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So here we are again on a Monday, the start of a brand new week, the sun’s out on a beautiful spring day and I’m struck down with a brand new bug of the common cold variety. With so much to look forward to (we hope ), all my week’s plans are immediately on hold. For a start, no work for today, at least ! No bad thing that really, under the present circumstances. But then I have to miss 5-a-side football from 6 to 7pm  and cricket practice at 8pm. Yes, the season is almost upon us.  OK, to be fair, I’ve got a bruised hip from my Friday footie, so football tonight was a non starter . Maybe I could have got through the cricket practice though.

Anyway, you’ll notice I hope,  that there have been a few more recent changes and additions on the site at which you are now looking !  I’ve done a bit of a revamp to the Jam Night page and of course the collection of photos and videos continues to increase following the recent launch of the new look website. I hope everyone that visits the site is suitably entertained.

You’ll notice from the Gigs page that there’s not a lot about at the moment. Sadly, The Oaks in West Hyde, a popular haunt, has now changed hands and is to become a Restaurant, so not much chance of any music there in future as far as I know.

Well, that’s all for now !  Time to go and find where I left my packet of Lem-Sips. (Ooops – that’s not advertising is it ! ? ! ) That’s if I’ve got any left. I seem to have slurped my way through a few as the day has progressed.

Oh well, hope to see you soon,

BFN,     Rob.

Well, you should because the website has got a new look, as should be pretty obvious if you’ve been familiar with the old one.  There are still ‘works in progress’ so thanks to Joel for his continued efforts on the up-grade.

A quick re-cap of my weekend highlights : I’ve spent the last three evenings in the company of Ed in his various musical guises : Friday at The Oaks, West Hyde with Bookham & Riskit, Saturday at The Prince Albert, Twickenham with Fast Buck and Sunday, Ed solo at The Prince Of Wales, Oatlands. So an enjoyable weekend’s entertainment !

Well, got to go – it’s getting late !

BFN,  Rob.

Hopefully that headline caught your attention !

Photos and videos ( well one video, at least ) are back.  Click on ‘Photos & Videos’ and have a look !  The collection will be expanding in the fullness of time.

BFN,  Rob.

So, what have I been up to lately then ?

Friday night at The Oaks : I took Rosie with me ( for protection ) to see Bookham And Riskit, alias Ed and John, who were playing live in only their second gig together. Very entertaining, especially the Everly Brothers spoof, Cathy’s Gown. Yes Ed’s been writing lyrics again !

Saturday night round at Richard’s : Chinese and ‘Headbanz’ with drinkie poohs and merriment too – Thanks Rich !

Sunday : Rosie not too well unfortunately – either Moose distemper or a bad reaction to anesthetic from Saturday afternoon’s dental surgery. Went over to see Mum – see I didn’t forget it was Mothers’ Day, and then had a bash at practicing new features soon to appear on this website when re-vamped – It won’t be long, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ! ! !

BFN,  Rob.

Today is Day 1 of switch on of my new computer, representing another stage in the upgrade of my website !  As you might imagine I’m at the head-scratching stage at the moment as I try to find my way round some new features.

The website is about to undergo the new changes as threatened previously. The photos have already come off, soon to be followed by the videos, waving bye-bye to You Tube at the same time. Well, all they seem to do of late is put a block on the video clips – a bit like those Cybermen on Doctor Who : “Delete”, “Delete” !

But … over the coming few weeks the site will develop into an action packed mecca for the discerning music punter. You’ ll be witnessing, before your very eyes, more photos and video clips than you ever imagined could possibly be generated from a camera – certainly not before the day film got dumped in favour of digital. There will be loads of stuff ; old, new and in between, from Jam Nights, Riff Raff gigs, me playing solo, Guess, and loads more from my murky musical past …You lucky people ! !

But be patient. It will be a slow process at first until I can get to grips with all the new stuff on this wonderful new piece of computer wizardry. In the meantime keep logging on to see the added stuff as it appears before your very eyes.

