Bit late (Father's day was yesterday), but watching this reminded me to phone my dad ... Happy belated Father's day
I haven’t really had much to say, or blog, and then along comes the critical drinker and just about sums it all up : I have taken the “I am Sparticus” measure of also uploading to my BitChu...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/06/17/why-the-past-matters-the-critical-drinker/
The Unforgiven - Metallica
https://doncharisma.org/2020/06/09/the-unforgiven-metallica/
Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
https://doncharisma.org/2020/06/02/werewolves-of-london-warren-zevon/
The Dark End Of The Street - The Commitments
https://doncharisma.org/2020/05/28/the-dark-end-of-the-street-the-commitments/
Sebastian and Candace Owens discuss the culture war, Blexit, how feelings can matter more than facts, and more.
Mr Moore's documentary, which is available free of charge on the internet, casts doubt over the efficacy of renewables, in particular solar and wind energy. The documentary filmmakers argue some ...
VE or Victory in Europe day, was the day the Nazi’s in Germany unconditionally surrendered to the allied forces back in 1945, 8-May-1945. It’s celebrated in the UK, and I am proud of our coun...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/05/08/happy-ve-day-victory-in-europe/
Something about – going “something” then going broke, can’t quite exactly remember the exact saying, it’s right on the tip of my tongue … perhaps someone can help me out in the commen...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/30/doctor-who-cancels-its-fans-ripdoctorwho-bbc/
I had a conversation with Robert from “NOT IN MY WORLD” recently. He’s a lovely man, and a long time follower of the blog, and he says it’s difficult to get support for his cause. So, wha...
This update from Jeff Taylor from about 1 hours ago @ 15-Apr-2020 19:23 UK time. I came across Jeff Taylor’s channel whilst researching Brexit. Jeff provides news updates on (mostly UK) current...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/15/no-brexit-extension-beyond-the-31st-of-december-uk/
This update from Dr John Campbell from about 1 hour ago @ 14-Apr-2020 18:04 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakest...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/14/dr-john-campbell-14-apr-frequently-asked-questions/
This update from Dr John Campbell from less than 1 hour ago @ 14-Apr-2020 15:03 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fa...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/14/dr-john-campbell-14-apr-asymptomatic-spreaders/
This update from Dr John Campbell from about 4 hours ago @ 14-Apr-2020 14:58 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakes...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/14/dr-john-campbell-sunrise-segment-14th-april/
This update from Dr John Campbell from about 1 hour ago @ 13-Apr-2020 16:44 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakest...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/13/dr-john-campbell-13-apr-global-update/
This update from Dr John Campbell from about 1 hour ago @ 13-Apr-2020 13:47 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakest...
Thankfully Boris made it through, in-spite of the slew of DISGUSTING obviously partisan comments, on social media, even on my own blog. I debated outing the “troll”, but that’s probably wha...
A friend who lives in the states sent me this, it’s from a few days ago. It’s counter to the current mainstream narrative, so, was an interesting watch for me – as I like to get the story f...
YouTube thinks I should be watching a lot of Joe Rogan – so who am I to argue. This one just out, Dr.Peter Hotez who speaks about Coronavirus. It’s a long watch, but worth the “effort”. P...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/04/02/joe-rogan-experience-1451-dr-peter-hotez/
Mon Homme ("My Man") - Mistinguett 1938
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/31/mon-homme-my-man-mistinguett-1938/
My Girl - The Temptations
The primary purpose of opening the channel on BitChute is free speech. I believe people should be able to say what they want to say. Censoring for partisanship reasons, ie basically totalitariani...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/30/don-charisma-added-to-bitchute/
My Girl - Otis Redding
Candyman - Christina Aguilera
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/29/candyman-christina-aguilera/
Respect - Aretha Franklin / Otis Redding
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/29/respect-aretha-franklin-otis-redding/
Tramp - Otis Redding And Carla Thomas
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/28/tramp-otis-redding-and-carla-thomas/
*Please share this as far and wide as you can.* He’s a doctor from Madrid, and a nurse speaking from Spain. It’s quite intense and distressing, so be forewarned before watching. They don’t ...
