You Must Be From Away

Good thing I’m retired…

Posted on 30 March, 2012 by jb

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 27 March 2012

Posted on 27 March, 2012 by jb

Girls – The 23 String Band – BIRP! April 2010 [Listen]
I Can See It in Your Face – Pretty Lights – Pre-Release Single From Muacm [Listen]
It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Live 1964 [Listen]
Kiss Quick – Matt Nathanson – Modern Love [Listen]
Let Nothing Come Between You – Warren Zevon – The Envoy [Listen]
Sea of Joy – Blind Faith – Blind Faith [Listen]
Sleep From Eyes – A Dead Forest Index [Listen]
Things I’ve Thrown – Periscope – BIRP! August 2010 [Listen]
Valencia – Josh Rouse – Josh Rouse El Turista [Listen]
Wilbury Twist – Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys Vol 3 [Listen]

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They’re drinking our beer over here…

Posted on 20 March, 2012 by jb

A well-travelled beer on the square in front of Mainz’s cathedral
Mapua-Nelson-Auckland-Los Angeles-Frankfurt-Mainz and all in just over a week.
Tasted just as good last night when I shared it with Famous Journalist John W. Flower as it did on the wharf in Mapua.
Better weather, though..

Posted in Away, Yum | Tagged Fat Toad, Golden Bear Brewery, Mainz, mapua | 5 Comments

Tunes for a Tuesday – 20 March 2012

Posted on 20 March, 2012 by jb

Brides of Jesus – Little Feat – Little Feat [Listen]
Church Clothes – Matt Nathanson – At the Point [Live] [Listen]
Coffee & TV – Blur – 13 [Listen]
Dogg Dogg – Famy – BIRP! December 2011 [Listen]
It’s OK – Cee Lo Green – The Lady Killer [Listen]
Pretzel Logic (PBS Live) – Steely Dan – Medley – ’74 – 2000 [Listen]
Raygun – Revenge of Astrophagus – Session 2 [Listen]
Reconsider Me – Warren Zevon – Live At The BBC [Listen]
Under Mountain, Under Ground – The Lighthouse & The Whaler – BIRP! April 2010 [Listen]
Under The Moonlight – Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue [Listen]

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Van Gogh to Rothko in 30 seconds

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by jb

There’s an app for that.
HT kottke.org

According to Apple, also contains

Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content or Nudity
Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References

Which is probably why I like it….

Posted in Too good to miss | 3 Comments

And just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse….

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by jb

Russia’s contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

They seem to be assured of Poland’s vote from the YouTube comments, though…

Oh, my granny. With the fist verses I thought that it will be discomfiture, but it’s not! I love you, Russians, that you’ve brought us this wonderful and energetic performance. I can’t wait for them in May. Greetings from Poland

Posted in Bloody hell, WTF | Tagged Buranovskiye Babushki, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Party For Everybody | 1 Comment

You’d look a bit perturbed too….

Posted on 18 March, 2012 by jb

…if someone had lit a campfire on your back to brew up a billy of tea….

14thC illustration at the Getty Center, Santa Monica

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No chip. Chip.

Posted on 18 March, 2012 by jb

Posted in Away | Tagged Fish and chips, mapua, Nature Smoke | 2 Comments

The empty chair

Posted on 16 March, 2012 by jb

The definition of disappointment: Not meeting Petrea Burchard of Pasadena Daily Photo for lunch at the Happy Trails cafe today.

Laid low by a migraine.

We enjoyed her recommendation, but not as much as if she’d been able to join us.

Posted in Too good to miss | Tagged Happy Trails, pasadena, Pasadena Daily Photo, Petrea Burchard | 1 Comment

Paul. Three score and ten. Still going strong.

Posted on 16 March, 2012 by jb

So this is how meetings with twin-bro Paul of Auckland West fame invariably pan out….

I let him know vaguely when I’ll be in New Zealand. He’ll then work out through astute questioning when I’ll be in Auckland and make a few appropriate suggestions for meeting.

We’ll then front up at the appointed time, grin like Cheshire cats at seeing each other and proceed to enjoy ourselves immensely for however long we’re together.

As in our most recent encounter at the Siren cafe in Titirangi last Sunday.

At which I found out that an earlier gathering of the offspring and an invitation to join them (which we unfortunately couldn’t take up) was to celebrate his 70th.

Here’s to many more….

Posted in This is the life, Too good to miss | Tagged Auckland West, Paul Hafner | 1 Comment