What’s on my Keg?!

Posted on by Ian C.

A while back, I was asked what my preferred music was … so here is the list of artists / albums currently stored on my Kenwood Keg. I can guarantee there will be stuff you have never heard!
10cc: Greatest Hits
ABBA: The Hits 1, 2, 3; Definitive Collection
Abbacadabra: Revival – Flight One
Abbamania
Ace Of Base: Collection
Adam & The Ants: Kings Of The Wild Frontier
aHa: Hunting High And Low; Scoundrel Days
Annie Lennox: Bare; Diva; Medusa
Bee Gees: Greatest Hits; One Night Only; This Is Where I Came In
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits 1, 2, 3; River Of Dreams; Storm Front
Blue Man Group: Audio; The Complex
Bob Rowe: Bob Rowes Music Box
Bond: Born; Classified; Shine
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music: Greatest Hits
Bucks Fizz: Are You Ready
Carpenters: (boxed set)
Casablanca Records Story (various artists)
Chris de Burgh: The Ultimate Collection; Best Moves
Cirque Du Soleil: Dralion; La Nouba; O
Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell
Dire Straits: Love Over Gold; Making Movies; Money For Nothing
Donna Summer: Endless Summer
Duran Duran: Decade
Eagles: The Best Of
Earth Wind & Fire: Best Of
Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record; Balance Of Power; Discovery; Flashback; Out Of The Blue; Secret Messages; Time; Zoom
Elton John: Greatest Hits; Love Songs; Very Best Of
Elvis Presley: Greatest Hits
Erasure: Pop!
Eric Clapton: August; From The Cradle; Me & Mr.Johnson; Pilgrim; The Cream Of; Riding With The King
Eric Idle: Sings Monty Python
Espuma: Espuma; Planet X
Eurythmics: Greatest Hits; Peace
Fine Young Cannibals: The Finest
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours; Say You Will; Tango In The Night; The Dance; Very Best Of
Fraggles: Fraggle Rock
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Genesis: Abacab; Calling All Stations; Genesis; Invisible Touch; Turn It On Again; We Can’t Dance
George Harrison: Cloud Nine
Hollies: Greatest Hits
Hot Butter: Popcorn
Howard Jones: Best Of
Huey Lewis & The News: Time Flies (Best of)
Human League: Dare; Love & Dancing
In My Life: Various Artists Play Beatles
Jean Jacques Perrey: The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound; Mood Indigo
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene; Equinoxe; Magnetic Fields; Chronologie; Oxygene 7-13; RendezVous; Waiting For Cousteau; Zoolook
Jeff Lynne: Armchair Theatre
Kevin Brown: Rust
Kraftwerk: Computer World; Electric Café; Man Machine; Trans-Europe Express
Legacy A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
Leo Sayer: All The Best
Level 42: Level Best
Madness: Divine Madness; Its Madness
Madonna: True Blue; Bedtime Stories; Erotica; Music; Something To Remember; Immaculate Collection
Marillion: Singles Collection
Mike & The Mechanics: Living Years; Mike & The Mechanics
Mike Oldfield: Complete; Elements; Tubular Bells II
Monkees: Greatest Hits
Monty Python: Sings
Perrey & Kingsley: The Essential
Pet Shop Boys: Actually; Very
Peter Gabriel: Shaking The Tree; So; Us
Phil Collins: Dance Into The Light; Face Value; Hello, I Must Be Going
Pink Floyd: Animals; Dark Side Of The Moon; Wish You Were Here; The Wall
Police: Greatest Hits
Queen: Greatest Hits I, II
Robert Palmer: Addictions Volume 1, 2
Robin Barrett: Blue Movie
Rutles: The Rutles; Archaeology
Sarah Brightman: Time To Say Goodbye
Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: Various Artists Play
Shania Twain: Come On Over; Up
Simply Red: Greatest Hits
Squeeze: Piccadilly Collection
Stranglers: Greatest Hits
Supertramp: Very Best Of
Suzi Quatro: Greatest Hits
Tears For Fears: Greatest Hits
The Art Of Noise: Best Of; Ambient Collection
The Beatles: 1962-1966; Abbey Road; Help; One; Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tina Turner: Simply The Best
Ultravox: Dancing With Tears In My Eyes; Extended; Vienna
Vangelis: Albedo 0-39; Spiral
Visage: The Best Of
Walt Disney World; Various tracks
Yazoo: Upstairs At Eric’s
Yello: Essential

