The vision is akin to lott of others past and present. It flows through us it leads us to places to extinguish and implode. I turned it off. That pleasure of not knowing. Who we follow and why them.
I weep easily. I can not hold those tears. It simply is not for me to do. Sometimes we write tears instead of weeping. It it is a tradition of subterfuge. The point of the pen and paper the keyboard and the black lines in whatever formation. In our Animal kingdoms.
Chester Himes was not the good guy or the kool bad guy. He did his time. But not in the way one would accept. A form of serendipity salvaged his career. He would have wrote anyway in some shape or form. As writers must write whether in obscurity or in the spotlight.
The artist above is Griffi. She makes these things goes with a flow…symmetry and the use of variant disciplines. A link to her internet link…I think artist’s like she would do the art with or without internet.
Hand to hand there I am. Somewhere black hands and those rainbow birds like in a Dream time. There is you and I and our whole family. Joy’s tears and laughter.
We know till everybody is free no one can be free.
Chk the song above from our youtube channel and the vids section of this website…
Hitt us up for shows in obscure and other venues and suchlike we are around….
Uncle Nutts always told me to not mention “the P word”. Of course he orchestrated “there has been such horror done there Babar,you don’t want to know.” and…..
“Accept things as they are”. I was told , “some people dont get to eat the cake or see the cake or smell the cake. He said “you have to forget about those outside the door crying screaming for a slice of that cake”.
“LET IT GO Babar” uncle Nutt’s pleaded with me ……for a “Easy life”.
Uncle Nutts R.I.P. tried to protect me. He was also a big inspiration for the fictional character based on him John Brute aka Babar Luck. The last full band album we made.
There you go we in our decadent powerful nations get to eat the cake and enjoy the cake and possibly have two slices. Whilst most in his world don’t get to even see the cake smell it or even take pictures of it.
For some it is the fire inside them…..below a track from our electric rock band East End Trinity above me looking like a ghost……
Above some serious fun and a pleasure to play Seamus birthday at the fighting Cocks in Kingston upon Thames the bands and the peoples had a great time. Not many humans as nice as Seamus. He also knows some very interesting humans the song below is from a song called Rastaa that is Hindi meaning “the way”.
not many humans understand that fact. Linguistics and words come from History or imagination…. Those who were divided and brutalized in the British Empire used their language to Brutalize and oppress those in the Empire. Those Rastaa’s I met who believed in the prophet Haile selassie and their quest for a Black God told me.
“It takes a lot to laugh,it takes a train to cry…” Bob Dylan That’s a lyric and a song by Bob Dylan from 1965…..People who like me some of them like Dylan and some of them don’t.
When I was a child I studied some of his lyrical content like many of my musical God’s Steve Harris Steve Marriot James Hetfield Joe Strummer Joni Mitchell Pete shelley Peny Rimbauld …..I love those God’s as well I mention those ones …..I have many others ….. below a song inspired by folk music and me Irish “uncles”
Above a poster for a private show in the future and we LOOKING for shows in 2025. Also R.I.P. Riskee is gone one of those names above knew him better then me and I know others who knew him better then he I knew him as a family friend…
influences…….mine….some….John lee hooker chuck berry Fat’s Domino Ravi shankar Mahmoud Rafi Fela Kuti Chuck D Ice Cube Nina Simone Maya Angelou Gill scot heron Phil lynott Linton kwesi Johnson Charles Mingus Louise Armstrong Count Basie Thelonious Monk Mile Davis Sun Ra Lata Mangeshkar Elgar Lizt Bartok Bach Mozart and yes a 100 others…..
That bloke above keeps things simple. He is a trainee Brute dare I say and that a back handed compliment….and in a sense dont we all have to turn a blind eye or do we? below one of me “evergreen” Luck classicks……
That again is choice we have to make. We have to sleep. If you hear the screams of those pesky humans wanting cake u have options
….I suggest get some headphones or ?!!!! …..anyways till next time
chk our latest hightlight on our youtube channel and new song from our new album of that world citizen folk band sound chk the song chk the channel a thumbs up or positive comment be appreciated if you like
Contentment. Is more then just a passing fancy. It is constant quest. Only when one looks back on what was before one can assess how we are. The best men yes that’s more appropriate or the best Old men. When one is young as the creator of the drawing is,whoever is above their eye level is old. Yes we are totally comfortable with that. To always go forward we have always done that. We earned our age.
Saw some dear brethren who both like to hold the stage. Boika Esteban those familiar with these slog/blogs will know he is a Academic who is the leader of the Etruscan Caribbean Liberation Army for planet earth. Thought child of Derek walcott a thumbprint of a star the bullet in the gun at all stupidity . I learn from him. Some links to his vast creations. The creator of the picture is the creation created with Serena who is also amazing.
