So what is timesnewroman? It's not the font, rather my take on the age we live in. The USA is the new Rome and the times we live in are timesnewroman.
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timesnewroman is listening to: Tiken Jah Fakoly, Arctic Monkeys, Biffy Clyro, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, Led Zeppelin, Jimi, Franz Ferdinand, Youssou N'Dour, The Strokes, REM, The Kings of Leon, Curtis Mayfield, Jefferson Airplane, The Trashcan Sinatras, Jeff Buckley, Phil Ochs, Stan Kenton, The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Mogwai, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, The Zombies and Orange Juice amongst many others.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Possibly the greatest event of the 21st Century so far!
No this is not the Jefferson Starship (complex history here) that made "We built this city" This is the Paul Kantner version, who are playing two gigs in London, the first of which will feature a set consisting of the greatest album ever recorded plus some from the band who recorded the greatest guitar album ever recorded. How good could this possibly be? I did see the original Jefferson Starship mk1 at the Knobworth festival in 1978. Grace Slick was missing from the lineup I was disappointed, the sound where we were was attrocious, although I believe this might have been down to borrowed equipment and the people I was with, mostly knobheads apart from my mate Bobby weren't interested in moving to a better location and needing the lift home, I was afraid of losing them.
Labels: Gigs, warm and fuzzy, Wonderful
posted by timesnewroman at 10:47 AM
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Imagine Imagine if you will, Puskas, Pele, Platini, Maradona, Cruyff, Zidane, Best all rolled into one. If they could could play guitar as well as they play football they may sound as good as Preston Reed. He stopped by and played an incredible, intimate gig to a handful of people in the HAC in Irvine last night. 1 Man 6 guitars and sometimes it seemed like he was playing all of them at the same time. Absolutely awesome unforgettable and he hung around at the end, chatted to folks and signed stuff. What a truly memorable evening. Football, Pah!Labels: Wonderful
posted by timesnewroman at 9:37 AM
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Renewal That's a good start to the season although I doubt Reidski will agree. I really really must get that season ticket.On a less happy note, I feel the need to remark on the passing of a fairly legendary local politician of note. Once upon a time the Labour Party used to elect politicians from within the ranks of the working class, ordinary folk who were at home with their own people. Such a character was wee Jack. Difficult at times to understand with an extremely fast tongue and broad accent, he nevertheless knew his role inside out. Self dubbed Councillor for fences, he would almost, but not quite, mock the internationalist rantings and resolutions of the young vanguard. We were looking at the bigger picture and he was representing and working on behalf of the folk who elected him to fix their fences and deal with their housing issues. And elect him they did, time and time again with an untouchable majority, he was even once elected unopposed.
Every camp our Woodies ever held locally, he would walk out to the site, early on a Sunday morning and cook breakfast for 20 - 50 people, because he enjoyed it. We did too, he made a good breakfast. Fare thee well then, Mr Magnum man.
On a much, much happier note. Congratulations Craig and Maria on the birth of Kelsey (Bet that spelling is way wrong)
posted by timesnewroman at 3:50 PM