And of course, see you at Jam Night at The Middlesex Arms … Every Thursday !

BFN,   Rob.

As they say in cinematic terms : Coming soon … to a computer near you …

… Yes, Rob’s new look web site is on the horizon. Yes folks, the next stage of the up-grade will be here soon – just waiting to get my hands on the crucial new piece of hardware, which shouldn’t be too long now.

The site may be down for a while during the up-grading work, but you can rest assured that the down time will only be as short a time as necessary.  The Revolution starts here – Don’t you know it’s gonna be … alright ! ?

BFN,    Rob.

Hello all you Jam Night fans out there !  It’s your lucky day because now it’s even easier to access the ‘Jam Night’ page on this website. To get to it direct just type in

jam.rkmusic.co.uk and hit the ‘enter’ key.

There’s no need to bother with the www. bit,  and once you’re in, you can still browse round the rest of the site to enjoy all the other goodies contained therein ! !

More changes are in the pipeline so keep logging on !

BFN,    Rob.

“Where are all the photos ?” you may be asking yourself. Well, they’ve been removed as part of the forthcoming up-grade to this site. ( Sort of clearing the way for the scaffolding to go up ! Or in musical terms, getting all of the tatty old backline off the stage to make way for some spanking new Marshalls ! ) But don’t worry, the familiar collection of pics will be back eventually, along with some new ones. The videos may well be disappearing at some stage too. But not to worry, the plan is that they too will return with the addition of some more previously unseen footage.

So, bunches of new stuff is planned for the coming weeks – keep logging on ! And if at first you don’t succeed, keep trying. It shouldn’t be down for too long.

BFN, Rob.

Just found a new hobby … shoveling snow ! It’s exhilarating, except for the aching back and creaking knees afterwards.  The overnight downfall left me snowed in today – one of the disadvantages of living at the end of a cul-de-sac I suppose. I’ve only seen one of my neighbours venture out today and his wheels were spinning and the vehicle was sliding sideways. He got out eventually, though the surrounding roads were pretty un-navigable too !  Still, nice to see some Christmassy scenes when looking out of the window. We’ve got a snowman in the drive now as well.

Anyway, the aforementioned new hobby will be short lived and hopefully everything will be back to normal very soon and the old hobbies, music and football, will continue soon.

All things being equal, Jam Night will be on as usual this coming Thursday -we won’t have snow then … will we ? ? ?  Unfortunately, I missed last week due to a bug.

I was going to go to QPR tomorrow night to see their game against Swansea, but it’s already been called off, and tonight’s 5-a-side footie will be 0-a-side instead !

Last Saturday, I did a solo gig at The Black Horse in Greenford, a private function to celebrate Craig’s 30th Birthday.  I hope Craig and his friends had a good time.  I think they did anyway.

Lastly, an up-date regarding the proposed up-grade of this website : Nothing much happening at the moment !  Still waiting for the right package to become available and then it will be ‘full steam ahead’.

So, until next time …

… BFN,    Rob.

Greetings pop pickers !

Hope you’re over the Christmas / New Year break and now back in the old routine. I know I am.

I was going to QPR this afternoon, but other issues have intervened, not least of which, the weather. A bit snowed in at the moment, so I’m staying in today ! The score at QPR is 0 – 0 at the time of writing, so really riveting !

Jam night started up again on Thursday after the festive break and it was good to see some new faces joining in the fun along with some more familiar friends. Nice to see everyone after the break especially as the temperature was a bit on the baltic side. Don’t forget, jam night is on every Thursday from now on, so see you all there.

As mentioned before, plans are afoot for an up-grade of this web-site. Still not sure when but don’t worry if you log onto a blank screen one day. It won’t be down for long and in any case I’ll be giving as much advanced warning as possible.

So, hope to see you at Jam Night or a gig soon ( see ‘Gigs’ page ).

BFN,     Rob.