19 February 2008
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It was not very long ago that Burma (or Myanamar as it now officially likes to be known) was a lead story in British newspapers, with peacefully protesting monks standing against and eventually being brutally repressed by the military regime. … Continue reading
18 February 2008
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Yesterday’s gig with The Pico Brown Five was interesting. As we expected, audience numbers were pretty low so we treated it more like a rehearsal. One thing we experimented with was some free jazz, creating music through improvisation of the … Continue reading
17 February 2008
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Just a brief post today but the title is not about that but the fact that The Pico Brown Five are back to The Brief in Croydon this afternoon (details on the band’s website along with recent demo tracks). Want … Continue reading
16 February 2008
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This week’s assignment on the Digital Photography School forums is to take a picture straight from the camera with no post processing. I decided to combine getting a picture for that with adding another to my fiftytwo self-portrait project. I … Continue reading
15 February 2008
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There has been a gap since the previous Deep to Deep UK-based gathering for Christian bassists, which took place in June last year. Another meet has now been arranged for Saturday 26 April at Mid Sussex Christian Centre (180 Leylands … Continue reading
14 February 2008
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I am still working on photos from the walk I took at the start of the month but did find time yesterday to make some updates to my Walking Hither Green site, including a widget that shows the pictures I … Continue reading
13 February 2008
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I don’t have much time for blogging this morning because I have been uploading tracks from our recent recording session to the MySpace site of The Pico Brown Five. Enjoy! Technorati Tags: the pico brown five music jazz myspace
12 February 2008
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Last week Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, delivered a lecture entitled “Islam in English Law which has been followed by a storm of controversy. Yesterday I took some time to read the text of the lecture for myself. My … Continue reading
11 February 2008
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Why did I blame music for yesterday’s short post, which was only just published in time to not count as today instead? Let me run through the reasons: It didn’t start on Friday evening, when Jane and I enjoyed a … Continue reading
10 February 2008
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Well, hardly any… too much music!