Population: 276,334

The submitter commented, “Brighton and Hove are basically two separate settlements with different identities, which just happen to be two halves of a single city.”

Remnants of the West Pier at sunset, Brighton, Sussex

Chris Andrews SONG OF THE WEEK: “Standing in the Rain” https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/standing-in-the-rain —A rock’n’roll torch song, cut in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis or Freddy Fender, and sung with British verve by Chris Andrews—a singer-songwriter and recording artist whose songs have been covered by Roger Daltrey, David Essex, and Davy Jones (Monkees). Under the name Tim Andrews he was a champion of late 60s psychedelic pop and (later), as Kris Ryder, he released New Wave synthpop sides in the 80s. Chris was also part of the seminal freakbeat band Fleur de Lys. “Standing in the Rain” is one of Chris’s more recent sides (don’t forget your umbrella)…

#torchsong #rocknroll #piano #JerryLeeLewis #FreddyFender #chrisandrews #rogerdaltrey #davidessex #davyjones #monkees #fatsdomino #littlerichard #rain #singersongwriter #britpop #clout #umbrella

Days go by

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Pampas Grass

Good morning

An unassuming bush, in the front garden of a house in Hove.

It’s probably had someone throw up over its roots.

Yet it survives.

The next day I wake up to a dull sky and am full of pain. I make tea, feed the dog and take pain killers. 

By this time the sky has brightened. It’s Saturday so I consider a more ambitious walk, with Vivienne perhaps, and message her. But I know that if I just leave the house and walk locally the movement and air will help me right now, so I get up, wash and dress and help Lola into her harness. 

There is nothing quite like the enthusiasm of a dog.

We step out into the street and she takes me towards Hove Lawns. There are runners there - it is an event. I keep her on lead and we pick our wan through the crowd. It’s still no dogs allowed on most of the beach until the end of this month, but there are a couple of sections we can use. The tide is out, and it is so early, so chilly, and enough out of season that there are only dog walkers and dogs on the beach. Often there are swimmers too, but not today. I take a photograph of the yellow buoys arranged in a string along a section of the water opposite. They catch the sunlight and I take a photograph. The sea looks beautiful, but not inviting. The dog gambols about, finds a stick and settles. I continue to listen to Writing Down the Bones and enjoy the warmth of my headphones cushioning my ears. 

The runners are not in full spate. They jog, they walk, they stand around talking. They use the railing that separates the promenade from the beach to stretch against. Two people on the beach side use TRX bands looped around the rail to exercise their upper bodies. I don’t know if they are runners or not, lots of people exercise here and in the parks. 

When we head back across the Lawns we mount the steps up to Adelaide Crescent which overlooks the promenade there. As we approach the grass I see a woman with three dogs; a Border Terrier, a Pug and a Westie. I am unsure how Lola will behave. I take off my headphones and let her off the lead. She bounds in and greets them and I say hello to the woman. We walk and talk. Very often dog walkers really only talk about their dogs and there’s a kind of ease in this well rehearsed small talk. The other thing is that we rarely walk together for long, so when she leaves for Palmeira I stay. Lola eats grass on the bank and I take a seat on a bench. Adelaide Crescent is one of my favourite spots in Brighton, the curve of which echoes the waist and hips of a woman, so the terrace bulges out as it leaves the rectangle of Palmeira and then moves back in creating a visual of three different kinds of curves - the crescent itself, the description of the curve out, then another curve back in leading to the hip. Sickert painted the view of it from the Lawns, standing between the architectural wave and the actual waves behind him.

Mutch & Robilliard (B 1981), TV Fridge Pepper Hove, 2022

West Beach and Pier

Hove, Brighton, Sussex

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Chris Andrews SONG OF THE WEEK “Dance Latina” https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/dance-latina

—A salsa-fied synthpop song that was a sequel (of sorts) to “Amore,” the song Chris wrote for Davy Jones (Monkees), who performed both songs in concerts in 2010-11 with flamenco dancer Jessica Pacheco onstage. Chris is a British singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by Roger Daltrey, David Essex, and others. To hear more go to…

#latinpop #salsa #synthpop #latina #dance #amore #davyjones #monkees #flamenco #jessicapacheco #britpop #ChrisAndrews #singersongwriter #rogerdaltrey #davidessex #HoveUK

Brighton

Not a face today but a piece of digital art representing my home city of Brighton & Hove.

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