... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
my favourite things ... ten versions in no particular order
John Coltrane
J rabbit
Brad Mehidau
Dave Brubeck
Bobby McFerrin
Jessica Roemischer
Stephen Hough
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
shopping hell ... of course, you ageing rock stars already knew that chappell's of bond street is half a mile away in wardour street
... i arrived at the same time as some rich folk who indulged their daughters, aged six and eight i'd guess, by setting them up with a karaoke machine and some posh speakers ... they jumped in to a gleeful rap whose punchline was "you're just a dirty old pervert" ... management soon arrived to adjust the volume control and have a little word
http://www.chappellofbondstreet.co.uk/index.php?page_id=-200000000
Saturday, June 8, 2013
clash of the alienated titans ... from conversations at the workface ( part 99 )
sez burly and heavily-stubbled fork-lift driver ...
"If you think i'm unloading this now, you can kiss my arse"
reply from self, equally unkempt ...
"Wot ! With MY stubble ?"
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
today's applied geography tutorial ... tread softly ... or you tread on my dreams
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/map-us-mexico-migrant-deaths-border
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohono_O'odham
http://humaneborders.org/news/documents/hb_all_deaths_20120428_tabloid_download.pdf
and this link to a fine photographer, David McNew ...
http://www.davidmcnew.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=1&a=0&at=0
sunday morning multi-tasking ... writing a letter to Linda whilst perusing Ruari McLean's Thames & Hudson Manual Of Typography ( ... as you do ... )
...NB. not every lexicographer has a clean certificate of mental health ... my online dictionary suggests the existence of an hyphenated adjective ... QUASI-PERUSABLE ... well ! I ask you ... would you adam and eve it ?
Sunday, May 26, 2013
easy to listen to but very hard to sing ... one of my mum's favourite songs
... often aspired to, but never quite equalled ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Y7TpNi3x0&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BOFj1F1yRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omyZpImndc4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFVeWper4M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAiMhP6bEJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_hXZhEWPTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaBCsei72Js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6umKv23-ok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-MDntetkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiW0ANvFpKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLiGngS3i4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2qbmMfNYtk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F4OCBDogo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjkpwyuhVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MrlQ-8Ri_s
lovely picture of sinead o connor by jill furmanovsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Furmanovsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HyLa6a7j6M
... but ella's still my choice, too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Y7TpNi3x0
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