impossible songs

These are just fleeting thoughts from the heartland of the UK's colonial dustbin somewhere beyond the wall of sleep. Odd bits of music and so-called worldly wisdom may creep in from time to time. Don't expect too much and you won't feel let down. As ever AI and old age are to blame. I'll just leave it there ...

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Solsbury Hill

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It was a long time ago now. 1985. That's over 41 years that have passed. We were living in Bath, on Great Pultney Street at the time, an...
Monday, October 19, 2026

Antonio Pinto de Carvalho

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APC EA200 OVA: Here's a guitar that I picked up dirt cheap on eBay a few years ago. It needed some work. It's hand made and a rare, ...
Sunday, October 18, 2026

I Thought It Was Spaghetti In Her Hair

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It's an easy enough mistake to make. We've all been there. Don't let it bring you down. It never was spaghetti. Good news: you c...
Friday, October 16, 2026

Satire

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  This is satire … and like all great satire, it exposes the truth but it's not real. Not written by me either. I just copied it into th...

Unexpected Magic

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The sword in the stone: Here's a 12th century relic from the Abbey of San Galgano. In 1180 Galgano Guidotti decided to renouce violence ...
Thursday, October 15, 2026

Ovation

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  I haven't had this old Ovation guitar out of it's formidable flight case for a couple of years. It was almost perfectly in tune ou...
Sunday, October 11, 2026

October

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Another piece of solid truth from the internet: I might have known ... some medieval scribe may have decided that the symbol for my birth mo...
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Saturday, October 10, 2026

Lightning Bolt

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Top wrap v Tune-O-Matic guitar bridges:  You can get into a mess of trouble here. There’s a perception that the intonation flexibility of th...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2026

It's All True

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"It's all true, up to a point. But never be afraid to say a firm no to cigarettes and existentialism. Drinking doesn't help eit...
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

La Joie de Vivre

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George the cat scuttles up a tree and a few seconds later appears near the top. Not quite sure why he's there or how he got there. He...
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Monday, October 05, 2026

Wonky Pears

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  Still life of some sort: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a fine selection of wonky pears. Did I grow them, did I buy them? No I did not. ...
Sunday, October 04, 2026

Somewhere in Skopje

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Above: From our TA clan representative in Skopje. Macduff and that other national drink "Moray Cup " are now celebrated in a pub l...
Friday, October 02, 2026

Wefail Art

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If you're the kind of knockabout person who likes to dress up their abode with some politically tinged artwork, then the people (?) at W...
Thursday, October 01, 2026

In the Voice of a Goat

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"I'm not a faun, but I just might be a goat. An old goat. Probably the one on its hind legs. At least that's what I'd like ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Apple Products

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Absolutely here for the apple juice.  Don't know who did this but 👍
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Ten Years Gone

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Another Substack interlude. Almost everything you've ever wanted to know about Porsche 911 ownership but were afraid to ask. Click the p...
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Monday, September 28, 2026

Baroque Renaissance Confrontation

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  What we all need now and then is a good Baroque style Renaissance themed confrontation of some sort or other. Coming soon to a pub, club, ...
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Monday, September 21, 2026

I May Almost Believe in AI

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What does AI think of me? OK it's not really thinking, it's drawing data maps but, once upon a time it was a rainy day and ...   I w...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

Miles of Tiles

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Where in the world are we? The splendour of some extravagant tile work. Odd boxes were opened and applied. What might it mean? It addles the...
Friday, September 18, 2026

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  Undiscovered chocolate found in the fridge behind the tomtato puree. I quickly moved it to the fruit basket, as you do. A morning without ...
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