Dear Diary,
So, all eyes and ears in recent weeks have been on the BBC’s 2014 John Peel Memorial Lecture, given by none other than Iggy Pop.
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Chapter 71: How to Succeed at Busking by Not Really Trying
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Chapter 70: Yeavering
Yeavering. A noun, not a verb. (Photo by Andrew Curtis.) Dear Diary,
The last blog was a rant. A looooooong rant. I started to think of it as the Blogpost That Would Not Die. Every time someone would comment or repost I would feel the urge to add another 2,000 words to it.
So, a change of pace. The tune of the moment, dear Diary, is ‘Yeavering’ by Kathryn Tickell.
(I was sort of hoping to embed a YouTube video here of her playing it live or something, but I can’t find one. Strange how rare that is these days.)
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Chapter 69: Morris dancing. Borderline racist?
Well this is awkward… http://t.co/cITLc6xxA2 pic.twitter.com/rBRBmzcmGg
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 13, 2014
Extraordinary picture, isn’t it.
Saturday morning I saw an article in the Telegraph about a photo of David Cameron posing with some Morris dancers in Banbury. The Morris dancers had their faces blacked. Since then the Guardian picked up on the story. And the Independent. And the Daily Mail. And so on. Twitter is going a little crazy for it right now, unsurprisingly.
So, is Morris dancing racist? (more…)
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Chapter 68: All In A Garden Green
(or ‘Maybe the English weren’t totally shit at Classical Music after all!’)
Photo by Snapshooter46 (Flickr) Dear Diary,
Look look! Shiny new web pages!!
Part of the new concerted effort to be, organised, particularly when it comes to gig hunting.
In other news, I’ve fallen in love again. His name is Jenkins, and he’s been dead for over 300 years. Don’t tell Hannah.
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Chapter 67: Painting the Severn Bridge
Photo by Lyndon Hatherall (Flickr) Dear Diary,
Anyway, as I was saying…
This year you’re going to be hearing LOTS from me! I’ll be posting lots of gigs, lots of new recordings, yada-yada-yada…
Yeah, you’ve heard this before, haven’t you Diary. “I’m going to write to you all the time from now on! I know I’ve been shit up to now, but I can change! I can change!! I’m going to make such an effort – it’ll be like it’s a New Me! You’ll see… pithy posts and witty insights left, right and centre! You’ll be dazzled!”
Total fucking silence for 6 months.
But you know what, I’m not even going to apologise for it this time.
For several reasons.
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Chapter 66: “You don’t call, you don’t email… what about MY needs?”
Diary, look…
I know…
I know I’ve been bad…. I know I haven’t been in touch in an age, I’m sorry…
It’s just that… whoo! You really would not believe these last two months. I mean really, you would not believe.
I mean, I’ve been busy before… but really it’s just been crazy! Temps fou, ma vieille amie! Días de la locura! الفوضى المطلق!
Where to begin…
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