Almost midweek music
Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by James Higham
Caribbean
Posted on August 31st, 2010 by James Higham
… and a fun amateur version.
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Train music
Posted on August 30th, 2010 by James Higham
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Two classics from long ago
Posted on August 29th, 2010 by James Higham
O-ku Nsu-kun No-ko – Yoruban for “The dead are weeping for the dead”. I find the first half of this song thought-provoking and the second half quite uplifting. Below, a sad but haunting song of loss from a most underrated band.
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Gallery #9
Posted on August 29th, 2010 by James Higham
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Of guests and gifts
Posted on August 29th, 2010 by James Higham
There’s an article in the Mail – yes, I know, it’s my equivalent of slumming it – and it’s about a houseguest who came to stay … and stay … and stay …
There’s a certain amount of artistic licence allowed journos on blog-type pieces and if this journo did act as she said she did, [...]
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Autumn cometh
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by James Higham
If winter is my season, then autumn precedes and delights as well, the entrée before the main course. The hues, the tones of autumn and winter are central to my life, to my spirit and as the days close in, as the mornings and evenings become fresher and nippier, so the mood improves and [...]
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Whom do you write like?
Posted on August 28th, 2010 by James Higham
Have you ever wondered whom you write like? Xensen has this nifty “I write like” engine, where you insert your text and it analyses which author you are closest to. Either take it with a grain of salt or believe it, as you will.
I put in various fragments of Dark Logic and it [...]
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Daddy and Mummy
Posted on August 27th, 2010 by James Higham
Thanks, Dearieme. There’s some dispute over the singer.
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Paper bag at hand?
Posted on August 25th, 2010 by James Higham
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Dearieme to the rescue
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by James Higham
This version’s just fine, DM:
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Thursday evening with JD
Posted on August 19th, 2010 by James Higham
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