Keith & Julie Tippett youtube video
Keith & Julie Tippett live in Jazz à Luz 2007 video YouTube
The great couple is joined here by Paul Dunmall for a beautiful improvisation.
Famous as Julie Driscoll before her marriage, since the 1970s she has …
bonuses, unemployment and BA profit failure
US bank bonuses
US bank bonuses bear no relation to their performance, says a report by New York Attorney Andrew Cuomo’s office.
A quote from Bloomberg: “When the banks did well, their employees were paid …
Coastal footpaths concern
On the radio this morning, Natural England reported that about 1,000 miles of the English coastline are inaccessible. This is about one third of the total.
Natural England state- “The findings come as the result of …
watercolour – chairentity conducts classical guitar recital
The chairentity, Number 12, conducts the pliable no 9 in verse 1 of the planned song.
J K Rowling – quidditch through the ages
The book j k rowling – quidditch through the ages has just been released by Bloomsbury.
WHSmiths’ description: Did you know that there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began …
Bhagavan Das on video
Bhagavan Das AH 2002
the lengths i go to to provoke comments from LD!
Bhagavan Das is most widely known for bringing Ram Dass to his guru, Maharaji. Here Bhagavan Das celebrates the release of his classic …
Karl Seglem youtube videos
Karl Seglem Kvintet: Nye Nord
Karl Seglem is a Norwegian tenor saxophonist, goat horn player, composer, producer and poet. Called one of Norway´s foremost musicians – with an unique sound, He often uses Norwegian traditional music …
shell profits and house prices
shell profits
Shell profits are down 70% compared to this quarter last year. Much worse than BP.
“World oil prices fell back from record highs last summer as the global economic bubble burst, and the …
organics, soul and planet
organics, soul and planet
On today’s news there is a report that organic foods show no benefit to the consumers compared what they call ‘normal’ foods. By normal, they mean artificially fertilised, pest controlled etc.
It seems …
sunbed ban likely following cancer evidence
Until recently, the medical establishment had declared sunbeds a ‘probable risk’ to health through skin cancer. On today’s news this has been changed to ‘definite risk’.
the World Health Organization made its decision following a review …
Robert Wyatt & Annie Whitehead “Sea Song” video
Robert Wyatt & Annie Whitehead “Sea Song”
Robert Wyatt & Annie Whitehead’s Soup Song play the “Sea Song” from the most popular RW record “Rock Bottom”, which had been released in 1974 as the 2nd Robert …
blues guitar video
Acoustic Blues guitar lesson spice up that bluesy playing – video
easy enough to do, good enough to listen to
another!
ad Blues Guitar licks and phrasing lesson video
BP profits, July 2009 and house prices
BP announced their quarterly profits today and they are about 50% of the same period last year. This is mainly due to lower oil prices.
However, the profits are better than expected.
In the UK, house prices …
Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin
a timely song !
Been Dazed and Confused for so long it’s not true.Wanted a woman, never bargained for you.Lots of people talk and few of them know,soul of a woman was created below.
You hurt and …
Jim Moray – folk guitar
Jim Moray – Across The Western Ocean video
Unofficial peformance video for Jim Moray – Across The Western Ocean from his 3rd album ‘Low Culture’.
I’ll Go ‘List For a Sailor – Jim Moray video YouTube
rail reform, Joanna in Nepal, fertility donations, Taliban talks, diabetes and habits
Transport committee recommends rail reform
The rail franchise system is “a muddle” which allows train companies to “take advantage” of passengers and needs reform, the Commons transport committee has stated; adding that operators reap profits in …
Failing electoral confidence in Afghanistan
The BBC’s Bilal Sarwary has been on a tour of Afghanistan to listen to voters opinions about ht estate of politics in their country and the presidential elections due in August 2009.
Everyone that gets …
Arvo Part music videos
dance
Tabula Rasa – Miguel Robles/Arvo Part dance/music video
“Truly amazing the way that Robles has adapted this incredible dance to the beautiful Part`s music.
Contemporary dance.. if you don´t like it take a look at this anyway …
token environmental aim, boost cars sales!
The government in the USA is planning to entice the owners of some of the worst gas-guzzlers to scrap their dinosaurs and but less obscene ‘cars’.
The $1bn programme, which runs until 1 November, offers vouchers …
internet news
Karoo blunder and rethink
Internet service provider (ISP) Karoo, based in Hull, has changed its policy of suspending the service of users suspected of copyright violations.
The about face was made following a BBC story outlining the …