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- Home from the Buddhist Centre after an evening of tales of ancient India to find home-made haggis & tatties! LHB: best wife ever! #burns!
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- @alexdalton Two Sherlocks? a) It's Steven Moffat (see Dr. Who) b) The little girl's reaction c) All Moriarty's "You're just a normal person"
- A practical day. And learned an old Scottish lullaby from childhood. Now off to celebrate Jason Tuttle, then last of Sherlock! The fall...
- Someone stole my sweet Fuji bike from the landing outside our apartment. So depressing...:(
- @ClareMurray I know. We watched Temple of Doom at Luisa's wedding in mini film theatre (!). It's great! I love Crystal Skull too (L doesnt)!
- @ClareMurray Bad cuz! :) Laura's never seen it! Will have to overpower Twitter servers now to hide the ending... #spoilers
- Late night Raiders of the Lost Ark after Jake's birthday bash. Indie just discovered the Well of Souls! But sleep has interrupted...
- @karunadaka glad to hear you more than just survived it!
- Ah, I almost always come down with a virusy thing when I return to America. Woozy... Man, what are they putting in the air?!
- Finally watching Mark Gatiss's 'A History of Horror'. Spooky!
- Brrrrrr! A very chilly 7 degrees (-14!) in Portsmouth right now. Will climb as high as 28 later, which, in the circumstances, is tropical...
- Ah, veggie BLT & fries at the Toast (and bumping into Jake!). One of the waitresses said she had a dream about me! I must be home… :)
- First movie back: Logan's Run! Fantastic stuff...
- C&J bus usually shows old timey TV. Today, inexplicably, unfathomably dull documentary on container ships! Everything you ever need to know.
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Recently I heard a talk by my friend Maitreyabandhu about poetry and spiritual practice (http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC957) which has much to recommend it and is based around Ted Hughes’ famous poem ‘The Thought Fox’. Then I heard Melvyn Bragg’s recent programme for BBC’s Archive on Four on Hughes (you can find it here, at least for a little while: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0183glm).
I remembered that when Ted Hughes died I came across a snippet online somewhere in Real Audio format of him actually talking about the incident that lies at the heart of his poetic career and which he recounts in one of the essays in ‘Winter Pollen’. I recorded it at the time and cleaned it up a bit, and since I’ve never heard it included in anything about Hughes online I thought it fitting to post it for reference now that the great man is enshrined at Poet’s Corner.So, here’s the much missed Ted Hughes talking about his dream of the burnt fox…
I tried Google’s new voice search for iOS. Siri it ain’t! I said, “Pyjamas!” Google said…
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- 32 plays / Created Mar 05, 11Sixteen tracks including music by Breakfast Song, Innocence Mission, and Laura Marling.
- 38 plays / Created May 10, 09Slightly abridged version of my 'American' birthday mix for my lovely sister now she is engaged. Includes Breakfast Song &...Dharma Rascal!
- 92 plays / Created Sep 20, 08Part 1 of 24 songs I sing in secret – for Isis and Seth, with thanks for helping me remember my voice: including music by Autumns, Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Harem Scarem and Gillian Welch.
- 172 plays / Created Aug 30, 08Twelve cuts from my new faves Breakfast Song, Welsh harp music, Enur and M.I.A remixed, the awesome Tinariwen, some rarer things from Thom and the Radioheaders and lest we forget the incomparable Smiths, live in their home town...
- 23 plays / Created Nov 19, 11Eight tracks including music by Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, and Hercules and Love Affair.
- 2 plays / Created Oct 24, 11What my iPhone offered up when I was driving to Plaistow and back today.
- 14 plays / Created Nov 20, 10Ten tracks including music by Aimee Mann, Amy Winehouse and Au Revoir Simone, randomly selected by my iPhone while driving home from the airport.
- 25 plays / Created Nov 09, 10Eight tracks including music by Leona Naess, Orange Juice and Peter, Bjorn, and John.
- 7 plays / Created Oct 11, 10Eight tracks including music by Beck, Devo and Oingo Boingo.
- 4 plays / Created Oct 06, 10Eight tracks including music by Aeroc, Echo And The Bunnymen and Federico Aubele.
- 46 plays / Created Aug 09, 10Eight tracks including music by Bonobo Featuring Andreya Triana, De/Vision and Explosions In The Sky.
- 11 plays / Created Jul 30, 10Eight tracks including music by Absurd Minds, Bella Morte and Celebrate the Nun.
- 8 plays / Created Jul 29, 10Eight tracks including music by Heaven 17, Joy Division and Morrissey.
- 5 plays / Created Jul 29, 10Eight tracks including music by Arctic Monkeys, Digitalism and Peter Bjorn And John.
- 19 plays / Created Jul 26, 10Eight tracks including music by Bitter:Sweet, Cocteau Twins and Groove Armada.
- 14 plays / Created Jun 24, 10Twelve tracks including music by Alison Krauss, Amy Winehouse and Cocteau Twins.
- 13 plays / Created Jun 09, 10new Portsound is a monthly(ish) intimate gig with Scottish emerging alt- folk musical talent. Incidental setting/ mood /chat music by Antony & The Johnsons, Brian Eno and Barenaked Ladies among others go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114786165232554#!/event.php?eid=114786165232554&ref=mf
- 20 plays / Created May 31, 10Eight tracks including music by Bob Dylan, Modest Mouse and Neil Young.
