Entries for August 2007
great article from laura barton
apologies to be banging on about Bruce (if youre not a fan you have my permission to look away now) but i ran across this beautiful article by the Guardian’s Laura Barton about ‘Stolen Car’. Its really heartfelt and lyrical and i wanted to share it with whoever is out …
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edinburgh tv festival
its saturday late afternoon and i am in Edinburgh for the third time in a month this time for the television festival. one of the great attractions of the festival is that it offers a chance to see semi-famous people in rather unusual settings. yesterday as i was waiting in …
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could it be Magic?
October 2nd. Thats the date for the new album from Bruce Springseen and the E Street Band. its called Magic and according to Jon Landau its ‘a high energy rock CD. It’s light on its feet, incredibly well played by Bruce and the members of the E Street Band, and, …
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website update
i am hoping to update the website’s radio section in the next month or so. since it was first set up i have done a whole bunch of documentaries and i am hoping to get them all up on the site just as soon as i can.
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bhole o bhole
when i was about thirteen i saw a film called ‘yaarana’ starring Amitabh Bachchan and one of the songs in that film was called bhole o bhole. you can see it hear
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RBe1TAokb4g
i am not sure why but i became utterly obsessed with this song, it is just …
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time out book review
written by Rebecca Taylor
Early on the morning of July 7 2005, the suicide bombers who were yet to undertake their assault on London’s transport system boarded a train from Luton to King’s Cross. It seemed entirely natural that Luton should be their starting point. Only a few years earlier, …
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