sell him what they said was a magic suit of clothes.
Now, they held up this particular garment and they
said, "Your Majesty, this is a magic suit." Well, the
truth of the matter is, there was no suit there at all.
But the swindlers were very smart, and they said, "Your
Majesty, to a wise man this is a beautiful raiment but
to a fool it is absolutely invisible." Naturally, the
King not wanting to appear a fool, said,

"Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine! Look at the cut, the
style, the line!
The suit of clothes is all together
But all together it's all together
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever
seen.
These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of
green.
Somebody send for the Queen."

Well they sent for the Queen and they quickly explained
to her about the magic suit of clothes. And naturally,
the Queen not wanting to appear a fool, said,

"Well, isn't it oh! Isn't it rich! Look at the charm of
every stitch!
The suit of clothes is all together
But all together it's all together
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever
seen.
These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of
green.
Summon the court to convene."

Well the court convened, and you never saw in your life
as many people as were at that court. All the
ambassadors, the dukes, the earls, the counts, it was
just black with people, and they were all told about
the magic suit of clothes. And after they were told
they naturally didn't want to appear fools and they
said,

"Isn't it ohhh! Isn't it ahhh! Isn't it absolutely
wheee(whistle sound)!
The suit of clothes is all together
But all together it's all together
The most remarkable suit of clothes a tailor ever made.
Now quickly, put it all together
With gloves of leather and hat and feather
It's all together the thing to wear in Saturday's
parade.
Leading the royal brigade."

Now Saturday came and the streets were just lined with
thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people, and
they all were cheering as the artillery came by, the
infantry marched by, the cavalry galloped by. And
everybody was cheering like mad, except one little boy.
You see, he hadn't heard about the magic suit and
didn't know what he was supposed to see. Well, as the
King came by the little boy looked and, horrified,
said,

"Look at the King! Look at the the King! Look at the
King, the King, the King!
The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
He's all together as naked as the day that he was born.
The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
It's all together the very least the King has ever
worn."

All the courts positioned to call an intermission
His majesty is wide open to ridicule and scorn

The King is in the all together
But all together the all together
He's all together as naked as the day that he was born.
And it's all together too chilly a morn!

Danny Kaye