Friday, August 16, 2013

The Lion-Dog of China

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Visitors to a Louhe city zoo in China's Henan province were looking into the cage labelled "African lion", perhaps thinking th...

Daft Punk "Random Access Memories" (2013) - a preliminary non-review

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I bought this with a record token for Golden Discs that my sister gave me - yes, readers, Golden Discs still exists. I have listened to the ...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

New small but fierce animal discovered in Ecuador

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Scientists have discovered a new fierce little animal living in Ecuador. It is the Olinguito, described by the Guardian as "a cross bet...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Live Music: White Hills / Twinkranes

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I mentioned that I went to see the popular film Good Vibrations . When I left the cinema, I found myself brimming over with fondness for the...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Hunters Moon 2012

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What's this, you say? Well readers, I am finally having a crack at writing some kind of review of the Hunters Moon festival of October 2...

The Sad History of King Henry VI

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I went to York. I went to see plays. The people that run Shakespeare's Globe in London were touring performances of Shakespeare's th...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

The Cramps "Songs The Lord Taught Us" (1980)

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My beloved picked this up in London. And it is amazing in a way that would be unimaginable for any band now. As you probably know, the Cramp...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

D is for Dengue Fever

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Dengue Fever are one of those bands I was fascinated by long before I actually heard anything by them. You may recall that I developed an in...
Sunday, August 04, 2013

Two More Sea Shanty Records

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The Keelers Tyne & Tyde (2013) Johnny Collins, Dave Webber & Pete Watkinson Songs of the Sea: a Collection of Sea Shanties (199...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Two Sea Shanty Records

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The Keelers Farewell to the Master (1993) v/a Sailors' Songs and Sea Shanties (2004) Ahoy there shipmates! Cast off and join me ab...