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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Searching for Snow in the Pyrenees: December 1987
Life in Condom can’t be fun. I’m sure the most photographed attractions are the town’s welcome signs. Being a bunch of teenage boys, my french brothers have made a detour here for my benefit, so I have to show my … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 1987, col du portet, espiaube, floc de gascogne, france, lac de l'oule, new years eve, pyrenees, saint lary, simple minds, skiing, snow, st lary, travel
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Musical micropause: F – voices from down under
I’m feeling patriotic today, so here are four favourites from New Zealand, starting on Takapuna Beach, Auckland… The Front Lawn: Andy (1989) The short-lived Front Lawn was founded in 1985, and this is probably their best-known song. Andy was written by … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Travel
Tagged all blacks, andy, cheer up murray, couldn't be done, don mcglashan, faster than light, fish and chups, flight of the conchords, front lawn, kiwifruit, murray hewitt, neil finn, new zealand, new zealand take your mum, pavlova, sheep, tim finn, try whistling this
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Christmas in Bordeaux, December 1987
Just call me Lord of the Flies. My new family must be wondering who they’ve invited into their home after tonight’s behaviour. We’re having a quiet drink while watching the french version of Wheel of Fortune, when someone asks me … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged bordeaux, Cathédrale Saint-André, Christmas, Fève, france, Galette, Henri Leconte, Ishtar, La Fête Des Rois, Meg Ryan, Pineau, trabel, Wheel of Fortune
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Musical micropause: E
Move over iTunes, here come the eTunes… Easy Star All*Stars: Let Down (2006) Radiohead meets reggae on the Easy Star All*Stars cover album of OK Computer. This was recorded with Toots and the Maytals, and according to this concert report from Philadelphia … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged easy star allstars, editors, elbow, everything but the girl, let down, munich, radiohead, seldom seen kid, walking wounded, weather to fly, wrong
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Bonjour Bordeaux! – December 1987
Oh dear – I think I’ve broken this girl’s nose. This isn’t good. I can’t see blood but she’s still clutching it like it may fall off and roll into the Bordeaux gutter. Maybe we’ll laugh about this later? I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged bise, bordeaux, france, france gall, joe le taxi, johnny hallyday, travel, vanessa paradis
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Musical micropause: D
Some favourites from the D vaults: Miles Davis: Nuit Sur Les Champs-Élysées (1958) This is from the soundtrack to “Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud” and was recorded by Miles Davis in Paris the year before Kind of Blue was released. It has a similar … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud, Bob Dylan, Colin Meloy, Crane Wife, Decemberists, Jazz, Kind of Blue, Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie, Miles Davis, music, Nick Drake, Northern Sky, paris
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