Category Archives: Too good to miss

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

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 of … 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 →

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Ianduringly delightful

Posted on 18 August, 2015 by jb

When you stumble over stuff like this, you realise how much you miss Ian Dury. I do. anyway Stunningly witty lyrics, all very tongue-in-cheek. And what a lovely man in this Parkinson interview. One of the nicest things he did … Continue reading →

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“Give my money to millionaires….”

Posted on 20 July, 2015 by jb

…and I don’t give a fuck about you.” Great busking stuff, in the best tradition of Billy Bragg

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Did anyone pay any attention to this?

Posted on 17 July, 2015 by jb
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Choice stuff from the Guardian

Posted on 17 July, 2015 by jb

117th over: Australia 424-3 (Voges 24, Smith 168) Short, rank rubbish from Ali to Smith, who stands there, waits a while, has a cigarette, downloads the new Wilco album, listens to it (it’s only 35 minutes), goes for a comfort … Continue reading →

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FAQs for twins

Posted on 14 July, 2015 by jb

  

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Smith & Wollensky is the latest big-name steakhouse to cross the pond. Pity it didn’t sink on the way…

Posted on 12 July, 2015 by jb

Stunningly acerbic restaurant review from the Guardian ” We are told there is an option to take left-overs home. We choose not to. The last thing we want, as we walk out the door, is to take any part of … Continue reading →

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