Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy… put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!
— , Wake Up and Live [Survival 1979]
For such a eye-catching title, you’re probably wondering what manner of toe-curling tale I’m going to weave for you. You can’t think what’ it’s going to be, but it sounds juicy. Or, maybe you think you’ve already got an idea? All will be explained. Yep, it’s nice catchy title, but I’m being obtuse. As you’ll [...]
It’s probably happened to you too; You stick on a CD or stream something online, and take a pass. Move on to listen to something different. Only you return to listen again at some point in the future and find yourself captivated? That’s what the case was with John Brown’s Body. A band which I [...]
I’m a gig-experienced guitarist looking to form a fresh modern reggae band. Inspired by bands such as John Brown’s Body, 10 ft Ganja Plant, Fat Freddy’s Drop and others etc. Big fan of Reggae/Roots, Dub and such… not looking to copycat or recreate other’s sounds – want to branch out and create new music with [...]
I wondered when thinking up a title for this blank new blog post, what is the above phrase intended to mean. I did a bit of research and it comes from some biblical passage. I won’t quote it here as its hardly much to google. It’s a funny one though, something that you take for [...]
As part of my very recent ‘must see every Reggae act that steps foot in wales’ philosophy, I checked out the Backbeat Soundsystem at Cardiff Arts Institute a month or so ago. The arts institute itself not a stone’s throw off the ritual track to and from work. I really enjoyed the gig and was [...]
Having been not just a short while since the last post was published here, it is now surely more than overdue for an update. As can be the case with personal blogs, this one has meandered, directionless, through various incarnations of design and purpose over the course of the past few years, and it should [...]
This is a nice one I pulled out from a trip to Pontneddfechan in South Wales. There’s another version I edited up on flickr, but sadly the original had serious issues to begin with since I shot this in .JPG mode. Still, I quite like the angle of this shot so it’s worth sharing for [...]
After the past few hectic weeks at work, the idea of being Alone in the wild sounds more than just a wild adventure, it sounds like a dream holiday. Still, after watching documentary film maker and adventurer Ed Wardle battle it out in the Yukon territory of North West Canada, I would probably opt for [...]
John Pilger’s analysis of British /American politics, and specifically the injusticies and hypocracy of their Wars, is the most erudite and cogent of any journalist in the mainstream media. The following quote is from a recent article by John Pilger for UK newspaper The New Statesman, and the full article is a must-read wake up [...]
Sgwd Y Ddwli – Pontneddfechan, Wales Pontneddfechan (Welsh language meaning : bridge over the lesser River Neath) Another update then, this time from a shoot I did a few days ago. Continuing with my attempts to stay out of auto(matic) modes and into the manual more often, I did probably make a few blunders taking [...]
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