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Banksy Unmasked?
Banksy is a bit of enigma. His art has been gracing the walls of buildings, roads, bus shelters and art galleries for many years but his identity is a closely guarded secret. He has rarely been...
View ArticleLondonitus
I read a letter in Word Magazine written by my mate Planet Mondo about a gig he went to in Cambridge featuring the wonderful John Martyn. All through the gig someone sitting behind him sang at the top...
View ArticleHalf a gig for the price of two!
It has been a weird old week gig wise at ChezMarmite. I had two gigs to look forward to this time last week. I was due to see Amusement Parks On Fire on Tuesday and was to follow it up by seeing Billy...
View ArticleCold Turkey.
I feel like shit. I have changed to a new pain killing regime as the dyhydrocodeine I was taking wasn't really working that well. I was in pain most of the time and the drugs was offering about an hour...
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Gdansk, Zubrowka and Solidarnosc.
The trip to Gdansk was not really planned. Father O'Malley rang me one Satruday evening about six weeks ago and stated that he had book three seats on a flight for himself, Jock Pop and me to Gdansk in...
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A New(ish) Arrival.
Readers my be aware of my love of pussy cats. I have lived quite happily with my boys Marmite and Twiglet in darkest Essex. They get on very well and love to play fight and chase each other around the...
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Oscar Peterson 1925 -2007
One of the truly great jazz pianists, Oscar Peterson died on 23 December in his native Canada aged 82. He was one of the truly great jazz players with an instantly recognisable style. He played fast...
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Benazir Bhutto 1953 - 2007
Benazir Bhutto was an extremely brave person who refused to bow down to the threat to her life. She was determined to bring democracy back to Pakistan and today paid for that determination when she was...
View ArticleI will return.
My blog has had to take a back seat for a while as I have been a tad busy of late. Work has been as mad as a mad thing lately and I'm also taking some exams for work too.I haven't had the inclination...
View ArticleGrumpy?
I seem to be getting grumpier the older I get. Not with my friends and family you understand but with the world in general and the people who inhabit it and run it. I find myself shouting at the radio...
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Walk Like An Egyptian.
An amazing thing happened today. It turned out to be one of the proudest moments of my life and it happened at a school assembly.As soon readers will already know my partner Lily has a daughter called...
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Inflated Opinions.
I just don't get it at all. We are told by the financial press, the Chancellor, the Prime Minister, the opposition, the Bank of England and our employers (lest they give us a decent pay rise) that...
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Free Tibet.
The Olympic Torch is making its way over approximately 84 000 miles to China in time for the 2008 Games in Beijing. The torch is meant to symbolise unity, friendship and peace. When China were awarded...
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Glory Box
Tomorrow I get to see the fabulous Portishead for the first time. They haven't released anything since there second studio album some 11 years ago so it is all very exciting. Their debut 'Dummy' is one...
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Portishead - Hammersmith Apollo 10 April 2008
Just after Tronik Youth's marvellous remix of Joy Division's 'She's Lost Control' faded away (which to my ears seems to have influenced Portishead's new single 'Machine Gun')Portishead took to the...
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Smash The BNP
It is time for the local elections in many places in the UK on Thursday 1 May an event that will pass many people by. The turnout in local elections is often so low that the elected representatives may...
View ArticleI hate work.
Why do we have to work in this lovely weather. It doesn't seem fair. By rights I should be sitting in the garden with a cool drink with a good book and my iPod playing some tunes to reflect the...
View ArticlePublicity stunt.
So the Shadow Home Secretary has resigned his post on the front bench and his position as an MP. The reason? Because he disagrees with a decision made democratically in the House of Commons. I happen...
View ArticleIt's About Time...
...I got my finger out and actually bothered to write something on this blog. I have an excuse. although not a particularly good one. I'm on pretty strong painkillers at the moment and it is fogging my...
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Camera Obscura -Live 229 London Club Fandango 5th September 2008
Glasgow has produced many great bands over the years. Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, Belle and Sebastian and Orange Juice have all graced my turntable/cd player over the years. I'm not sure what it is...
View ArticleA Bit Of A Worry.
The upcoming US election worries me. The recent polls have shown that the McCain/Palin ticket is ahead. I find this quite unbelievable and really quite scary. Palin is a Creationist, in other words she...
View ArticleArse.
My laptop has died. It won't turn on. This is not good. I have taken it to the Laptop Hospital and they have charged me £219 to have a look at it. Hopefully the 12050 songs on iTunes will not be lost....
View ArticleYou Know...
My laptop is all better. Apparently the motherboard was the problem. I have a new one now and and up and running again. As Joni Mitchell once sang "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."I, as...
View ArticleNew Venture
After a lot of pondering about what to do with this blog I have decided to set up a new one. It can be found here and it's called Floating In Space.The reason for the new blog is two fold. I really...
View ArticleParalympics World Cup
It is a long time since I wrote anything on this blog but an email popped into my box the other day which made me want to put up a post.From 20th-25th May 2009, the world’s finest Paralympic athletes...
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