(I have bolded my favorite albums – not including “best of”s which is cheating!)

UPDATE:
DB has put up a list of his “top music” too …
And another list from UKPylot …

Care For Keith

Posted on by Ian C.

Further to the story I ran last week about friend & MINI sales advisor Keith Polischuk …
A web site has been set up by his family / friends: CareForKeith:

A Life Changed in an Instant
In an instant, the world changed for Keith Polischuk and his family. On the evening of June 12, 2005, Keith suffered a serious spinal cord injury after suffering a shattered cervical vertebrae – the result of a tragic diving accident. In that brief moment, Keith’s life was transformed and he awoke to a long and difficult road to recovery.
After surgery to stabilize his fractured vertebrae, Keith remains hospitalized at Beth Israel in Boston, MA, with little or no movement in his arms and legs. His spinal cord has endured a tremendous trauma with contusions and compression that have resulted in temporary or permanent paraylsis. At best, Keith faces a long and difficult journey to regain his mobility

I am very sad to read this, as there are suggestions now that recovery might at best be partial for Keith … in the weeks ahead I hope to organize a fund raising event with MINI owners that know Keith. In the meantime I can only continue to focus my thoughts on best wishes for him.

UPDATE:
Thank you Martin for inviting me – I visited MINI Peabody this morning and met Keiths brother, Ken. He came to the dealership to talk with all Keiths colleagues.

Ken described the accident (June 12) as a shallow dive into shallow water, Keith hitting a sand bar.
Keith completely shattered vertebra “C5”, and put a hairline fracture in “C7”. While the “C7” damage is negligible, smashing “C5” has put tremendous stress on Keiths spinal cord – it was not cut but is severly contused.

On Sunday evening / early Monday, Keith was conscious and able to move his arms.
Sadly pneumonia set in and he has been in a forced coma since then. A tracheotomy was needed to assist with his breathing – this means that the few times when sedation has been reduced, Keith was unable to speak even while he was able to move his arms and respond to his family.

Two surgeries have been performed to stabilise Keiths neck – one from the front & one from the rear. Basically his “C4” and “C6” vertebra have been wired together to stabilise his spine around the smashed “C5”; this in itself will limit Keiths neck movement in the future.

Currently Keith remains at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, with sedation likely for at least another week until his lungs recover sufficiently to allow him to breath un-assisted.

His medical insurer is objecting to plans to transfer Keith to the Shepherd Center, instead preferring to keep his treatment in Massachusetts – presumably cost issues are behind that preference.
Keiths doctors and of course his family wish for him to be transferred to what is recognized as the best spinal rehab in the country – an important motivation is the expertise at the Shepherd Center in assisting patients to regain their life, including the very important ability (for Keith) to enable him to continue to drive!

Welcome To The Neighborhood

Posted on by Ian C.

[although actually, I was already here!]

Received my second “Welcome To The Neighborhood Kit” from MINI USA today; still not sure how this works with MINI – I know when GBMINI#3 was ordered it was too close to production to sign up for the “waiting is fun” program, but presumably this Welcome Kit has been shipped in response to GBMINI#3 (just 5000 miles late!)
The contents were mostly the same as I have seen before, with a MINI journal, “bingo” cards, unauthorized manual, etc – but a couple of not-before-seen things, including a small black wallet full of MINI cards – I have seen the cards before, but not the wallet:

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So I guess now I belong to the MINI community 😉