The Original Drifters

Armet Ertegun...ever heard of him? Perhaps not the name but his influence spanned far and wide. There is a great chance you would have heard and danced to at least one of the songs from his label, Atlantic Records. In fact it was Armet that influenced Led Zep so much that in 2007 they reunited for the first time in bloody ages to do a concert in his memory.

Anyway I'm getting distracted. A friend of mine had her picture taken with Ray Lewis of the Drifters at her Marbella hotel the other week. Nice guy, great voice but not of the original lineup, and not in the Drifters when they had all their successes. Something I modestly pointed out in the photo comments. She replied 'well he's part of the Original Drifters group and was a lovely bloke.' Yes, he is part of the group the Drifters which now goes around hotels and small arena venues under the name The Original Drifters but not the original Drifters lineup. Made me feel rate annoyed it did. I was going to re comment but thought it was best to leave sleeping dogs lie and all that stuff.

Armet didn't choose Ray Lewis.

First for a while and the last

for a while, anyway. I'm not quite ready for leaving the blog-o-sphere yet and am still strongly considering a half memoir project next year describing my experiences as a lay Catholic man in state-run education.

My boss is really annoying me at the minute. She sends me things she has written then writes all over them and expects me to change them. I'm not her secretary. There are 3 working days left in the office for me including this one and there's no letup either! I have to do the same boring run of the mill routine jobs before I leave. My Mum keeps reminding me "there's only X days left, stay with it, don't ruin it now." The thing is, I've written so much for my exit interview that if anyone actually reads it before I leave then I'll probably receive a hard kick up the posterior. The text read, "This is your opportunity to provide COMPANY with a considered view of your mission and raise key issues." Before this it reads "your exit interview will be circulated to your line manager, divisional director, the director of people management and the Director of COMPANY." So I may not get invited to corporate drinks receptions either! Never mind; these are the times when you can really upset the apple cart and considering my Granny Smiths have never toppled I supposed my parting shot should be a good'un.

And I never came across as bitter, did I?!