Author Archives: jb

Stunning

Posted on 27 August, 2015 by jb

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You might like the Eagles. You might not. I did for the longest time until they started taking 2 years to produce a record and DAYS to get a single drum pattern right. (Read “Is it rolling, Bob?” to get … Continue reading →

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My friend used to say….

Posted on 26 August, 2015 by jb

“America is run by 100,000 really smart people. The rest are just sheep” This stamp is a classic: Round, because even your dimmest employees will recognise that it’s for international mail. And doesn’t need an airmail sticker. Undenominated, because it … Continue reading →

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“Is it rolling, Bob?”

Posted on 25 August, 2015 by jb

Bob Johnston, record producer to Bob Dylan and others, died the other day at 83. He replaced Tom Wilson on “Highway 61” (but not before the latter produced “Like a Rolling Stone) From the Telegraph’s obituary: Despite being told by … Continue reading →

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Why I’m not allowed to cook dinner anymore…

Posted on 25 August, 2015 by jb

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Sailing close to the wind…..

Posted on 24 August, 2015 by jb

Especially after she says ” STOP!” at 00:54

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Michael Clarke

Posted on 23 August, 2015 by jb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=322&v=rDh5HiS5XPQ Most of the people reading this will have no idea what it’s all about, but here we go anyway. Michael Clarke is the current Australian cricket captain, retiring at the end of the current tour of England, badly out … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France……

Posted on 23 August, 2015 by jb

….. when a small-ish supermarket in a small town just over the border has heritage (Black Crimean) tomatoes in the veggie section and the till automatically sorts and groups the wine you’ve bought into appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) – controlled … Continue reading →

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Ich kenne nichts…

Posted on 22 August, 2015 by jb

This ties in with the “Best concert? Close” post from the other day. My friend Petrea wrote: What a pleasure. I watched the whole thing; don’t need subtitles because I love listening to languages. All of them. And the music … Continue reading →

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Best concert? Close….

Posted on 20 August, 2015 by jb

Hubert von Goisern is an Austrian musician, giving traditional folk music a harder, rockier edge. It goes under the genre of Alpenrock – Alpine Rock. Excellent live band, but nothing quite as memorable as the Mainz concert in 2008. The … Continue reading →