You know...those times when you fucked up good & just being in detention & the like did not cut it...they had to send for your folks. When this happened & it did a few times : ) I just hoped it was Mum.

Anyway, the one time that this did happen & had the most impact on me was when I was 15, & it was in career studies...do you have that these days, must do, but probably has a far more up to date name...or the again maybe not.

Just before this class I had just seen a movie that had changed my life completely, The Godfather...it was the 1st time that I had seen it & I had never known any other gangsters than Capone & the old Black & White films...no this was a fucking whole new ball game...this was amazing, this is what I want...this is where the obsession with the mob started.

So into this was I, that on that day in Careers Studies, when I was asked, '& what do you want to do Shariff ?' without hesitation is replied,

'I want to work for the Mafia sir.' The class erupted...well I was kind of the joker in the class & this has become expected of me...so I was not only playing to my fans, I was pretty serious...well as serious as a 15 year old could be.

'No come on now Shariff, seriously what do you see your self doing ?'

'Seriously sir, I see myself working for the Mafia, that is what I want to do.' ( of course at 15, I did not know you had to be Sicillian, or be of Italian Decent : ) )

'Shariff if you keep this up I am sending you to your housemaster.'

'Well sir, I better go then sir as this is what I want to do.'

Mr Smith shouted at me a bit & then sent me to warm my favourite seat outside the housemasters office...& he was none to pleased to see me....Mr Niam almost sighed as he reached for the phone to call the folks, I could already hear my Mum saying, 'What now'

What made me laugh about this all later that night in my private moments, was how my Mum gave my Pops a dusting for letting me watch the Godfather....so Pop's I really have you to thank for this obsession.

Be Well.

READY TO DIE !
R.I.P. B.I.G.

Be well.

For the Goodfellas & Friends of Ours.

Be well.

WAKE UP !!!

It's Weds...lets shake them up.

Be well

Oh it's Monday...& I am feeling these this morning...

LETS CHANGE THE WORLD !

FIGHT THE POWER !

Enjoy.

Sunday morning...the sun is shining.

Here are my 3 tunes of the day.

Be well.

Yup that's right...

40 years ago today saw the release of The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band.

Side one

1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 2:04
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (mistitled on album label as "A Little Help from My Friends" on early pressings) – 2:46
3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 3:30
4. "Getting Better" – 2:49
5. "Fixing a Hole" – 2:38
6. "She's Leaving Home" – 3:37
7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" – 2:39

Side two

1. "Within You Without You" (Harrison) – 5:07
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" – 2:37
3. "Lovely Rita" – 2:44
4. "Good Morning Good Morning" – 2:43
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 1:20
6. "A Day in the Life" – 5:33

A most excellent album and as you can see some of the more Psychedelic tracks appear on this album...but still for me one of my all time tracks by the beatles is 'Tomorrow Never Knows' fucking banging track !!!

Be well & enjoy...