tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post1742961839208643942..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Punky Business with Ian DuryBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-87099954689943791772010-02-28T10:30:58.832+00:002010-02-28T10:30:58.832+00:00Read more about Ian in 'Ian Dury: The Definiti...Read more about Ian in 'Ian Dury: The Definitive Biography' by Will Birch <br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ian-Dury-Definitive-Will-Birch/dp/0283071036/Will Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814825192050776654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-65726188299594841192010-01-20T10:15:18.946+00:002010-01-20T10:15:18.946+00:00Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our di...Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our discussions of the comings and goings of the Internet marketing industry. Sure there are times like this when a report surfaces talking about their issues and concerns but, for the most part, we like to talk about big brands and how they do the Internet marketing thing well or not so well.<br /> <br /><br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-76777890127642417722010-01-11T09:05:43.753+00:002010-01-11T09:05:43.753+00:00from Adrian Copping.
Thanks for the review. There...from Adrian Copping.<br /><br />Thanks for the review. There's always been a bit of Ian Dury which repels me and I suspect he'd be pleased with that. At the same time his music and words were part of the soundtrack to my wife and my early relationship. We met in Essex so that helped and much of his imagery is indeed rooted in Essex laddish culture. What always strikes me is that amidst that often very crude imagery there often lurks a voice of truth - Drury seemed to tell it like it is for so many people and, if you didn't change the track in disgust you often actually learnt something. If I read the lyrics today to 'Sex and drugs and rock and roll' I don't like them but, hey, it's a track I still play, and it some strange way it makes me smile - which is what Ian D often did. <br />Somehow he always reminded me of character I knew vaguely around Colchester, Essex in the 1970s. Self-named as 'Flid' (a kind of word-play on an Essex pronounciation of Thalidomide - 'flidmide') Flid had two stumps for arms but chose to make his main purpose in life that of being a rock drummer - and a good one too.<br />Character that stand against rather than for things can seem difficult to deal with but they tell us something indeed as you suggest - and when their own personal story seems to mirror the spirit of the times (it's surely the beige, middle-brow,blandness that punk followed that provided so much of its energy)as it seemed to do in Ian Dury's case it is a powerful thing. <br />I'm looking forward to seeing the film now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-35253449414728492032010-01-11T03:04:17.075+00:002010-01-11T03:04:17.075+00:00Price of a movie ticket - $15
A bishop who likes a...Price of a movie ticket - $15<br />A bishop who likes a movie about a punk legend? - Priceless!<br /><br />We need you in Australia Bishop AlanGreg the Explorernoreply@blogger.com