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Compare and contrast...
Sabre Dance by Love Sculpture, featuring Dave Edmunds on guitar, released on 22nd November, 1968. Dave Edmunds is evidently a phenomenal guitarist, yet is mostly known as a producer and minor player in the '70s pub rock scene.
...And the Toy Dolls' briefer but tighter version of Sabre Dance, from their album Wakey Wakey!, released in September ( Read more... ) -
The New Town on a beautiful day
Edinburgh had the rare experience (for this year, at least) of a full day of beautiful sunshine on 31st August, 2024. I'm still not fit and well enough to walk far, but I needed to get some shopping and decided to go to a supermarket I hadn't been to for a few years (as it can't be reached directly by bus from my part of town): Morrison's at ( Read more... ) -
When a vegetarian finds meat in his dinner
I woke up suddenly at 10:30 this morning from a dream in which I was eating food at a restaurant with outdoor seating and tables. After I'd got about half-way through what was on my plate, I discovered there was meat in it (I've been vegetarian since 1983), and in my anger and revulsion I flung the plate over the parapet of a nearby bridge and it ( Read more... )
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