Quintin Jardine's blog

Today it’s Slipstream, by Bonnie Raitt. Forty-two years on and she’s still cutting it. Sexuagenarians rule, okay!

Moved on now, to something more conducive to creative thinking that the mind-scrambling SAHB. Rhythm Sessions, by Lee Ritenour; fine guitarist who lets you know he’s there without being too intrusive.

School’s Out. No, not the original, but the great alternative version by the great Sensational Alex Harvey Band; ‘And remember, boys and girls, don’t pish in the water supply’.

NIce day yesterday; 1200 words on the new book, a snooze in the sun, then picked up La Mia from summer school and went to the beach. Today’s plan is much the same, but we’ll go to a different beach. Montgo is just too crowded at this time of year.

I’ve been saying for years that Peter Capaldi would be one of my top choices to play Bob Skinner on screen. Now he’s been announced as the next Doctor Who, I’m thinking; too bad I don’t write sci-fi.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22885969

This makes me glad I gave up eating red meat some time ago.

Cool choice this morning, dug out from the back of the library. A Case of You, by Herbie Hancock. Download it if you dare.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23558360

Prisons run by inmates? In principle, that seems like a good idea. I always thought that Escape from New York was a blueprint for the future, rather than just a movie.