Monthly Archives: March 2012

Good thing I’m retired…

Posted on 30 March, 2012 by jb
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Tunes for a Tuesday – 27 March 2012

Posted on 27 March, 2012 by jb

Girls – The 23 String Band – BIRP! April 2010 [Listen] I Can See It in Your Face – Pretty Lights – Pre-Release Single From Muacm [Listen] It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: … Continue reading →

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They’re drinking our beer over here…

Posted on 20 March, 2012 by jb

A well-travelled beer on the square in front of Mainz’s cathedral Mapua-Nelson-Auckland-Los Angeles-Frankfurt-Mainz and all in just over a week. Tasted just as good last night when I shared it with Famous Journalist John W. Flower as it did on … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 20 March 2012

Posted on 20 March, 2012 by jb

Brides of Jesus – Little Feat – Little Feat [Listen] Church Clothes – Matt Nathanson – At the Point [Live] [Listen] Coffee & TV – Blur – 13 [Listen] Dogg Dogg – Famy – BIRP! December 2011 [Listen] It’s OK … Continue reading →

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Van Gogh to Rothko in 30 seconds

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by jb

There’s an app for that. HT kottke.org According to Apple, also contains Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content or Nudity Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Which is … Continue reading →

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And just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse….

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by jb

Russia’s contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. They seem to be assured of Poland’s vote from the YouTube comments, though… Oh, my granny. With the fist verses I thought that it will be discomfiture, but it’s not! I love … Continue reading →

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You’d look a bit perturbed too….

Posted on 18 March, 2012 by jb

…if someone had lit a campfire on your back to brew up a billy of tea…. 14thC illustration at the Getty Center, Santa Monica

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No chip. Chip.

Posted on 18 March, 2012 by jb
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The empty chair

Posted on 16 March, 2012 by jb

The definition of disappointment: Not meeting Petrea Burchard of Pasadena Daily Photo for lunch at the Happy Trails cafe today. Laid low by a migraine. We enjoyed her recommendation, but not as much as if she’d been able to join … Continue reading →

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Paul. Three score and ten. Still going strong.

Posted on 16 March, 2012 by jb

So this is how meetings with twin-bro Paul of Auckland West fame invariably pan out…. I let him know vaguely when I’ll be in New Zealand. He’ll then work out through astute questioning when I’ll be in Auckland and make … Continue reading →

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