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Tunes for a Tuesday – 19 November 2013

Beggin’ – Madcon – Uncovered [Listen] C’mon And Swim – Bobby Freeman – Billboard Top 100 – 1964 [Listen] Embers – The Hazard Archive [Listen] I Enjoy Being a Girl – Peggy Lee [Listen] I Turn My Camera On – … Continue reading

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Ever had your pick nicked?

A teddy bear is working on a building site. He goes for his tea break and when he returns,he notices his pick has been stolen. The bear goes ballistic and reports the theft to the foreman. The foreman grins ” … Continue reading

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 12 November 2013

  Against the Wind – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band [Listen] Alabamy Bound – Les Paul & Mary Ford [Listen] Dixie Fried – Carl Perkins [Listen] Here Comes The Sun – Charles Wright [Listen] Nel Blu Dipinto Di … Continue reading

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Breakfast yesterday. Breakfast today.

Preferred yesterday, I think…

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Coast to Coast – Takapuna, NZ to Hermosa Beach, California

Waitemata volcanic basalt meets….. SAND? No rocks? And the sand’s probably imported from China, too. Oh well. Next coast might be more promising.

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Well, if that’s the case…

…I’ll have the one on the right…

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Coast to Coast – Mapua wharf, New Zealand to Takapuna beach, Auckland, New Zealand

Pliocene-early Pleistocene Moutere gravel meets Waitemata volcanic basalt. And a pohutukawa bud.

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At some stage, it changes to “Run”….

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Coast to Coast – Indian Point, Maine, USA to Mapua Wharf, New Zealand

The idea: Mess with the heads of future geologists by taking a stone from a beach, relocating it to the next beach on my travels and taking its new neighbour. To the next beach. Southwest Harbor granite meets Pliocene-early Pleistocene … Continue reading

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 5 November 2013

Closer to the Heart – Rush [Listen] Down ‘N’ Outer – Nanci Griffith [Listen] Monarch – Nervous Cloud [Listen] No Limites – Alliance Ethnik [Listen] Risingson – Massive Attack [Listen] Roll Over Beethoven – E.L.O. [Listen] Running to Stand Still … Continue reading

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