Skating Away...

On the turntable:  James, "Laid"

Boxes and Boxing

On the turntable:  The Jam, "Set the Sky Ablaze"

Counting Down to 25

On the turntable: Joe Jackson, "Night and Day"

Soundscape

And I sit at dawn with the birdsong that drapes the valley, layered and arrhythmic.  A cock crows from down in the golden light.  The oleanders hang from their bushes before me, as if in honour of the sakura.  Little surprise as the artists who loved Provencal light were similarly taken with Japan.   It dawns on me that I haven’t yet heard the donkey this visit, who tends to bray in the night.  Missing too from the night’s call is the spinning wind chime, though the winds seem to prefer the evenings this time of year.


On the turntable: 

Speeding Away, On the wind to a New Day

On the turntable:  Jah Wobble, "English Roots Music"

Purple Reigns

On the turntable:  Jaco Pastorius, "Invitation"

Lunch with Mayle, Wine with the Popes

 

 

On the turntable:  Julianna Barwick, "The Magic Place"

Sur le Pont d'Avignon

On the turntable:Juno Reactor, "Odyssey 1992-2002"

Much Communication in a Motion

On the turntable:  Jackie McClean, "'Bout Soul"

Papal Vue

On the turntable:  Julian Cope, "China Doll"