Humour
The Way We Heard: Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (January 1989)
1989 is really not shaping up very well.
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The Alfred Muggins' Diaries : June 2026 Part 1 : Trumpy's Search For Peace, and The World Cup
26/6/2026 Sitting in an English Garden, not waiting for the sun to shine, for the sun has been here all day and they are all in the middle of, or...
A Better World
Remembering the most recent US election in 2024 A Better World I dreamt of a better world, of Satchmo and red roses too, no slings and arrows hurled...
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The Way We Heard - All Time Low
In August 2010 the number one record in the UK singles chart was the very aptly titled ‘All Time Low’, by the Wanted.
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The Way We Heard - Killing in the Name
In December 2009 the number one record in the UK singles chart was Killing in the Name, by the Californian band, Rage Against the Machine. It was a protest song about police brutality, systemic racism, and state abuse of power, though this story is about buying chocolate at a London tube station. It also became my favourite Christmas song.
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Marta My Deer
All the things I saw, did, said, celebrated, observed or grumbled about, some of which were in Lithuania though there was nothing to grumble about there, during the final twenty-one days of June.
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The Dumplings of Count Tiškevičius
All the things I saw, did, said, wandered around, admired, ate and drank, some of which were in Lithuania, during the first nine days of June.
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The Way We Heard - Rein Me In
In the week that I wrote this (early July 2026) Rein Me In , by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean was the number one record in the UK Singles Chart.
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Twelve Bar Blues
I've always liked The Blues. As a teenager, I discovered British blues bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Stone The Crows etc and best of all...
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What Next?
Reality is chaos; we are all but atoms vibrating within its confines. We bounce and rebound from place to place, event to event, time to time; each...
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