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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 26 August 2008

Posted on 26 August, 2008 by jb

> Montefiory Cocktail – Agua De Beber from Putumayo Presents: World LoungeB.F. Shelton – Darling Cora from People Take Warning 3: Man Vs. ManJimi Hendrix – Day Tripper from BBC SessionsThe Residents – Fire ’99 / Santa Dog 2nd Millenium … Continue reading →

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>It’s all in the pronunciation…

Posted on 25 August, 2008 by jb

> That’s the problem with being multilingual. You’ll see or hear something quite innocuous in one language that cracks you up in another. “Frühlingshit“, for example. Springtime Special Offer. Or even Spring Hit, if you’re talking about music hit. Then, … Continue reading →

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>The Igneous Petrology of Ice Cream

Posted on 21 August, 2008 by jb

> Maria Brumm is a geologist.. She reckons that “Ice cream is an igneous rock. You begin with a liquid slurry containing a hodgepodge of chemicals, and by bringing it below its freezing point, you create something solid – or … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 19 August 2008

Posted on 19 August, 2008 by jb

> DJ Vee Feat. The Mighty Asterix – The Best In Me from The Green Room 003: (Ear)thCreedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary from Billboard Top 100 Hits Of 1969King Of Prussia – Misadventures Of The Campaign Kids from Save … Continue reading →

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>Talk about obsessive….

Posted on 13 August, 2008 by jb

> The Wired Blog – coincidentally on Vinyl Record Day (the 131st anniversary of the invention of the phonographic record of which they appear to be naively unaware) – reports on the efforts of Cliff Bolling, a young man from … Continue reading →

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>It must be me – the nth experience

Posted on 11 August, 2008 by jb

> John Lewis’s coffee shop in Cheadle Royal is a true delight and an endless source of enjoyment. Popped in from the airport the other day for what goes for a latte in those parts of the world, pay with … Continue reading →

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>It’s just not cricket…..or "Exercises in unsportsmanlike behavior"

Posted on 11 August, 2008 by jb

> Good lad that he is, (the other) jb at The Hits Just Keep On Coming invited me to again join him and our friends for this year’s Vinyl Record Day blogswarm.An honour and a pleasure. I was abducted the … Continue reading →

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>Struck off…..

Posted on 6 August, 2008 by jb

> ..the medical register for fiddling the books…

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 5 August 2008

Posted on 5 August, 2008 by jb

> Blue Rodeo – Hasn’t Hit Me Yet from Five Days In JulyPure Prairie League – Just Can’t Believe It from AnthologyDavid Lindley & El Rayo-X – Your Old Lady from El Rayo-X live !The Jambalaya Cajun Band – C’est … Continue reading →

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>This I need – Runkeeper

Posted on 30 July, 2008 by jb

>   Out in the vineyards giving Leg 2.0 a workout the other morning and I said to Mrs jb: “Instead of this stupid little pedometer that tells you sod all, what I’d find useful would be a GPS device … Continue reading →

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