June 2012
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You Must Take The A Train →
Listen now
New Yorker columnist and author Adam Gopnik confesses to ‘a perverse love’ of his city’s subway system. In particular, he likes the two hour run of the A train from the tip of Manhattan to the Atlantic Ocean in the outer borough of Queens.
Along the way he encounters vendors, preachers, rappers, beggars and the homeless passengers who live in the subway cars and in...
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“‘While the hemlock was being prepared, Socrates was learning a melody on the...”
– Emile Cioran, as quoted by Italo Calvino (via rhea137)
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“I soon got used to this singing; for the sailors never touched a rope without...”
– Herman Melville, Redburn (via rhea137)
craigrobertson:
The inimitable Lou Armer joined...
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Life in Beantown, Part 2 →
The second installment of my Boston adventures.
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The Change Man, Boston Commons
I love this guy, I...
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Lou Armer - Messing With My Head
This isn’t...
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Watchlevenshulmeukeup:
Levy Uke Up do Love Me Do on the roundabout at Levy Market!
(Thanks to Mrs Pod)
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New blog post: Life in Beantown, Part 1 http://t.co/C89biHfY
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One more thing before I go...
Fuck the Queen.
So glad to be missing out on all the Jubilee bollocks (though I’ve had a gut full of it already). Hope you all survive the shenanigans.
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And off I go!
This is my last post before I head to Boston, MA USA to meet Craig Robertson!
We’ve got loads of stuff lined up, including recording (my EP might finally see the light of day…!) and, of course, our gig in Rhode Island. If you’re anywhere near Providence, you should come along.
I’ll be tumbling, tweeting and blogging along the way so keep in touch. I’m also slowly...
