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 ...

Monday, October 31, 2011

Potential Energy of Collapse

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By way of a brief explanation: The "potential energy of collapse" describes the terrifying potential of the pieces made up by Scot...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Ninja cyclists of the Peak District

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Even when going away just for a few hours or over night plans have to be made and preparations done to ensure that the cats enjoy a normal s...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Deacon Blues

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At times its good to sing a song to yourself just to get the lyrical pleasure from the words. Steely Dan's “Deacon Blues” works for me a...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

10 years gone

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Odd to think that this peculiar and influential film has been on the go and building it's cult and bizarre following for 10 years. As th...

Songwriting thoughts

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Tea was...an elaborate menage of boiled up lentils, herbs and spices and the eggs of three hens. After I'd absorbed their greenish orang...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Ancient ritual games

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A century of ancient ritual games but who's counting? Rather than watch this I'm watching the one millionth rerun of the Blues Broth...
Monday, October 24, 2011

No country for middle-aged balding men

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After a two week absence Squawkie the frog returned home today. For some reason he chose to take an early morning dip in the cat's drink...

Still life with Billys

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The end on an era looms, the Billy Mk1 has had it's day around here and is being retired to the green green pastures of Midlothian. Mean...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

The new pragmatics

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Is it a) Casper the Friendly Ghost, b) the sky over West Lothian at night, c) wine stain on carpet, d) an infra red shot in the dark or e) t...
Friday, October 21, 2011

We can change...

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...bits of the world, a step at a time but you might have to be patient with us.

What will £500 buy?

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There's a lot of trouble out there and there are few easy answers, if any. One might well be to retire into fantasy and just stay there....
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Edinburgh Daily Photo #99.5

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Some people (like me) get a perverse pleasure from avoiding the use of travellators, escalators and lifts. In the odd and self inflicted one...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Bucket list eggs

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Things to do when your over 50 and unsure where exactly your true talents lie: It's something of a dexterity challenge, piano players, ...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Edinburgh Daily Photo #99

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A barren and embattled Princess Street, tram reworks for the second time, fixing the badly finished first phase of snagged engineering error...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Colour me perfect

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A more complex look may require a fair bit of preparation time. Ladies understandably spend a great deal of time making themselves look good...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Lego Bible

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Do they mean Brick from the Middle?

Pit stop

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Pit stops I couldn’t be bothered with those huge queues at MacDonalds so I just sat there in the busy car park and fired up my lap top. I d...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Who can resist...

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...the opportunity to soar high up above a conveniently located stuffed giraffe and take a tiny photograph? Yes, such things are possible bu...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Low flying angels

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We visited Edinburgh's newly fixed up museum today, clambered up the stone steps and then down again; the old brass and wood doors were ...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Flower People

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The guerilla flower children are stalking us, hiding out in the woods, scrambling across roofs and sneaking behind stone walls. Their wild m...
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