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/27/sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-otis-redding/
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/26/i-say-a-little-prayer-aretha-franklin/
Bei Mir Bistu Shein ("To Me You're Beautiful") - The Andrews Sisters / The Hot Sardines
"¿Quién será?" ... Sway - Dean Martin / Mucho Mambo (Sway) - Shaft
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/25/quien-sera-sway-dean-martin-mucho-mambo-sway-shaft/
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/25/boogie-woogie-bugle-boy-the-andrews-sisters/
This update from Jeff Taylor from about 1 hours ago @ 25-Mar-2020 14:02 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/25/uk-parliament-shuts-down-tonight-jeff-taylor/
Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/24/mr-big-stuff-jean-knight/
Shine - Take That
This update from Jeff Taylor from about 1 hours ago @ 24-Mar-2020 13:03 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Cheers Don Charisma Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/24/uk-goes-into-lockdown-jeff-taylor/
Heatwave - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/23/heatwave-martha-reeves-and-the-vandellas/
This update from Jeff Taylor from about 4 hours ago @ 23-Mar-2020 14:39 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to ...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/23/uk-government-set-to-grab-sweeping-new-powers-jeff-taylor/
Old Cape Cod - Patti Page / At The River (English Riviera Mix) - Groove Armada
Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/22/sunshine-of-your-love-cream/
Ja-Da - Alma Cogan
(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman - The Kinks (US 12" Extended Mix)
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/21/wish-i-could-fly-like-superman-the-kinks-us-12-extended-mix/
My Sharona - The Knack
Moving On Up - M People
Search For The Hero Inside Yourself - M People
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/17/search-for-the-hero-inside-yourself-m-people/
One Night In Heaven - M People
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/17/one-night-in-heaven-m-people/
Hard To Handle - Otis Redding / The Commitments
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/15/hard-to-handle-otis-redding-the-commitments/
Easy - The Commodores
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/14/nightshift-the-commodores/
Easy - The Commodores
Lifted - Lighthouse Family
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/13/lifted-lighthouse-family/
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/10/blueberry-hill-fats-domino/
Blue Monday - Fats Domino
This is general information vitamin D and immunity, from about 4 hours ago @ 9-Mar-2020 18:31 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestre...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/09/vitamin-d-and-immunity-dr-john-campbell/
No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley And The Wailers
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/08/no-woman-no-cry-bob-marley-and-the-wailers/
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/07/sex-machine-12-james-brown/
This is general information about infections, from about 1 hours ago @ 7-Mar-2020 16:58 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream med...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/07/infections-dr-john-campbell/
Another oldie but classic. I think it’s an official release by Motown aka Universal Music “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” is a song performed by Motown recording act the Undisputed Truth. I...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/06/papa-was-a-rollin-stone-the-temptations/
Another oldie but classic. It’s a live version, but a really nice live version, with video of band playing. “Green Onions” is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/05/green-onions-booker-t-and-the-m-g-s/
Absolutely one of my favourite tunes of all time, in my top 5. Another oldie but classic. I couldn’t decide which video had the best audio quality, but I think the second one – let me know in...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/04/twenty-five-miles-edwin-starr/
Another oldie but classic’ie, and one of my favourites. From an era where people were actually creative, and actually made really good music. Rather than bland reboots, rehashes, remixes and re...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/04/dancing-in-the-street-martha-reeves-and-the-vandellas/
This update from Styx from about 10 hours ago @ 3-Mar-2020 18:12 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, om...
In the theme of my previous post – One of my favourite Beatles songs. More info : https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-Let-It-Be/release/367567 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_(Beatles_s...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/03/03/let-it-be-the-beatles-remastered-2009/
This update from Styx from about 6 hours ago @ 2-Mar-2020 19:02 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, omi...
This update from Styx from about 6 hours ago @ 1-Mar-2020 19:12 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, omi...
This update from Styx from about 6 hours ago @ 29-Feb-2020 18:14 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, om...
This update from about 5 hours ago @ 28-Feb-2020 17:09 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, omit, cover ...
