"Hellooo! I say...Ding Dong girls!"

Just a flimsy excuse to post a shot of comedy GOD, Leslie Phillips. 

When I was a kid I thought he was the smoothest dude alive. Great at charming the ladies and always ready with a genius quip! 

Now I'm knocking on and he's STILL the smoothest dude alive...and still charming the ladies! Both inspirational role model and laugh out loud funny man! Splendid!

Excelsior Out!

"Say hello to my little friend..."

Al Pacino is his own creation! A pocket dynamo capable of quiet tenderness and explosive violence, sometimes within the same scene. After graduating from the Lee Strasberg run "Actors Studio", his first significant movie role was as a heroin addict in 1971's "Panic in Needle Park". 

This brought him to the attention of Francis Ford Coppola, who was searching for talent for a little movie called "The Godfather", the rest is history! Some of my favourite (less lauded) Pacino performances are: homosexual bank robber Sonny in "Dog Day Afternoon". His compelling portrait of man caught in the teeth of an impossible situation is faultless. 

His crusading, liberal lawyer Arthur Kirkland in "And justice for all" is another beautifully drawn character. Beset on all sides by turmoil, Kirkland bounces between humour and tragedy like a manic superball; the final courtroom scene is a "Pacino-Hurricane". 

Finally, my favourite Pacino turn, John Milton AKA "The Devil" in "The Devil's Advocate". Something that could've been ridiculous in lesser hands, becomes a wild, tragi-comic tour-de-force with Pacino's spectacular energy holding it all together. Breathtaking! All together now...."HOO-HAA!". 

Excelsior out!

Mount Rushmore

"Go ahead, Punk! Make my day!"

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A Capital idea!

Another in the series "Scenes we'd like to see". I'm a big fan of Capital Radio's  Breakfast show, hosted by Johnny Vaughn and Lisa Snowdon, I did this as a little nod to them both. Plus Lisa has one of the sexiest voices on the planet so I had to get this image out of my system!!

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Where the mind is without fear.

One of the greatest poems ever written. 

I heard Martin Sheen read it on "Inside the Actors Studio" and it blew my mind. 

Nourishment for the spirit, replenishment for the soul.

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England's dreams of passion...thwarted!

An image created in hope rather than expectation. Another campaign of thwarted dreams and stunted ambitions...here's to 2014!

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Hail, hail, rock and roll.....

And as a companion piece to Jimi....here's Chuck!

Excelsior Out!