Hotel Mark

Another Bank Holiday Monday, and the weather has taken it’s seasonal turn for the worst.What is it I wonder with this public obsession with the need for Bank Holidays? Can they really be justified in modern life, with most people working shifts as it is, is it too much to ask that bank staff can take these days off a different times? Or has bank staff got very little to do with it, and we just want to be lazy, or simply awkward?

Overseas readers might be confused by UK’s terminology here…We call it “Bank Holiday” simply because it is a day when our Banks are officially closed, but a more accurate term might be Public Holiday.

Myself I much prefer to stick Public Holidays or Bank holidays, with it’s traditional wet weather and long traffic jams, and take the time off when I want it, or need it. Yet still media pressure is being applied here in UK for our alleged Government to add an additional Bank Holiday in October to be in line with Europe. How about being “in line with Europe” regarding fuel duty…Oops, that’s a different topic, but it does underline the need to be “in line with Europe” only when it suits them.

So, Public Holiday or otherwise, what does the future hold for Hotel Mark..I have some more interviews with classical guitarists, and later other musicians to upload, and also two more gigs to play myself Which means of course setting aside my natural tendency for laziness and actually practice my guitar a little. And being realistic for a minute, I do mean “a little”.

I downloaded some works by Per Olov Kindgren recently, these are lovely pieces to listen to, also to play. I’m also thinking about working on theme from Schindlers List, which works so well on guitar, but may be too heart wrenching for the venues I play at. Which is one way of saying it’s not an easy piece to do justice to

So, Happy Bank Holiday, or Labour Day, or PUBLIC holiday to you all

Tags: Public Holiday, Guitar, Recreation

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