A smile in the sky

Somebody up there was happy with today's footie result....

Go The Hammers!!

It would seem that today is a critical day in determining the Hammers fortunes for another year..... Keep us posted here as to their fate!

Music - Please Comment!

Ok where to start.... We all know how much Bri loved his music - listening, collecting, playing, writing and discussing it over a cup of tea right through the night. His taste was nothing if not eclectic, and having looked through his collection it would probably put most of us to shame.
I really wanted to provide a forum for anyone to comment on songs that remind them of Bri - whether you knew a favourite of his (however embarrassing), or whether a song just reminds you of him. It could be a reminder of a special time or a song that has come to mean something to you since we've been without him; memories of childhood or something new you'd be wanting to discuss with him.

I started to jot down a few of my own, and 4 months later I'm still writing them down.... So for me, these are some of the songs, artists or themes that encapsulate Brian:

Bright eyes (Manics or Art Garfunkel); Motorcycle Emptiness; Jon & Vangelis; Carly Simon's voice; Quad Mod; Power of Love - FGTH; These Dreams - Heart; Boys of Summer - Don Henley; We are the World; Babybird; Jeff Buckleigh; Richard Hawley; Rita Coolidge; Wichita Lineman; Specials; Trojan Box Sets; Female vocalists in general!; The Sundays; Althea & Donna; Kurt Cobain; G&R Patience; Take That - Patience; Spice Girls - 2 become 1; Maria McKee - Show me Heaven; Crowded House; Adiemus; Bling; Bowie; Atomic Kitten; Stylistics; The Love Album; 80's slow tapes - Foreigner, Boston, Chicago; Susannah Hoff; East 17; Suzanne Vega; Jem - Wish I; Mel & Kim - Showing Out; Swing Out Sister - Break Out; Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall; Kirsty McColl; LL Cool J; Aha - Take On Me; America - A Horse With No Name; Christy Moore - Ride On; Neil Young; Snow Patrol; Beatles - so many inc Across the Universe; Norwegian Wood...; Simon & Garfunkel - For Emily Wherever I May Find Her; Kelis; Kraftwerk..... and on and on.....

In the spirit of rembering him this is all a bit rambling and all over the place - and I'm proud that there's so much 80s tosh that clearly reminds me of him. Believe me, even if you didn't know him then - these were some of his faves!

So whenever you hear a song on the radio, or something pops into your mind that just makes you think of the lovely boy, please share it on here.

Thanks x

For the texts you want to send.....

or some of them anyway!
After wanting to text him about Tori Amos on Graham Norton the other night, the UK entry in tonight's eurovision and much much more.... I decided I would post here instead!
Clearly there are many texts we would have sent which will never see the light of day, but please feel free to share any that you wish...