The above link. The third solo album from the Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. A founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven(who did some amazing albums) and has been involved with acts such as Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, Mark Lanegan and The Desert Sessions, both as a musician and as a producer…..What make me smile is a thousand years ago the original guitarist from Red hot chili Peppers and their bass player (who at that time was playing trumpet) was in one of his formative bands.
A note to say been really enjoying Chester Himes writing a true gem of a writer. Never made any noise whilst alive. He did serve some time inside prison and was way ahead of the ordinary. A hard life he had. The above book deals with his time in Prison. Most famous for crime comedy type caper which also got made into a film….A Rage in Harlem.
We have done more shows then we even can think about somewhere in the region of “too many” or “far too many”. I will keep playing Live for another three years. Like to still play live. I enjoy playing with my bands. Solo I also love but it can go insane as “the filter is off” and I don’t care if I entertain or annoy the audience.
A bit more animal magic. The sweet puppy called Brixton.
A gentle prod we are looking for “well payed shows” (meaning when we get home after show we have surplus cash to pay musicians our bloodlines bills get food possibly a treat or two possibly save some money to record more music pay producers and studios…u get my drift? …DARE I SAY).
We have two wonderful musicians Joining us for a special day that band is called “Babar Luck & the 420’s” Fab on bass mr.Dortmund on percussion (to assist promoters I simply put Babar Luck on all shows those interested will chk my nett presence and inquire how will Babar Luck be?..we are not the usual creative…)SO The Fighting cocks Kingston upon Thames KT2 6QA 18.5.25
A chap called Seamus asked me to play and he is a lovely chap it is his birthday we have some wonderful TOP bands who do play electric rock punk as well as other Indie alt noises. 18.5.25 Come along 1st band 3pm …..
All our music is on one platform https://babarluck.bandcamp.com/ check investigate. One can always get all the news and the latest from our website.
Reality. It is a cruel world.
Nature is amazing.
We have to try and protect mother earth and slow down the machine which is all powerful and controlled by angry cold blooded humans.
Our moral duty to stand with speak for the oppressed throughout the world and make sure we speak truth to power. AS we live in privilege and have the ability to speak suggest cajole persuade and bring about change.
Cute dog. Great wknd just gone. Happy Easton Bristol days.
Wow. China has a snooker world champion. About time. Takes time. I was told when young that it will never happen by many white English men …. I hoped they were wrong.
Then,there was a brown British snooker world champion in 1986 Joe Jonson. He used to wear flashy shoes. From Bradford he was.
Then there was a Belgium snooker champion. Luca Brecel. Change happens…slowly.
Above a dog that belongs to Polly. Who is dear friend of the violinist in world citizen folk band. We played in Easton Bristol uk wknd gone.
The ruling elites the structure is the same universally whatever wherever. The environment the culture the people. I am sure one day we shall have even more diversity in snooker champions.
We are not good at taking pictures. I am the only one looking good in that picture I scribbled over the faces. That was the wknd gone in Bristol. Clayton Blizzard is also pictured he is a Celtic soul brother of mine.
Well done to that chap Zhao Xintong who beat his Idol Ronnie O Sullivan in the snooker world championships.
Sport is a very political and serious business. Serious.
Below mr Dortmund who played cahoun on the wknd gone in Bristol. He proudly displaying a T shirt for that festival we played. It has me name on it. Babar Luck. Mr. Dortmund is also “cuzz keith”. Easton Punk Festival 2025 it was.
Anarchy and chaos. Lemmy the famous Easton entrepreneur we discussed how that’s essential to any festival. Particularly a Punk one. Penguin also came to see the show with his partner Robin. Mr. Dortmund and Penguin Play in a band from time to time called Blacklisted Mc.
Sport I study the ins and outs of it. It fascinates me. It is easier then talking directly about humanity and its cruelty and wars and degrees of Genocide recent and old in parts of this world…..People get emotional and defensive. They like to think things are rosy in their garden…..
Above a Bowling green where English white people play bowls. In that picture if one magnify’s it there are two teams. What made me chuckle was the colour of the colored shirts kind of Jamaican colors …(almost)
I am sure with time there will be some people of a darker hue playing English Balls. I am sure it will be a happy occasion when it does happen.
Joy’s to look forward to. Possibly that cute dog is having a happy dream about that in that picture below.
So yes live love be loved and be brave as one can.
we are looking for more shows. Do hit us up. Ask me or ask for me. It is all appreciated.
We have a new album to come out this year the first single from it is exclusively on our youtube channel. chk it out. It is by Babar Luck’s World citizen folk band and the song is called “world Gone way over crazy”. give it a thumbs up share it pass it around ///////