This update from about 6 hours ago @ 27-Feb-2020 16:53 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, omit, cover ...
This update from about 4 hours ago @ 26-Feb-2020 14:32 UK time. (Dr John Campbell has also been making reports regularly, check out his earlier videos on Coronavirus) Hope you are safe, and stays...
This update from about 1 hours ago @ 26-Feb-2020 14:08 UK time. Hope you are safe, and stays that way. Disclaimer – I AM JUST PASSING THIS ON (as fakestream media continues to lie, omit, cover ...
(Experimental) After some hours of trying to make a still photo slideshow with ffmpeg, I gave up. Some of the features are missing on the Windows version, would probably have been easier using Li...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/20/born-to-be-wild-steppenwolf-photos/
Sorry it’s a bit late, I only just thought of it, I’m terrible with dates … No idea if this is the best or even the right photo for this, but I like the bohemian thing going on with the …
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/15/just-the-two-of-us-bill-withers-valentines-day-special/
I just heard about this. My condolences and deepest sympathy for the victims. Reports suggest the shooter was a soldier who was having a land dispute with his CO. The CO was the first to be kille...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/09/thailand-gunman-killed-by-security-forces-in-hours-long-siege/
I didn’t know he was sick, I hadn’t seen him around for a while. So – Get well soon Jordan Peterson, I wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you again soon. Jordan – Thank you for al...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/09/jordan-peterson-peterson-family-update-february-2020/
Water lily flower and Bill Withers. Good match ? I think this version of the song is remixed or remastered. Enjoy ! Cheers Don Charisma Copyright Photo used in video (c) DonCharisma.org 2019 all ...
Fatboy slim at his finest … props to Christopher Walken for his “dancing” … love the analogue synths Enjoy ! Cheers Don Charisma Copyright Music belongs to respective copyright owner, and...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/05/fatboy-slim-weapon-of-choice-official-hd-video/
The boy eating his lunch reminded me of the front cover of – “You’ve come a long way baby”, and this is probably the best track off that album. Enjoy ! Cheers Don Charisma Copyright Photo...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/04/fatboy-slim-soul-surfing/
Something a bit more upbeat for … because … I like it, dunno why, but I do … The dog seemed to want to get photographed, even smiled for me 🙂 Could be a juxtapose or could be exactly the...
I really like this photo, even though it has some technical imperfections. I was totally unprepared for this shot to enter my viewfinder. Any photographer knows this – but it was one of those m...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/04/alicia-keys-empire-state-of-mind-part-ii-broken-down/
This is a cover version, I like this one too. I made the video with ffmpeg, m4a music file and photo I took of a Thai doll that a friend gave me at Songkran a few years ago. I blogged …
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/04/the-commitments-try-a-little-tenderness/
In case you didn’t catch it the first time – here’s Spider John Koerner, one man and a guitar playing “Rent Party Rag” Genre is kinda folk/blues, and it’s a long one 10 minutes Cheers...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/03/repost-spider-john-koerner-rent-party-rag/
This one’s for Leslie. She knows who she is, she’s been a good friend to me. I hope she likes the song, it’s one of my favourite ballads, which has been covered by other artists. RIP Otis R...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/03/otis-redding-try-a-little-tenderness/
From 2018 – One of the best of “Bad Lip Reading” – comedy does still exist on the internet 🙂 Cheers Don Charisma Comments Comments are often welcomed, provided you can string a legible...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/03/interrogating-zuckerberg-a-bad-lip-reading/
ffmpeg is one of the most powerful video/audio enoding/decoding/etc tools out there. It’s been around for donkey’s years, and used by amateurs and pros alike. The main downside is that it’s...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/02/03/ffmpeg-one-liner-still-photo-music-file-video-file/
Recently I moved my old videos from WordPress to YouTube to free up storage space on my blog, for posting photography later. I wasn’t quite sure how YouTube would deal with the fact that the mu...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/29/posting-copyright-music-on-your-blog-via-youtube/
Naomi Wu’s channel popped up in my YouTube feed a while back. At the time I was watching a lot of electronic, science, engineering and technical channels, so probably her channel is watched by ...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/29/childrens-charity-rejects-3000-raised-by-female-stem-youtuber/
I grew up with the BBC. They made some amazing TV and were probably the best of the 3, and then 4 channels available to watch (that’s all we had). Some of the greatest ever comedy shows came ou...
