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 ...

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Rocky Mountain Way

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Back home from the Rockies...unforgettable and fantastic...and jet addled. Thanks to Air Canada for a nice job, free internet, nice noodles,...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Great Urinals: No 3

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The last word and the last post from Canada and strictly speaking something that is a little more than an odd urinal. This is of course a be...

Great Urinals: No 2

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Still in Canada, this one is from a sports bar in Granville Island, Vancouver. It appears to work according to the same principles as the ot...

Pacific Ocean Blue

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Looking out west from Stanley Park, the ten oil tankers are parked up and the sun is warm, sea planes buzz past and the puddles are steaming...

Great Urinals: No1

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This footballing themed urinal is in the "Elephant and Castle" Pub in Vancouver. Housed strangely enough in the building used in t...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Train

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Long Train Running. Canadian Pacific Railways: The journey from Jasper to Vancouver was a strange but mostly enjoyable experience. The trai...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Icefields Parkway Daily Photo

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The weather around here is interesting and changeable to say the least. Somewhere in the foreground and the distance is an ice field the exa...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Alberta daily photo

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Funny how there is always something annoying to be found in any car. This Nissan Rogue has a loose number plate, the self tapper screw is st...
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Banff daily photo

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Tree shadows cross Bow River Falls at 1500hrs. A triumph for Canadian Pacific and a surprisingly good place to shop. Looking down on Banff f...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Highway #1a Revisited

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The last time I drove on a Highway #1 it was from Miami to Key West. This Highway 1 is a long, cold, desolate, strange and semi-industrial p...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Complicated relationships...

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...exist between the sky and the earth. When you add a human factor to the relationship it gets quite interesting and can be dangerous. The ...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

More ridiculous

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Who is more ridiculous, the Pope or the Dalai Lama? The Pope re-energises with each generation like James Bond or Dr Who in a puff of Papal...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Bottle Bank Blues

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Public spending cuts have now struck a devastating blow to the community that clings on to the edge of life (as we know it) at the Newton. T...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Walter Kasper is wrong

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Dear Walter the friendly ghost says that landing in Heathrow and visiting the UK is similar to experiencing life in a Third World Country. W...
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Following in the footsteps of the Pope

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Tomorrow Mr Pope comes to town and there will be some disruption and muted Catholic frenzy; some people will be happy, some disappointed, so...
Monday, September 13, 2010

I've no idea

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The remnants of a lost weekend following on from an explosion in a chutney factory, the ritual and unplanned squashing of toads and high lev...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Chutney Diaries

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Some raw materials, duly gathered. Fruit torturing equipment for the S&M fans. Early stages of the elaborate stewing process. Hot and st...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Lifetime continuity explored

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Still life with cat and fresh fruit . Sitting in the crowd at East End Park today (4037 certified attendance) I realised that in terms of l...
Friday, September 10, 2010

£445? Kidding?

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Odd, unseen and interesting photos: Recording sessions for the second album... Shepton Mallet in 1970 - but £445 for a photography book ? No...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Right to be wrong?

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The problem with making sensible decisions is that so is everyone else. Why do we strive for excellence when mediocrity is required? Don...
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