Dave Franklin

@davefranklin (51)

Swindon, England • Age 59

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Writer, musician, promoter, oxymoron and quantum spanner. People have woken up to a lot worse!

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Discussions (15)

Dave Franklin's Discussions

My Books of The Year - III : Inverted World - Christopher Priest

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 18 Dec 18

Bit of an old one but new to me and that is what counts. If you are a fan of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series this book was a major inspiration, he has admitted as much many times. Set in a world that may be earth or perhaps a...

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My Books of the Year - II : American Gods - Neil Gaiman

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 16 Dec 18

Neil Gaiman's work has covered graphic novels, film, novels and TV, most people will be aware of the film Stardust which started out life as a graphic novel story of his. When I saw that American Gods was going to be made into a...

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My Books of the Year - I : Railsea - China Mieville

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 14 Dec 18

I thought I'd flag up a few of my favourite books of the many I have read this year. I discovered China Mieville having seen a trailer for a TV adaptation of The City and The City and thought I should check the book out. This...

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Recommend me new authors

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 13 Dec 18

I am an avid reader and am always looking for new authors to read. This year I discovered China Mieville and have been working my way through his back catalogue for the last few months. Do any of you have any recommended new...

books

author

china mieville

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Good Morning All!

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 10 Dec 18

Its the start of a new week here in the UK...what is everybody looking forward to doing over the next seven days?

morning

week

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Cover versions that were better than the original

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 9 Dec 18

Its a contentious issue but just occasionally an artist brings something to a song that justifies covering someone else song. For my money there are a few that are as good as the original, if not better. Hallelujah - Jeff...

songs

covers

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Favourite Christmas Movies?

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 8 Dec 18

There are certain movies which are only shown a Christmas die to their setting and relevance, from the sublime It's A Wonderful Life to the silly Elf and of course the one that really divides peoples to what a Christmas movie...

movies

film

christmas

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Christmas Songs

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 5 Dec 18

Christmas songs are notoriously bad. Well, not bad perhaps but obvious and cheesy. There are a few exceptions, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl for example. Anyone have more examples of songs that you might...

christmas

songs

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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be!

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 5 Dec 18

In the real world I write a lot about music and it has undergone a real shift since I first started playing/writing about it. Ironically the call for everything to be free via streaming, downloads, videos means that music, at...

music

money

creativity

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Back In Business

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 5 Dec 18

Hi everyone, I was on myLot many years ago and am back after a long break. I'm a bit out of touch so any tips, hints or advice are welcomed as are any friends old or new. I look forward to having some interesting debates and fun...

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Singer Songwriters

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 18 Sep 13

There seems to be a lot of singer-songwriters about these days, a lot of them not very good or original. Who are your favourite of the current crop, who should I be listening to these days.

singer

song writer

music

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Money money money

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 18 Sep 13

I'm new to mylot, do you earn money from these posts or is it just asocial network, not a major issue either way but I heard that you get paid to post and I can't see where the earnings are being recorded.

earning

money

my lot

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For Whom?

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 17 Sep 13

For Catherine It’s not your smile that sets my heart alight that drives emotions my words can’t easily describe formed on lips that I ever long to kiss it’s all of this It’s not the way you gently stroke my arm your timeless...

poetry

Miley Cyrus - so thin and yet so Thicke!

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 17 Sep 13

People seem to be missing the point regarding the Cyrus/Thicke performance at the VMA’s. The best summation I came across was this - If you think a woman in a tan vinyl bra and underwear, grabbing her crotch and grinding up on a...

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The Irony of blogging for money!

Dave Franklin @davefranklin (51) • Swindon, England 17 Sep 13

Like a lot of aspiring writers, I occasionally search the net for new opportunities via search terms such as "blogging" "earning" "paid to" etc. The ironic thing is the first ten pages of returns seems to be Howto sites dedicated...

blogs

earning

online

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