Maya Jane Coles Makes Me Happy!

Maya Jane Coles set @ ENTER. Closing Party, Sake bar, Space, Ibiza - 20-09-2012

Terry Callier

Discovered late, but certainly someone that is missed.

You Goin' Miss Your Candyman.

The Brothers Cheburashka

The Dø Live Session

This is very nice. Such a different sound live than on recordings. But both fantastic.

Very Cool

Pays to follow  @Sami_Yenigun at NPR. Especially when he dances all night.

If The Name Fits...

If I become a father in two weeks and still plan to keep my wellies, I have not choice, do I?

I'd rather hang with "camp glampers" than with "festival dads", but I don't see why I can't be both.

This looks much nicer than Glasto or Womad, especially this summer! I didn't see many kids in the video promo.

Please Help Me Find Molly

Hey, Baby!

If blogging is hard now, what will it be like in a month when our new arrival joins us? Here he comes!

Coming...

Easter chick from Santa Caterina, Italy, 24 April 2012.

Still coming...

The girl from Ipanema, Brazil, 30 May 2012.

Really, he's still coming...

The girl from Beer, Devon, 2 June 2012.

Almost here...

Only girl (in the world) besides Rihanna from Hackney, London, 24 June 2012.

Mom and Dad's Record Collection

Not sure it was NPR that had the idea first (I did, of course), but it is a great idea! I laughed and cried a few times in the space of my run listening to Remembering Mom And Dad's Record Collection on All Songs Considered. Love, love, love the stories behind the songs. It was great for the commonalities, like the love/hate relationship with Hotel California, as well as learning new names. How does one miss Yma Sumac?

I loved the time in my late 20s when my Mother heard me playing what I thought was fairly cool jazz, having just "discovered" Ahmad Jamal. Not only did she recognize it right away, I found out she a loads of vinyl from the 1950s, none of which had seen the light of day in my lifetime. I don't know why she didn't share this with me when I'd do everything in my power to avoid piano practice! It might have given me a bit more motivation.

I propose a series of music nights dedicated to the theme of Mom and Dad's Record Collection!

Oh, Bob!

I can't name my blog Burnin' and Lootin' and not post when I learn about a new Bob Marley documentary coming out in a week.

Clip here. How exciting.

Soundclouding -- I Am Hooked

Lykke Li: Sadness Is A Blessing (Gold Panda Remix)

Just playing with Soundcloud -- whole new ways to explore and share. Join, follow and share (with me).

The Dø

Loved this show last night - The Dø!



Playing again at The Garage on 11 April, but I am not here.

Ciao, 2011!

Slightly delayed, but here's the fifth annual year in pictures. Many thanks to Elizabeth for several of the photos this year.

Theo at Seatown, Dorset


A (L.A.) Christmas Story


When asked "What would Lady Gaga Where"... obviously, matzah bread.


The Real Royal Wedding of 2011 was in Vermont!


Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water.


Aktaş Beach


"Simmering, brooding!" -- The Guardian


Maremma Harvest Festival - 2011.


Happy Natty at The Wolseley!


Untitled


We, Polly, do solemnly, and sincerely affirm that, on becoming British citizens, we will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors, according to law.


Mother-in-laws and martinis...these are a few of my favourite things.


Migrant labour saved the olive crop yet again.


Oh, the sweet couple. So petite bourgeoisie. (Photo by Beth!)


Hi Brooke, I am Nicolo.


The Eve of Christmas Eve on Escondido Beach.


My wife, mother-in-law and friends give extraordinary 40th birthday. (Photos by Beth!)


...t.A.T.u., B.H.O. and a Gaddafi impersonator came to my party to help break the piñata. (Photo by Beth)


I asked them to make the "you can have your ice cream without having to finish dinner"-face.


Bere and Nicolo share their personal and heart felt stories of teething with me.


Tea tastes better in Aral, Kyrgyzstan.


30 and still dirty. (Photo by Beth!)


Rocks stars in Joshua Tree.


Anyone seen James?


Vermonting in January...


I found nothing funny in Istanbul. Nothing at all.


Some of the brightest minds I know studied in a quaint village in England called Cambridge. So lovely!


And, the photo of the year for 2011...

Welcome to the community, dear Nicolo! (Photo by Beth!) While not aware at the time of costume selection (Gold shorts by American Apparel -- £24.99), I was clearly deeply moved by one scene in The Big Lebowski.