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Hey, World. I feel motivated to share.
Now, this doesn't often happen. It could be the three bottles of Stella I've had, or rediscovering Kerrang, or being left on my own for the weekend while Mrs. Monkey goes to Leeds for a girly weekend. Then again it could be the book I'm reading.
Anyway, this came on...
...and it made me think. About lots of things. I was trying to read Milan ( Read more... ) -
Briefs.
Things I learned last week:
- Good Friends will always make time for you.
- Good Manners are everything, but Cost Nothing.
- Tiredness makes wierd things happen to your head.
- People can be arseholes wherever they're from.
- People can also be surprisingly nice- Beer hates me ( Read more... ) -
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Offline for the weekend, folks. Out of reach of computers and other such entertainments. Going to play a bit of music in preparation for the big annual holiday (ten days to go!), have a look at kitchens (?), and possibly become an Uncle again, for the seventh time. More on all of that when I return...
Have a nice weekend, folks!
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Teknolojee
I think my mp3 player is either a) intelligent or b) possessed. It's taken to doing some very peculiar things while on 'shuffle' setting. (I don't know about anyone else, but I always got the feeling that shuffle implies some kind of furtive activity - like it should skulk while playing ( Read more... ) -
Matt Fact #19
As is often the case, J.B. Villaume was, in equal share, both a genius and an idiot.
On the one hand, he was a gifted restorer and copyist of musical instruments, and violins in particular. His work as a violin maker was held in particularly high regard owing to his ability to recreate the sound of a particular instrument by copying the ( Read more... ) -
Quickie
I've just found another deadline lurking in my diary for next Tuesday. Erk. And I'm away (again) this weekend. That's going to be an interesting Monday night, I suspect ( Read more... ) -
The Reel World
I'll be off to Girvan Folk Festival shortly (in about an hour) and I don't expect I'll be seeing sobriety again (or daylight for that matter) for several days. Tuesday at least. No doubt I'll come back with another batch of ridiculous stories, some new tunes, and various inexplicable aches and bruises as is normal at these weekends. And I'll be ( Read more... )
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