Monthly Archives: May 2007

>The Midweek Mixtape – 16 May 2007

Posted on 16 May, 2007 by jb

> Mix & Match #8 [Disclaimer #1: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the originals from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Warren Zevon) – #8

Posted on 14 May, 2007 by jb

>Please do, actually. I bought the eponymous album in 1976 at Virgin’s first (biggish) store at Marble Arch on the basis of a pretty good review in Rolling Stone (that one of the the Lufthansa crew who lived in my … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 5

Posted on 11 May, 2007 by jb

>Not sure about “Puff the Magic Dragon”… Ian Dury can’t put a foot wrong, as far as I’m concerned.And it’s tragic that he’s only really known for “Hit me with for rhythm stick” and “Sex and drugs and rock’n’roll.” Billericay … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 9 May 2007

Posted on 9 May, 2007 by jb

>Mix & Match #7 [Disclaimer: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the originals from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to mp3. Snap, … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Waltzing Matilda) #7

Posted on 7 May, 2007 by jb

>Waypoints are sets of coordinates that identify a point in physical space. In the aviation world, they’re sometimes defined as intersections between two VOR radials, or in terms of specific distances and headings towards or away from a radio beacon … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 4

Posted on 4 May, 2007 by jb

>This set is why I like Nick Hornby. OK, they’re 5 songs that would grace anyone’s mixtape. But there’s more. He writes about context. “It’s what happens when people are deified. The eighteenth-century British scholar Edmond Malone calculated that Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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>Over under sideways down

Posted on 3 May, 2007 by jb

>My mate, Martin McWilliam, is a bit of a talent. He’s a ceramic artist, based up close to Bremen. Gets invited all over the world to exhibit his trompe l’oeil pieces and they really are quite exquisite. Big, big pieces. … Continue reading →

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>Nobel Laureate 2057

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by jb

>Lauritz Weil. Remember the name and mark your diary. Simon and Sophie came round the other day and Lauritz (3) tagged along too. He’s as bright as a button. Tells you all about megapixels and studying insects through a microscope … Continue reading →

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>His Bobness in Mannheim – 30 April 2007

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by jb

>Go to bed with the melody of “Like a Rolling Stone” still in your head from the concert in the SAP Arena in Mannheim last and wake up to Dave Gilmour and Robert Wyatt singing “Comfortably numb” at the Meltdown … Continue reading →

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