#ivor davis

[muzaktomyears]

My first tenuous efforts to strike up some kind of relationship with Ringo fizzled out. I made an overture early on, during the two-and-a-half-hour flight from Las Vegas to Seattle, hoping to open some lines of communication. I must confess I knew very little about him at that time because I had been thrust onto the Beatles scene with barely a few hours' notice. So I approached the assignment with flimsy knowledge about the band in general. I was a bit of an expert on the world of soccer however, and I decided to break the ice by talking about the glorious Liverpool Football Club. After all, I assumed, everyone in Liverpool had football coursing through their veins. Not so. A glazed look came over Ringo's eyes - it was as if I had brought up the price of Chicago pork bellies. Ringo - and, it turned out, the rest of the Beatles - were totally uninterested in football. I went back to my seat.

The Beatles and Me on Tour, Ivor Davis (2014)

[ceofjohnlennon]

GOYS.

[beatlesradioshows]

Beatles, Chris Carter, Jan 21, 2024. Download

Guest: Ivor Davis

[terminusantequem]

Ivor Davies (British, b. 1942), Study of a Female Nude Reclining, 2007. Pastel on paper, 26 x 23 cm

[wellntruly]

"Sassoon, Siegfried." "Sounds Wagnerian."

Benediction (2021), dir. Terence Davies

[didilysims]

Pine Lake Farewell: Thomas

Pine Lake finally got a military base, so Sam ended her furlough and packed up the family to boot camp. Her past experience and high skill helped her to move quickly up the ranks and soon they were enjoying the view from the comfortable officer quarters. Even in times of peace, senior officer doesn’t have much free time, but in the little she finds, Sam enjoys tinkering on an old car with her boys.

Aldric’s name was becoming widely known as a headliner during the base’s construction, and once Sam re-enlisted, he was offered a job as chief of the base’s entertainment. It wasn’t long before the military stage became the destination for a good night out...for military personnel and civilians alike! He and Charlie made sure to meet up every few seasons to catch up and share laughs about life in the limelight. He made a decent effort to stay in touch with his brother’s family too, but life took them in different directions so the cousins were never particularly close.

Ivor grew up more in his father’s footsteps, loving the spotlight, and less so the exercise machines. He did enjoy spending time with Mum on the old car, though, and was proud to drive the beater around, even if they could use much fancier vehicles whenever they liked...including the helicopter.

Caleb was the complete opposite of his brother, growing up into a total fitness nut. He met Georgia Newson through the cross country club, and they’ve been an item ever since.

[senso1954]

benediction (2021), dir. terence davies

[mariocki]

The Saint: Portrait of Brenda (6.19, ITC, 1969)

"The question of your departed friend; I hope I helped."

"Unfortunately, my friend died in a rather tragic and unnecessary way."

"A wasting disease?"

"No, it was much more sudden. A knife - in the back."

[thegrazingblacksheep]

The Ivor Davies - Canton, Cardiff

Oh Ivor Davies, bless you. 

First impressions. Canton, Cardiff. Because it is a Whetherspoon, it brings the usual standard: colourful slot machines, difficult carpet patterns, loads of leaflets on the tables, order-via-the-app, beautiful floral plates and the loo somewhere upstairs. This particular one is quite close to my business, so ended up here for a daytime meal with some colleagues. We didn't know what we want, was completely a random choice.

Hygenie. Generally it is okay. Maybe the interior is a little bit tired, but can't really complain about anything standing out, really. Two of my main pet hates are finding the tables either dampish, stinkingof some sanitiser or cleaning liquid - remindig me to my old highschool where they used water and bleach... The whole place stank of that, can you imagine? - either sticky. But our table and cutlery were completely fine. 

Service. I personally love the order-via-app system, because it is good for both sides, really. Good for the bar people because they don't have to put up with my horrible accent; and good for me, because I don't want to put up with them putting up with my accent. Win-win. 

This time though the app gave us an internal error when we tried to pay. We had an attempt with each payment method, but got the same error message. Turned out that we were idiot, because the particular credit/debit card was not activated before, so we had to go to the counter to submit our order. This went so quickly that I didn't have time to blink basically. The guy was as fast on the touch screen as a teen on mobile, messaging about something very important teen stuff, really.

And almost in 8-10 minutes we got our food. 

Quality. Pub. Carnivore / vegan / vegetarian options are all available, and this time all of us ordered a  real burger and a pint, except one who had a spicy - also real - chicken. As I am on the quest of finding a good mid-way quality burger because of previous and very different experiences in the UK, I am quite sceptical. 

Right. So I ordered a basic, general burger which didn't have any fancy codenames like "Tennessee", or Empire State, etc. What I got is a little bit undercooked patty in a bun and a leaf of lettuce. No onions, no tomato, no sauce. Got chips and a bit of salad as a side, and actually I should have put the salad in the burger. 

To be fair, I ate much worse before. This flavourless burger was still better than those ones which looks like, tastes like and smells like a piece of charcoal. Maybe if at least there would have been even a pale slice of tomato and onion, I wouldn't have said anything. 

The chips in Whetherspoon's are always a bit strange. The texture is very similar to polenta, a bit soggy inside, but seasoned well and still crispyish on the outside. It was not different in Ivor Davis either; the amount is quite decent, couldn't even finish it. 

