I just finished writing this absolutely brilliant post - tried to add some images..........................Gone! Gone! Lost in ...........Cyberspace. Sometimes I miss the days of wine and roses, no, no, I mean the days of paper and cut and paste. Even if some particular page was ripped and tossed one could always go scrabbling in the dustbin and, painstakingly swearing all the while, glue the …
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Winterlude………..
Well, the mid-winter festivals have been celebrated; today is the first day of a new year. 'The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older' - Pink Floyd. It is a good life when there is something to celebrate in the middle of winter, especially in these cold and dark climes where the daylight hours are so, so, so, short. Feasting, partying (hopefully with some common sense), …
The 2012 Eastside Swarm
I just listened to an interview with Lou Reed, an old interview, some time in the 1970's where he has great fun with the journalists, all straight faced. You can listen to it on uwall.tv. Okay, so this is not what the headline to this post says, but thought it would be nice to see how hard I work to get this blog out:) Oh, right, and I also listened to Jeff …
Art and Summer in the City
Lots happening; will tell you about one past event, and speak about a couple of big scenes coming up. And while you browse through this post, listen to the smooth, cool tones of maestro Quincy Jones' group with melting hot sound of vocalist Valerie Simpson doing Summer in the City, which is what I am doing right now. Chill. The CACV social media workshop happened on Monday, it was well …