Category Archives: Too good to miss

>Too good to miss

Posted on 17 September, 2008 by jb

> 19th century quilt depicting the solar system at the National Museum of American History. Quite stunning

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Happiness is…..

Posted on 25 July, 2008 by jb

….finding this book. We had a lot of cricket books in our house. A few novels – C.S. Forester (of whom Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, “I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know.”) and Nevil Shute – but … Continue reading →

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"A dude with a pencil is worse than a cat with a machine gun"

Posted on 5 June, 2008 by jb

Said Bo Diddley. Ellas Otha Bates created one of rock and roll’s bedrock rhythms. In its simplest form, the Bo Diddley beat can be counted out as a two-bar phrase: “One and two and three and four and one and … Continue reading →

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Words to music – Tuwhare

Posted on 20 June, 2007 by jb

Take an iconic poet, get some of the country’s top contemporary artists to put the lyrics to music and you’ve got “Tuwhare“, a collection curated by Charlotte Yates and quite a wonderful work of art. Add a video of the … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask me (about who the * is Alice) #3

Posted on 11 April, 2007 by jb

You’ve all heard of Smokie, right? Smokie, the band that backed Peter Noone (of Hermann’s Hermits fame) in the early 70’s and who – if there were any justice in the world – should have sunk without trace? Smokie, the … Continue reading →

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