My colleagues have tried Tennessee and Empire State burgers which were not looking bolder either. Maybe the only things I have seen different is: The Empire had bacon and the Epire State came with pickles. I got used to those kind of burgers which have at least:

14-15 cm diameter bun

Layers are visible, so the bun doesn't hide the little amount of content

Lettuce, tomato, onion, optional pickles

Patty not underdone / not soggy / edges not burnt or crispy / not soaking in fat

Sauce choices.

Well, the burger at Ivor was not like that, which is a shame. 

Summary. Does the job if nothing else is available.

Next day update: turned out that two of my colleagues felt quite sick after the food. One is suspicous about the burger patty, and the other one is about the sauce. They are well now, but maybe I wouldn't ever enter the place again. 

[bigblue61]

This week a wonderland of stardust with Deep Purple, Don Spencer, The Prodigy, Yaadcore, Hassan Ideddir, Rhi, Aoife Nessa Frances, Ivor Cutler, Jerry Reed, Nsasi, Miles Davis, The Hempolics with Macka B, Diagram Brothers, Black Midi, King Crimson and Scott Walker

[ceofjohnlennon]

"John played Monopoly with a rare passion and would get genuinely upset if he wasn’t able to snap up all the railway stations or posh Mayfair and Park Lane properties — or win, by means fair or foul. From time to time, tired of his blatant cheating, we'd suggest switching to poker — for money. Conversations during these long games were mostly about the latest concert, but from time to time they turned serious as we chatted into the wee small hours. Talk switched to their recent Royal Command Performance in front of British royalty in London, where they met the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. I asked John what it was like up close and personal with the Queen Mother. 'She seemed like a nice granny lady', he said with a smile, 'but we think the British royals are a funny bunch. It's pretty freaky — imagine being brought up for 2,000 years like that where you can't go out to Woolworths or have a couple of pints in your local. It's a bit like us — only worse.'"

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles And Me On Tour" by Ivor Davis.

[beatlesradioshows]

Beatles, Chris Carter, Dec 3, 2023. Download Guests:

Bob Cowsill Peter Asher Laurence Juber John Michael Higgins Ivor Davis Joe the Card Guy

[muzaktomyears]

Ringo suffering on the 1964 US tour

The Beatles and Me on Tour, Ivor Davis (2014)

[wellntruly]

BENEDICTION - ★★★★½

A crushingly sad prose film about anti-war poet Siegfried Sassoon and half the gay literati of shellshocked interwar Britain turning to each other in hospitals and drawing rooms alternatively and going

Was really trying to be my own Robert Graves here—“for de Lawd’s sake honey don’t overdo it!”—but…! Full review and I don’t know, historio-musings? here, of the poetic, catty, heartbroken Sassoon film I’ve been waiting for one year plus nine. Oh Terence Davies, we’re really in it now!

[brummelliana]

Harlot.

(The Beatles And Me On Tour By Ivor Davis, Page 100)

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

JEREMY IRVINE IS HENRY BEAUCHAMP

Always like him. What a super start in War Horse very versatile actor.

Jeremy Irvine is an English stage and screen actor. He was born Jeremy William Fredric Smith in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England. He attended drama school at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before catching Hollywood's eye starring in Steven Spielberg's 2011 epic war film "War Horse." In 2012, Irvine portrayed Philip "Pip" Pirrip in the film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1861 novel of the same name Great Expectations.

Have you seen this movie? 🎥

War Horse (2011) Young Albert is enlisted in the army to join the First World War after his beloved horse was sold to cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him outside of Britain and into the front lines as the war rages on.

For his work in the film, he was nominated for the London Film Critics' Choice Award for Young British Performer Of The Year and Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer.

In 2013 Jeremy Irvine starred alongside Colin Firth in The Railway Man, an adaptation of the 1995 autobiography of the same name by Eric Lomax. The Railway Man is a war film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, and stars Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, and Stellan Skarsgård.

Colin Firth and Jeremy Irvine playing the young and old versions of Eric Lomax in The Railway Man

Jeremy has starred in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2015), and portrayed Daniel Grigori in Fallen (2016). Irvine earned widespread critical acclaim for his role opposite Dakota Fanning in the independent film "Now Is Good," leading critics to list him among Hollywood's fastest-rising stars.

Daniel Grigori

He played Daniel Grigori the male protagonist of the Fallen series. He is a fallen angel and Luce's boyfriend. He was known as the sixth angel in Heaven, the Angel of Lost Souls and The Watchers which was named Grigori.

In 2018, Irvine portrayed the younger version of Sam Carmichael (Pierce Brosnan) in the sequel to Mamma Mia!, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

In July 2017, Irvine confirmed via his Instagram that he had joined the cast of The Last Full Measure alongside Tommy Hatto and Zach Roerig, launched in 2019.

In 2021 Jeremy Irvine was in the war drama biopic ‘Benediction’ (written and directed by Terence Davies) is a lyrical and elegant period piece. It reintroduces the world to the poetic genius of Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden) a decorated war veteran hero, and a dreamer.

He played Ivor Novello (on the left), was one of the many post-war lovers of Siegfried Sassoon, played by Jack Lowden (right).

As for his résumé, Jeremy Irvine has brilliant performances in theatre, on the big screen and television. So it was a good choice because he will not disappoint with his performance in “Blood Of My Blood”. So, SH the clock is ticking. ⏰

#jeremyirvine #bloodofmyblood #actor #henrybeauchamp #warhorse #stevenspielberg