Come on follow the Geordie Boys!!

Two of my favourite Geordies pictured above. Being a Wallsend lad myself it's always heartening to see the Toon represent! All they have they've earned, all the plaudits they get...they deserve. Anyone who thinks what they do is easy is a doughnut! If it looks effortless then they have worked hard to make it look so!
I do wish they'd use some of the cash they're stockpiling to elbow Mike Ashley out and give Newcastle United a bit of compassion, and love, at boardroom level. Alas you can't have everything...well, where would you put it?
Keep on keeping on lads!

Excelsior Out!

Tell us another one, George!

And so the net result of years of austerity is? The need for MUCH MORE AUSTERITY!! Osborne et al are hiding among the usual forest of excuses: global slow down/Labour mistakes/massive overspending etc but the real question is: Are we to be sacrificed on the hubris soaked, ego-altar of a failed economist? It would seem we are.

All advice Osborne has been given, that contradicts his current path, he has chosen to ignore. Right from the get go the cry was "Too Much/Too Soon"; growth needs nurturing not ignoring. To see growth as an inevitable by product of massive cuts is a dangerous fantasy to persist in. The much trumpeted 1% growth recently was entirely down to "special circumstances" (Jubilee/Olympics etc) and IN NO WAY a reflection on government policy. The only reason "triple dip" isn't the current buzzword, is that those who are about to cause it DARE NOT SPEAK IT"S NAME!

Make no mistake Osborne, and his gang of imbecile's, are frogmarching us toward disaster. The ballot box will have to act as our saviour and that day cannot come soon enough.

What I want to know is: Does George Osborne actually think that John Maynard Keynes is the guy who invented WINE GUMS?

Excelsior Out!

RIP Mr David Jones

"Sons of the Silent Age, they never die...they just go to sleep one day"

A legend...gone from our lives but NEVER our hearts. Everything suddenly seems out of synch and off kilter. A powerhouse of creativity and imagination he carried generation after generation of musicians upon his genius...witness the outpouring of universal grief today, lest there be any doubt.

Simon Pegg phrased it well: "To all the broken hearts today, consider this: This planet is over 4 billion years old...and yet you managed to be born in the same era as David Bowie. Take joy from that."

I include my original tribute below:

"In this green and pleasant land we have been blessed, throughout the years, by an abundance of musical genius. It goes in stages, and fads come and go, but we do crank 'em out. 

For me one man stands alone (above Mercury, Lennon and Jagger) for his Burroughs-esque command of language, his unique visual stylings and his pure theatre. 

There is a timeless beauty about him, and his music, that will be studied, debated and loved for as long as their are inquisitive minds, open hearts and rebellious souls.

He is the one classic artist that, as we speak, could revisit ANY of the many characters he has been and re-inhabit them with effortless style, ineffable grace and cool to burn...and that's how i've featured him, reacquainting himself with Aladdin Sane.

Mr Jones, I am not worthy!

Excelsior Out!"

And all the tears in the Universe will never be enough...