Daily Archives: April 16, 2007

Heavy Bluegrass

A decade ago, I saw a novelty Australian Bluegrass Band in Galway. They were from Oz and were called Sensitive New Age Cowpersons. From the festival website: Four Australian cowpokes who suffuse bluegrass,country and other types of roots music with … Continue reading

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My favourite spiritual homes

#1 is Newcastle Theatre Royal,#2 is Newcastle City Hall, and…#3 is Newcastle Paramount Theatre. Blog posts here & here, buckets of photos, here, here and here.

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Searchlight special

A large colour mini-newspaper arrived at home yesterday, a Searchlight special shining a light on un-pleasantries about the BNP and beyond. There is something a bit rum about this. On the surface it looks Ok (it even has Alan Sugar … Continue reading

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A right Royal show…

This is a snapshot of a rather splendid (local artist) print of the Theatre Royal in Grey Street, Newcastle, that my parents bought me as a Christmas present in the 80s. It is of great sentimental value to me as … Continue reading

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