- 9 plays / Created May 27, 10Eight tracks including music by Bola, Grizzly Bear and Habib Koité and Bamada. A sample of the incidental 'have a chat' music between sets at the following grass- roots night. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=121446401216349
- 15 plays / Created Mar 12, 10Eight tracks including music by Green Day, Modest Mouse and Smashing Pumpkins.
- 3 plays / Created Mar 12, 10Eight tracks including music by Autumn's Grey Solace, Belly and Charlotte Martin.
- 7 plays / Created Mar 12, 10Eight tracks including music by Arcade Fire, Built to Spill and Devics.
- 81 plays / Created Feb 09, 10Eleven tracks including music by Aimee Mann, Amy Winehouse and Au Revoir Simone.
- 47 plays / Created Feb 03, 10Twelve tracks including music by Amy Winehouse, Antony & The Johnsons and Boom Bip.
- 48 plays / Created Jan 08, 10Eight tracks including music by HUM, Interpol and Phoenix.
- 6 plays / Created Oct 19, 09Eight tracks including music by 10,000 Maniacs, Cocteau Twins and Dido.
- 44 plays / Created Oct 17, 09Eight tracks in French, including music by Axelle Red, Carla Bruni and Florent Pagny.
- 55 plays / Created Oct 15, 09a list of songs by bands in abc order...and it didn't start with a-ha and end with zz top...now aren't you interested?
- 16 plays / Created Oct 15, 09Nine tracks including music by Amy Winehouse, Antony & The Johnsons and David Bowie. All with the word "love" in the title.
- 17 plays / Created Oct 14, 09Nine tracks including music by Brandi Carlile, Cocteau Twins and David Bowie.
- 37 plays / Created Oct 13, 09Nine tracks including music by Band Of Horses, Elliott Smith and Franz Ferdinand.
- 26 plays / Created Oct 13, 09Eight tracks including music by Bent, Daniel Ash and Hooverphonic.
- 148 plays / Created Oct 11, 09songs from movies. can you guess which movie??
- 41 plays / Created Oct 09, 09Eight tracks including music by Add N To (X), Crystal Castles and ERASURE.
- 54 plays / Created Oct 08, 09Eight tracks including music by Broadcast, Echo and the Bunnymen and Fairport Convention.
- 46 plays / Created Oct 07, 09Eight tracks including music by Devo, Joy Division and Sex Pistols.
- 18 plays / Created Oct 07, 09Eight tracks including music by Crowded House, Faith No More and Pixies.
- 22 plays / Created Oct 06, 09Eight tracks including music by Aimee Mann, Band Of Horses and Barcelona.
- 17 plays / Created Oct 03, 09Eight tracks including music by A Flock Of Seagulls, Duran Duran and New Order.
- 40 plays / Created Sep 29, 09Eight tracks including music by Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz and Interpol.
- 46 plays / Created Sep 27, 09Nine tracks including music by Aimee Mann, Antony & The Johnsons and Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins.
- 31 plays / Created Sep 26, 09Nine tracks including music by Boogie Boys, Fat Boys and LL Cool J.
- 47 plays / Created Sep 26, 09Eight tracks including music by Alice In Chains, Belly and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
- 23 plays / Created Sep 26, 09Eight tracks including music by Apoptygma Berzerk, Camouflage and De/Vision.
- 75 plays / Created Sep 24, 09Eight tracks including music by Bitter:Sweet, Bjork and Kruder & Dorfmeister.
- 17 plays / Created Sep 23, 09Eight tracks including music by Beastie Boys, Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
- 12 plays / Created Sep 23, 09Eight tracks including music by Alice In Chains, Blind melon and Green Day.
- 28 plays / Created Sep 23, 09Eight tracks including music by At The Drive-In, Bright Eyes and The American Analog Set.
- 14 plays / Created Sep 23, 09Eight tracks including music by A Place To Bury Strangers, Black Moth Super Rainbow and Cut Copy.
- 8 plays / Created Sep 22, 09Eight tracks including music by Bloc Party, Depeche Mode and Fischerspooner.
- 15 plays / Created Sep 22, 09Eight tracks including music by Asobi Seksu, Editors and I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness.
- 34 plays / Created Sep 02, 09Ten tracks including music by Bloc Party, God Is An Astronaut and Scissor Sisters.
- 33 plays / Created Sep 01, 09Eight tracks including music by Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Cocteau Twins and Lush.
- 23 plays / Created Aug 31, 09Eight tracks including music by Bloc Party, Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd.
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- 13 plays / Created Aug 17, 09i want to play! you join too!: http://8tracks.com/traciechkn/choose-life
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- 22 plays / Created Aug 14, 09everything to do with the wants you may have.
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- 30 plays / Created Aug 10, 09Eight tracks including music by Pinback, Pink Floyd and Pixies.
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- 15 plays / Created Aug 09, 09Eight tracks including music by Cocteau Twins, Elastica and Flunk.
- 10 plays / Created Aug 09, 09Nine tracks including music by David Bowie, Echo And The Bunnymen and Fischerspooner.
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- 89 plays / Created Oct 28, 08Old and New, just what I'm listening to.
- 53 plays / Created Oct 23, 08Nine tracks including music by Aimee Mann, Alison Krauss & Union Station and Blue States.
