Bare Hands
I got this yesterday: video put together by Lou Duffy-Howard, bassist extraordinaire, for “Bare Hands,” a track recorded by Janes Plane, the band I was in, in 1982. I was 21.
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Touching Fire video
“Sun on Dragonfly” is a video made in response to an audio excerpt of my story,”Touching Fire.” Maybe NSFW.
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Annual Christmas tradition: blowing up the tree
In what has become an annual tradition at the Griffith-Eskridge household, Kelley lovingly selects a tree and drags it home. We decorate…
Read moreYou can have it all if you love to read
The lyrics say it all, really: There’s a story waiting to be toldWaiting for all of us, whether we’re young or oldThe…
Read moreElla Fitzgerald captures Sunday perfectly
The first song is “Something to Live For,” written by Billy Strayhorn (who arranged the music, too, I think) and performed by…
Read moreDirty Old Town
This is “Dirty Old Town,” by Ewan MacColl. As Prospero, the Economist art blog, points out: “Although about Salford, it could be…
Read more22-minute Game of Thrones featurette
Not much that’s new, but some tantalising glimpses of luscious scenery. And in just over a week, we’ll see the beginning of…
Read moreRobot ping-pong, robot music
Jet lag means I’m doing nothing but roam around the kitchen munching on random food items, then folding in a heap thinking…
Read morePigbag
This isn’t a video, just an excuse to play the music. “Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag” by Pigbag, was a track…
Read moreSnow day
Today is a snow day. I’ll be watching this and thinking about Hild: I’m grateful for modern conveniences: light, heat, the ability…
Read moreDestroy MS with spectacular violence!
For those who don’t like reading serious science stuff, today I’m offering a fun and violent solution to the problem of multiple…
Read moreCars crash from the sky
A funny thing happened on the way to lunch at Julia’s today… That Wallingford intersection will never be the same. I’m now…
Read moreBlue Peter annual is no more
Peter Purves, Lesley Judd and John Noakes, 1977 The very first literary prize I ever won was in 1971. It was a…
Read moreThe Eagle
http://www.focusfeatures.com/swf/fifplayer.swf I loved Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth. (I love all her books; great stuff.) I love sword-and-pony movies. I…
Read moreJedi police officers. really
A BBC report on Thursday: Eight police officers serving with Scotland’s largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity…
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Okay. This is turning into Flake Week for me. Sorry. Coming up soon: more audio (a reading from Slow River), another roundup…
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From: kt good (doubledog2u@yahoo.com) I heard your interview. It was pretty good (not too short.) I have been working for seven years…
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