I made this track a while back on Ableton. It was my one of my first attempts at making music, since the 90s. Probably not most people’s cup of tea, but my Canadian friend kinda inspired me to ...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/28/music-heart-nose-best-don-charisma/
(Reuploading my old videos to YouTube) Sometimes a photo just won’t do for capturing a sunset or any other moment for that matter, so I’m experimenting with video 🙂 I shot this video of th...
(Reposting my old videos to YouTube) Title pretty much says it all … quite a challenging job to match the music with this one, I nearly went with “The Female Of The Species Is More Deadly Tha...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/26/sunset-slipway-fisherwoman-vs-youre-beautiful/
I bought this double CD a long time ago it’s called “The Best And Friends Album In The World Ever”. It’s one of my favourite CDs, it is really easy to listen, I love the era of music. Tri...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/25/trini-lopez-vs-water-feature/
It’s Kite Surfing at sunset this time, with Bill Withers 🙂 Certainly a lot of fun playing with video editing in Photoshop. Slowly getting my head around all of the possibilities, which are e...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/24/kite-surfing-vs-bill-withers/
I’ve been meaning to finish this off for a while. It’s the longest video I’ve done, shot in multiple pieces. Finding a piece of music that I wanted was challenging. So it’s quite a lot mo...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/23/jetski-sunset-vs-heartbeat/
I was aiming to take a short video, showing just how quickly the sun moves at sunset. Within a couple of minutes the sun has gone from being fully circular to completely gone behind the clouds. (...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/22/beach-sunset-video-with-random-family/
One thing about taking still photos is the difficulty in capturing the sunset over time, in this case around 1hr 15min. Video doesn’t really cut it either, as who wants to sit and watch a video...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/21/time-lapse-stormy-balcony-sunset-video/
I shot this kite video a couple of weeks ago, only just got around to making it into a video … It’s the full club version of Cafe Del Mar / Energy 52 … 7min 30sec … The graphic special �...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/21/the-kite-vs-cafe-del-mar/
(Reuploading my old videos to YouTube) I started shooting just before midnight and the air was already filled with explosions. I must have learned to filter out the crickets because I don’t hea...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/20/new-years-fireworks-from-my-balcony/
(Reposting my old videos to YouTube) I really like this spot, it’s as far as I can walk on my daily walk. There’s a little beach here that can be used when the tide is out. The wall is also �...
https://doncharisma.org/2020/01/20/secret-cove-beach-and-sea-wall-video/
Just when I thought I’d seen it all … Instant beer ! Comments Comments are often welcomed, provided you can string a legible, relevant and polite sentence together. In other cases probably...
Another one bites the dust, and a new year upon us here in Asia 😀 UK, Europe, USA, Canadia and others still have fireworks to go. Thank you to all the loyal readers of my little blog over the ...
Trolls always remind me of the “I’m So Ronery” song from “Team America – World Police” … which leads me nicely to this post, thank you dear trolls, you’re a consistant source of...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/05/26/kim-jong-il-the-coolest-movie-villain-ever/
I’ve been posting my videos in VideoPress – it’s handy to have it integrated with WordPress.com and I thought that it’d be nicely integrated. I didn’t expect massive traffic for my vide...
https://doncharisma.org/2014/04/14/a-bit-annoyed-with-videopress/
Still confused about which way up the iPhone is supposed to be. Nevermind, QuickTime Pro export puts it right way up and shrinks the file, so not all bad ! I was taking some sunset photos, so fig...
https://doncharisma.org/2013/12/19/ideo-3-sunset-over-the-bay/
My second Ideo. Ideo because it’s shot by a clueless idiot videographer, that’d be me and also because it doesn’t have any useful audio on it. Just an experiment as I’d like to be doing m...