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Tunes for a Tuesday – 21 February 2012
Before You Accuse Me – Bo Diddley – His Best: the Chess 50th Anniversary Collection [Listen] Guy Steven’s Blues (blues jam) – Free – Tons Of Sobs [Listen] How You Survived the War – The Weepies – Hideaway [Listen] I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-Mar-02 Part 2, Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble (Unsung Heroes & Ty feat. Bries), Before You Accuse Me, Bernard Butler, Bo Diddley, Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians, Free, Friends..., Ghost of a Dog, Guy Steven's Blues (blues jam), Hammersmith Lyric, Hideaway, His Best: the Chess 50th Anniversary Collection, Hometowns, How You Survived the War, I'm A Loser, ivor cutler, Jay Reatard, Luciana, Marianne Faithfull, No Easy Way Out, Right Here in Front of You, The Green Room 003: (Ear)Th, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Weepies, Times Like This, Tons Of Sobs, Try My Ears, Watch Me Fall, Wounded
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Put “Kiwi” or “Nelson” on the cover of a book and it’ll sell like hotcakes around here. (“Can I have my money back, please? This book’s all about South AFRICA, not NELSON…”)
Poetry in “The Listener”
Tony Jackson is my cousin Shirley’s husband. He wasn’t joking. This was the 360˚ view from the top of what used to be their garden. What he doesn’t say is that a) the hillside stopped at his backdoor, with a … Continue reading
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Aaaaah…..! Reloaded
California ale @ The Golden Bear, Mapua. 1 in a series of n
Aaaaaah…!
Now, THAT was good! Double espresso @ AKL airport. 1 in a series of n
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Tunes for a Tuesday – 14 February 2012
Dreamy Eyes – Azure Blue – BIRP! January 2012 [Listen] Jig – Bill Boyd & his Cowboy Ramblers – A History of Country Vol. 3 – The Pre-war Years – 1937-41 [Listen] Sweet Violets – Dinah Shore – Billboard Top … Continue reading
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Tagged 1937-41, 1951, 70's 08, A History of Country Vol. 3, Azure Blue, Bill Boyd & his Cowboy Ramblers, Billboard Top 30, BIRP! February 2011, BIRP! January 2012, Blue Period, Dinah Shore, Dreamy Eyes, In The Hall Of The Mountain King, Jig, Jolie Holland, Lynsey de Paul, Melissa Etheridge, Palmyra, Please Never, Popdose Mix, Rosie Thomas, Songbird, Sounds Incorporated, Sugar Me, Sweet Violets, The British Invasion, The History Of British Rock Vol. 03, The John Peel Singles Box, The Nice, The Pre-war Years, The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack, These Friends of Mine, Total Warr, You Can Sleep While I Drive
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There’s coffee. And then there’s COFFEE….
Take: An untenanted ex-upmarketprelovedclothes shop in a part of town that’s on the verge of becoming funky Basic (as in cardboard cartons for stools, doors as tables) furnishings Top end espresso machine and grinder Blends of coffee that you’ll still … Continue reading
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