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Relax , Recharge Then Write
Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon This afternoon I had a very relaxing experience. I am not at work til Wednesday and did not log on to Facebook this morning. As very few of my Vocal friends are on this side of the Atlantic no one missed me because they were asleep.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Humans
One of the Finest Authors You Have Never Read
Possibly last millennium my friend Steve Kirby, drummer with the band I played with “Spoon” (not the famous Spoon) lent me a book called the Day of Judgement by an author called Daniel Easterman called “The Day of Wrath”. I am not one for what might be termed “political thrillers” but this grabbed me by turning the expected stereotypes completely upside down.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Lifehack
From The Underworld
I was chatting with my Muse and “From The Underworld” by The Herd came on the player. I thought that would be a perfect for a poem for her given our love of Greek Mythology. The story of Orpheus and Eurydice came to mind which you can read here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Poets
The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads
In 2001 Lift To Experience released their debut album “The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads”. It’s playing as I write this. I read a review of the album in some magazine. It was album of the week or month but was filled with superlatives about the album.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
The Joy Of Sharing
Sharing Your Facebook Friend's Vocal Stories Yesterday I got a Facebook notification that my name had been mentioned, so I went to check up on it and was shocked in the most beautiful way by what was said about me as Lena Beana shared one of my stories. It was one of my fiction stories that you can read here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Motivation
How To Win The Lottery and Make money on Scratch Cards
This is a vague experiment on clickbait , Search Engine Optimisation (acronymed to SEO) stolen from my Seven Days In blog (It’s my most read story with almost two thousand reads and you can read the original here.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Gamers
How Many Words?
Nine months ago I published my first Vocal story “Coincidentally ... Ken Nordine” which I had lifted from my blog Seven Days In. It has had 40 reads logged against it, that is an average of one read per week. My least read piece has four reads partially because I never shared it on Social Media because it was such a downer piece but I need to get it out of my system and it sits there now as a warning of how not to be.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Journal
Eddie Has Left The Building
Encountering Meatloaf in The Rocky Horror Picture Show The first time I had an encounter with Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – Left This Mortal Plane January 20, 2022), was watching the excellent musical Richard O’ Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” featuring Tim Curry as the sweet transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter - A Scientist and Meatloaf as Eddie, an Ex Delivery Boy on a Motorcycle with only half a brain who met his comeuppance with a pick axe.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
