Author Archives: jb

>Don’t ask me about…(Keming) #34

Posted on 27 February, 2008 by jb

> For the graphic designers and typesetters amongst you…. Tags: keming, kerning, graphic design, typesetting

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>This is important

Posted on 26 February, 2008 by jb

>I don’t take hallucinogenic drugs and I don’t suppose you do either. So can you explain how it is that agriculture is now facing an historically unprecedented combination of major challenges and crises and yet most people – even in … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me….(about bloody taxation) #33

Posted on 20 February, 2008 by jb

>Just back from a chat with Inland Revenue. Routine sort of stuff and nice enough people, too My 7 year old friend from up the road, Sophie, was lurking around when I got back and our encounters normally turn into … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me about…(Lucy Kellaway) #32

Posted on 6 February, 2008 by jb

>Lucy Kellaway’s my kind of girl. (I use the term somewhat loosely… her Fountain of Youth appears to have become somewhat drought-stricken recently and – from her publicity shots, at least – she’s morphed from waif – top left – … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me… (about Chris Farlowe) #31

Posted on 5 February, 2008 by jb

>Rex Musik Theater, a converted village cinema in a village about 30 minutes south of Frankfurt 90 minutes of the Hamburg Blues Band with Clem Clempson (Humble Pie, Colosseum), 15 minutes break and then 75 minutes of Chris Farlowe. 67 … Continue reading →

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Stop you in your tracks² – "It’s A Beautiful Day"

Posted on 5 February, 2008 by jb

“For me, a great rock song is a good tune, plus some inspired irritant – a shout, a noise, an enigmatic line, a raucous solo.” John Pareles – now the chief music critic of the Arts section of the New … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me about… (Henri Cartier-Bresson) #30

Posted on 19 January, 2008 by jb

>“Behind Saint-Lazare Station, Paris, France, 1932” Henri Cartier-Bresson Does photography get much better than this? Tags: Behind Saint-Lazare Station, Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Just how sad is this…? – #1

Posted on 17 January, 2008 by jb

OK, you’re watching “North Country“, Dylan’s singing “Sweetheart like you“ on the soundtrack and you know that that’s Mick Taylor, playing guitar. You know that it’s Mick playing guitar, because you recognise Sly Dunbar’s drumming as the same style as … Continue reading →

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>It must be me…..#4

Posted on 15 January, 2008 by jb

>Ms. jb’s in the Ralph Lauren Outlet store in Kittery, ME, getting all breathless over a sweater with 20% cashmere content. “Oh, which 20% would you say is cashmere, then? One of the arms?” I asked. “Which one – left … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me about…(New England life #3)

Posted on 15 January, 2008 by jb

>From the Portsmouth Herald’s Police Log 3:57 a.m. A Court Street caller reported a screaming male in the portable toilet on her property. Officers were unable to locate the man. 4:23 p.m. A Lamarck Drive resident reported that a bat … Continue reading →

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