Smokey 1941 hr

Evening Smokey.

P.S. I can exclusively reveal that despite the continuing grey weather of last week and the pile of indoor chores, the blip for the next day will not be of Smokey.

L.
27.2.2014

Blip #1191
Consecutive Blip #053
Day #1430
Smokey #212

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Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Working Week featuring Julie Tippetts - Storm Of Light (1984)
As Wikipedia tells us, "Working Week were formed in 1983, by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins, out of the ashes of the proto New Wave jazz-pop band Weekend, which ceased to exist when singer Alison Statton left to become a schoolteacher. Weekend also paved the way for other Brit jazz-pop bands that followed such as Everything But The Girl and Swing Out Sister. The duo released their debut single Venceremos - We Will Win the following year, a tribute to Chilean protest singer Victor Jara featuring vocal contributions from Robert Wyatt and Tracey Thorn from Everything but the Girl. It became the band's sole entry in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #64. Singer Julie Tippetts provided vocals for the follow-up Storm of Light."
Julie Tippetts was formerly Julie Driscoll, before her marriage to Keith Tippett, the jazz pianist and composer (whose born name is Keith Tippetts).
A 2CD compilation of their best work arrived in the post on this day, along with an album by Weekend, featuring Alison Statton.