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Keep on Running – back to Bordeaux: November 1989
Wake UP! What the..?? What is hell is THAT?? It’s pitch black outside. It sounds like a drill? Have I fallen asleep in a construction site? No, that’s the phone, but the ringer volume seems to have been set by … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Travel
Tagged 1989, amsterdam, auckland, Austerlitz, bordeaux, busker, gare du nord, Kronenbourg, lovetown, metro, music, paris, travel, u2
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Musical micropause: I
This one was hard work. If you’re going to start a band, try something beginning with R, like REM, Radiohead and the Rolling Stones. There aren’t that many big name I-bands out there, especially if you don’t like Iron Maiden. … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged closer to fine, great southern land, icehouse, indigo girls, interpol, iva davies, mullet, nyc, obstacle 1
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Amsterdam in installments: 1989-2008
Schiphol! Now there’s a famous name. I’m sure I’m not saying it right, but just seeing the name on the airport building as we taxi to the gate makes me smile. After two nights in Hong Kong, and pitstops in … Continue reading
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Tagged amsterdam, bookmark, costers diamonds, damrak, holland, john lennon, jordaan, krasnapolsky, netherlands, red light district, sexmuseum, travel, van gogh museum, vincent van gogh
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Musical micropause: H
Some guilty pleasures (Caution: NSFW, nothing wrong with the language, but people will talk about you) Harpo: Moviestar (1975) Definitely one for the car with all windows wound up tight. A native of Sweden, Jan Harpo Torsten Svensson was assigned to two … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged abba, frida, harpo, hat, heebeegeebees, husker du, love is all around, mary tyler moore, meaningless songs, minneapolis, movie star
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Blacklisted in Bordeaux: December 1987
The early days in a group that has been randomly thrown together are always interesting. First impressions are made, and sometimes soon corrected. But this is most of our team of twelve travellers, in the interior courtyard of the Chateau … Continue reading
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Tagged Biarritz, Blois, bordeaux, Cannes, Cote d'Azur, La Rochelle, Monaco, Nice, paris, pyrenees, Riviera, travel
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