Another milestone for the blog.

20,000 visits to our humble little blog!

873 of those have come from China. Nope, I can't work out why, either.

Me? A Tory?

Regular readers might be aware that the TLOGS' huge pianist is not a great fan of David Cameron and his 'Conservative' party. Words like 'scum', 'Europhile' and 'git-faced traitor' have been known to emerge at Cameron's name. Further outrageous and no doubt totally false slurs can be found  here .

Anyway, following this fairly public nailing of colours to the mast, you can image the surpise when this letter arrived.

I think that the fact it was sent by Google, the world's most powerful gatherer of information, makes it particularly ironic.

Legendary doomed expeditions

1. In 1845, Capatin Sir John Franklin set off on a voyage of artic exploration. After becoming ice-bound in the Canadian arctic, he and the entire compliment of 128 men were lost, despite resorting to cannibalism.

2. In 1925, Percy Fawcett, artillery officer and South American explorer, set off into the Brazilian jungle in search of a legendary lost city. The last communcations were from him and his team at the end of May. They all vanished.

3. In May 2013, a charm offensive in the form of two TLOGS and Capt Kidneystones set forth to enquire at a local pub if we were required to play at their beer festival - as we have done so enjoyably for the last couple of years. We were given an enigmatic "Oooh, we like to ring the changes..." We had another pint or two while waiting for the courtesy of a definite 'yes' or 'no', and then realising that we were not to be afforded such a thing, decided to leave. Ho hum.

Update

It has been a quiet few weeks for the TLOGS - hence the lack of posts. Plenty of diligent rehearsing for the wedding, getting Jack fully confident with the setlist. There was a legendary Dave the Dog night in West Meon - complete with dozens of people and a barbeque. Fantastic. Apart from that, it has been the calm before the storm....

Last pic from the Mindy Mash

Many, many people have been asking "When, oh when will we see the picture of the huge pianist with pink fairy wings coming out of his head?" Well, who am I to stand in the way of such a wave of popular demand?

Picture credit: Nosestud Pictures Inc (aka www.aliwarnerphotography.com )

Seen (and heard) on national media....

A half hour Radio 4 show featuring our very own vocalmeister can be heard here. Listen out for the key moment when the presenter of the BBC's premier flagship farming programme has to ask what crop she's standing in. Worth the license fee on its own.

At last - pictures from the Mindy Mash!!

It has taken several weeks of negotiations between TLOGS lawyers and lawyers representing Talk Like a Teenager Pictures Ltd (aka www.aliwarnerphotography.com ) , but it has been worth the effort, for we now have permission to use her pictures of the Mindy Mash.

Here's Dave, looking as cooooool as ever.

John, harmonising as hard as ever.

Ian looking somewhat nonchalant, methinks.

Here's a rarity - a pic of Dan by Ali that doesn't exclusively feature his front upper trouser region.

Here's another one. Maybe not that much of a rarity, then.

Mindy and Tod concentrating frightfully hard.

And in a cellar bar somewhere in Paris (which for some reason has a fairy castle in it.....)

Lovely pics.