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31st July 2011
The first Friday of the month, with Gareth and Joel playing some tunes by Longshanks and friends…. I though of Egan and his Skilled Helper model…. I defended myself to the challenging notion of being a counsellor…. Memory aides…. Moments that help…. … Continue reading
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Tagged 31st July, Aides, Andrew Murray, Bellevue Park, Benefit Changes, Bon Iver, Canada Department, Cheshire Plains, Childhood Obesity, Counsellor, Denial, Egan, Evening Rain, Everyman, Exciting Music, First Friday, Fleet, Foxes, Gaddafi, Heart, Independence Day, International Dialogue, Jazz Cigarette, Liver Disease, Longshanks, Lovely Night, Masterbakers, Memory, Morris Dancing, Music, Nothing Days, Perfect Point, Poverty, Relationship, Second Thought, Strauss Kahn, Thai Ladies, Tina, Tunes, Village People, Wallpaper Service, Will Hutton, Work Foundation
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30th June 2011
Work in Progress << James Joyce published his novel ‘Finnegans Wake’ in 1939, just months before the outbreak of the 2nd World War. It was serialised in fragments, under the title ‘Work in Progress’, in a variety of literary … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 Years, Adjective, Aircrash, Antiques Roadshow, Assault Charge, Austerity, Avon, Backround, Beansprouts, Birthday Cards, Bloomsday, Book Idea, Conservative Mp, Cousins, Cusp, Daughter Lucia, David Kelly, Diagio, Dialogue, Doctors And Nurses, Doppler Effect, Duke Of Ed, Dylan Thomas, Egypt, Elika, Explosion, Favourite Days, Fern Hill, Final Draft, Fragments, Francois Villon, Gorkys, Gp, Haverford West, Health Family, Health Reforms, Hot Afternoon, Hubris, Ill Health, Industry Corporations, James Joyce, John Mitchel, Kelly John, Literary Publications, Literati, Little Pot, Mairead, Money Problems, Organic Process, Pembrokeshire, Phenomenal Effort, Politicians, Psychology, Quality Targets, Question Time, Radio Reporter, Radio Talk, Relationship, Sarah Palin, Seamus, Sheer Complexity, Sunday Silence, Ulysses, Virginity, War In Europe, Whoops, Wind Power, Work In Progress, Zippy Rainbow
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31st May 2011
33 hours and counting. I was thinking of having a month off the grog. As always. I remembered back to that day, on the late May Bank Holiday of 2010 when I had a little quiver in my wrist, involuntarily, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 33 Years, Apopleptic, Aruni, Bank Holiday, Bensons, Blithe Spirit, Blur, Bridge Inn, Camper Van, Charles Dickens, Chilly Night, Chloes, Containment, Cosmopolitan Mix, Crucifixion, Culprit, Daisy, Extra Time, Fergie, Film Of The Same Name, Gaddafi, Gammon, Glass Of Wine, Good Woman, Grandchildren, Grog, Guest Appearance, Haddock, Henry Cooper, Last Glass, Late Night, Llangollen, May Day, May Day Parades, Minute Segments, Mushroom, Neverending Math Equation, New Spring, Newsreels, Numbness, Olympic, Osama, Outrage, Pegasus, Peter Allen, Planking, Posthumous Legend, Predator, Propoganda, Quiet Night, Quiver, Radio, Retaliation, Revolutions Per Minute, Roundabouts, Sectarianism, Smart Start, Snez, Swelter, Tangled History, Ted Lowe, Tower Farm, Town Time, Video Evidence, War Of The Flea, White Fish
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30th April 2011
I remember getting here…. it was April ’98 I remember their faces, you with your shades and your shoulder bag at the school gates. You said, ‘You can see the sunlight in the sky ? You can see Hope Mountain…. You can … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdication, Anglesey, April Fools Day, April Is The Cruellest Month, Augusta Masters, Avenues And Alley Ways, Biology, Birkenhead, Budget, Cava, Colin Work, Daughter Shelley, Day At The Races, Dr Martens Boots, Drinks, Elika, Excesses, Foot Of Snow, Friday Night Club, Ghosts And Ghouls, Glorious Array, Greenery, Happy Accident, Health Reforms, Hope Mountain, Howard Clarke, Impressive Buildings, Masters Amen Corner, New Beginnings, New Years Eve, News Of The World, Norman Lamb, Nuptials, Old Haunts, Pater Familias, Photosynthesis, Public Holiday, Purple Flowers, Rays Creek, Sand Storms, School Gates, Second Birthday, Seymour Street, Shopping Basket, Shoulder Bag, Sidney Lumet, Smoking Ban, Snez, Sunrise In The Sky, T S Eliot, Troth, Weather, Wirral, Yuri Gagarin
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The Albumac
( theideatowritethesefewpiecesistwofoldreallyfirstlytogivemeachancetotrywriting personalstoriesinawaythatisalittledifferentand secondlytogetalittleofmyloveofthemusic Ihavelistenedtoalloftheseyearsontothesepages icouldhavereplacedeveryitemherebutihavetostartsomewhere apologiestothosewhodidntmakeitthistimeihopeyoulikeyourmusicasmuchas ilikemineandicantwaittoseewhereittakesusboth ) Ashkan – In From The Cold…. The Beatles – Oldies But Goldies…. Captain Beefheart – Safe As Milk…. Deaf School – 2nd Honeymoon…. Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain…. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Collection X, Colossal Youth, Deaf School, Forces Of Victory, Freeze Frame, Gram Parsons, Grevious, H P Lovecraft, Hank Williams, Honeymoon, Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marble Giants, Northern Britain, Ocean Rain, Oldies, Safe As Milk, Sheer Heart Attack, Steely Dan, Teenage Fanclub, Todd Rundgren, Uncaged, Velvet Underground, Young Marble Giants, Zygotic Mynci
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Jonny
Liverpool. Friday 11th February. 8.00pm. There was a Welshman, a Scotsman and an Irishman at this gig in England. No, no, you are going to love this one…. believe me…. no honestly…. It’s got a certain something to it though, don’t you … Continue reading
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Tagged A41, Cheste, England, Evening Rain, Gig, Gorky, Irishman, Liverpool, Love Affair, M53, Mcginley, Melody, Memory, Mileage, Occasional Glimpses, Parking Space, Paul Cunningham, Police Traffic, Purr, Scotsman, Shimmy, Side Windows, Teenage Fanclub, Traffic Cars, Virus, Welshman, Winches, Wrexham, Zygotic Mynci
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