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Apr 23

RIP Richie Havens. January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013

Posted 4 weeks ago

richie havens, folk, steve hackett, 2013 deaths,

Jan 29

Fade Away, by the Mummers. Their cover of an obscure Todd Rundgren song!!

Posted 3 months ago

Mummers, Todd Rundgren, Alternative,

Jan 28

Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu set on fire by retreating Islamist militants. Why??

This link takes you to the Institute’s website.

Posted 3 months ago

Timbuktu, Ahmed Baba Institutue, Islamic Militants,

Jan 27
It’s Holocaust Memorial Day. Auschwitz-Birkenau - lest we forget.

It’s Holocaust Memorial Day. Auschwitz-Birkenau - lest we forget.

Posted 3 months ago

Auchwitz, Holocaust, Auschwitz-Birkenau,

Jan 19
bohemianwaif: anna pavolva… Anna Pavlova. my grandmother saw her dance in 1921

bohemianwaif:

anna pavolva…

Anna Pavlova. my grandmother saw her dance in 1921

Reblogged 4 months ago from themagicfarawayttree

223 notes

Anna Pavlova, Ballet, Dance,

Jan 19

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. ‘Lush Life’ 1963

Posted 4 months ago

coltrane, jazz, song, johnny hartman, lush life,

Dec 2

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

- Gustav Mahler

Posted 5 months ago

31 notes

gustav mahler, music, music quotations, quotations,

Nov 15

The 'Poorest President in the World' - Jose Mujica of Uruguay. If only there were more like him!

Posted 6 months ago

Nov 11

Poems for Remembrance Day - 'The Dug-out' by Siegfried Sassoon followed by 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen performed by Little Machine. Thanks, Walter.

Posted 6 months ago

Oct 31
WARNING. Don’t overdo it on Hallowe’en.

WARNING. Don’t overdo it on Hallowe’en.

Posted 6 months ago

Halloween, Pumpkin, Jack-o-Lantern, barf, silly, toilet humour,