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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Westwards to Wales: January 1990
Despite the lack of bluebirds, as first impressions go, seeing the white cliffs of Dover appearing out of the mist isn’t a bad introduction. In my childhood I was in no position to escape my Mum’s musical taste, so I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath, Britrail, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Chepstow, Dover, England, London, Monmouth, Oxford, rain, Stonehenge, tank, Tintern Abbey, trains, travel, umbrella, United Kingdom, Vera Lynn, Wales
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Musical Micropause: O
Okkervil River: Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe (2007) Another band that I’ve discovered through the pages of Word and Uncut, Okkervil River are sometimes labelled indie-folk, sometimes Americana. Being named after a short story by a Russian author hints … Continue reading
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Tagged a minha menina, beth orton, feel to believe, masterplan, noel gallagher, oasis, okkervil river, os mutantes, will sheff
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To Brittany and beyond: January 1990
Maybe it’s the sheep jokes, but for some reason I feel a certain affinity with Brittany. I wasn’t aware that Brittany enjoys a similarly unfounded reputation for their hospitality to sheep as my homeland. The younger crowd in Bordeaux do … Continue reading
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Tagged angers, apocalypse tapestries, brittany, chateau villemaurine, france, jersey, lorient, nantes, new years eve, pontorson, rennes, st emilion, st helier, st malo, train, travel
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Musical Micropause: N
New Pornographers: Myriad Harbour (2007) Another band that I’ve discovered through Word and Uncut magazines, the New Pornographers formed in Vancouver in 1999. This track was one of the singles from Challengers, the CD that the were promoting when they … Continue reading
Last train to Lannemezan: November 1989
When three french heads simultaneously stop their conversations and look at you, you know that something is up. In fact, I’m up – up in the Pyrenees, when I should be getting closer to Bordeaux. How did that happen? And … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, bordeaux, Carcassonne, eurail, france, Lannemezan, Toulouse, train, travel, walkman
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Musical Micropause: M
Unintentionally all old school today. Tales from the M drawer… Bob Mould: See A Little Light (1989) This is from Workbook, Bob Mould’s first solo album after the break-up of Hüsker Dü in 1988. After the volume of Hüsker Dü, this … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, bob mould, deserters songs, don mcglashan, massive attack, mercury rev, mezzanine, mutton birds, opus 40, white valiant, workbook
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You have to laugh – mishaps and misadventures in France
Have you ever had that feeling that you’re stuck inside a phone booth in Bordeaux at 11pm with only a beer for company? I think I may be one of the few – it was an interesting way to finish … Continue reading
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