Now to the 81st video. This was another request, and it's "Afternoons and coffee spoons" by "The crash test
dummies". I thought I'd have a little fun with the video. You see so many people singing in the privacy of their
own home, using whatever they can get their hands on as a microphone. Well, I went a bit further than that 
Take a look at my version of "Afternoons and coffee spoons". There's a list of objects in the description of the video, but I think you'd have to go on to Youtube to check that out
Now for the continuation of some of the events of my father's life.
My Dad. Part 3.
My Nan lived a majority of her life in "Cowgate road" in the outskirts of of London in a town
called Greenford. That place has reminders for a number of people, as I will expand upon later. It didn't take long
for my father to become involved in criminal pursuits. He got in with a west london gang, and became an integral part of it. Dad couldn't keep his paws off of other people's possesions, and at some
point during his association with the gang, guns and knives came into play, though there were never any reports of him using any.
I've got two interesting stories to tell about this time. One was a robbery that he was a part of. It was an art
robbery in Chelsea. He told me that he was running away from the scene with his hands full, across Chelsea
bridge, and had to lighten the load. So one of the valuable paintings was thrown into the river thames. So if
the authorities ever wondered where one of the missing paintings is. The answer is "At the bottom of the river
thames". The rest of the haul was concealed in his mother's attic without her knowledge. So she was a little surprised when the police raided her home and produced a collection of paintings. They finally caught up with him and
he paid for the crime.
One thing that you could never underestimate about him was his silver tongue. He was once arrested for a crime,
and was sure to be convicted and imprisoned, but somehow he managed to talk his way out of trouble. He engaged one of the officers in conversation about music. There weren't many people that weren't fascinated by music in those times. Anyway, this
policeman revealed to my father that he had an old violin. My father enthusiastically suggested he bring it in
for him to examine. He convince him that he was a seasoned expert in musical instruments (which he
wasn't). In no time at all the officer brought the violin to the station and gave it to my father for examination. My father got very excited about it and he convinced the policeman that this violin was rare and worth money, and he offered him a few hundred pounds to purchase it from him. That was a lot of money then. The policeman quickly accepted his offer, and my father sourced the funds through his contacts, and the result was a very satisfied police officer. As far as the crime my father was arrested for, well he didn't get charged. Oh yes. The violin. It was totally worthless. I don't know where my
father got the money, but one thing I can be sure about. It wasn't his own money.
To be continued......
Here's an update on my album "Sight Or Sound". I've been playing around with the user interface on CDBaby. It's quite good, because it shows me how many visitors my page gets on a daily basis. Also the companies the album has been delivered to for
distribution. There's only one at the moment, and that is "Amazon". However, delivery doesn't mean
it's on sale there yet. That process can take from one week to 3 months. Depending on how quick the company processes it.
Check out some clips of songs from my album at:
This is the latest on Youtube.
Subscriptions to my channel are now up to 920.
Those that have viewed my channel now total 21,490.
Total video views are 358,999.
The next one up will be the last cover for a while. It's going to be "Run" by "Snow patrol".