Last Thursday I went to see Karine Polwart with a friend. It was an amazing gig, mainly for the sad sweet melancholy songs that she plays. With lines like: “Maybe there’s a road that’s not this hard.” and “I can’t say there’s many things I wouldn’t change, there are better days gone than those that [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Music that soothes the soul
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Back to blogging
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Phew. To be honest that picture below is all I have felt like saying here for a while. That’s the trouble with writing a blog based on being real. When I can’t figure out what is real anymore things get a bit messy and I have to stop for a while. (I’ve [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2006 | 3 Comments »
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Timewarp
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I think our street is in a timewarp. Last night there were kids in the street playing cricket. This afternoon an ice-cream van came and played loud jolly music down our road. This made me happy for some reason.
Questions questions…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2006 | No Comments »
Will I have this feeling like I’m a dopy carpenters mate (ht to Nigel Pollock for the classic illustration) for the rest of my life? Getting things wrong, stuffing up, missing opportunties, asking dumb questions, looking in one place when the action is happening somewhere else, feeling like the thing I got right was a [...]
Welcome to summer
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Just had my first Shakeaway of the year. Oreo Cookie and Custard. What better way to spend a Bank Holiday Monday than in fine company, walking along a windswept beach, bumping into random friends and playing beautiful music for the afternoon whilst drinking beer. Summer is here. Hoorah. Click for more timewasting game [...]
