Réjouissant! (cheerful)

"Bonjour" was reviewed on this French blog thus:

FRANCIS MACDONALD AND HARRY PYE – SYMPATHY FOR JEAN-LUC GODARD

Francis Macdonald n’est pas que le batteur des légendaires Teenage FanClub , outre ses apparitions avec Bmx Bandits , il compose également des musiques de film et de documentaires pour la télévision et s’est même fendu d’un album de musique classique.

Bonjour , son dernier projet en date est un album composé et interprété avec Harry Pye , artiste touche à tout , chroniqueur , organisateur d’exhibitions et peintre lui-même.

L’album est composé de 10 morceaux  pour la plupart chantés par Francis (Harry intervient sur 3 pièces musicales sur lesquelles il parle de … peinture évidemment). Un album qui chronique la vie , l’art , la perte , l’humour où l’on croise Mondrian , Freud , Mike Love et Jean-Luc Godard ! Réjouissant !

http://www.francismacdonald.com/work-with-harry-pye/

 And now for Google Translate:

Francis Macdonald is not only the drummer of the legendary Teenage FanClub, besides his appearances with Bmx Bandits, he also composes film and documentary music for television and even split from a classical music album.

Hello, his latest project is an album composed and performed with Harry Pye, artist with everything, columnist, exhibition organizer and painter himself.

The album is composed of 10 songs mostly sung by Francis (Harry intervenes on 3 musical pieces about which he talks about ... painting obviously). An album that chronicles life, art, loss, humor where one meets Mondrian, Freud, Mike Love and Jean-Luc Godard! cheerful!

Me and Harry in the gutter, looking at the stars.

Buy it here.

Elsewhere - I enjoyed "England Is Mine". Not everyone loves it and it could easily have gone wrong in different ways, but I settled into it and it pulled me along.

I'm stalling reading "The Days of Anna Madrigal" - I don't want to bid farewell to the Barbary Lane crew just yet. After rewatching this I'm dipping in to Untold Stories...

The very first opera I attended was La Bohème staged by Opera Bohemia in St John's Renfield Church in Glasgow. I was back last night for their production ofThe Pearl Fishers which was grrreat.

I liked this Bruce Forsyth anecdote.