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on time
I got to shake handswith a guitarist who playedin Bo Diddley’s band ~ n.b. In 1986 I met Bo Diddley after he played with a pick up band at Dingwall’s, Camden Lock and still have his autograph. Small(ish) world. Bo Diddley, carried his guitar travelling solo, playing with backing bands throughout his career. Possible due →
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on Ukraine
original sinreimagined in slaughterfear of losing face ~ n.b. Somehow the self-importance of one man perpetuates the maiming and murder of civilians, deaths of combatants from both sides and the pointless destruction of villages, towns and cities. CLP 11/10/2022 →
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on Ukraine
let us not pretenda Russian life has less worthdeaths are not victories ~ n.b. War mentality dehumanises us all. CLP 10/10/2022 →
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on streets
empty eyes, blackenedfingernails, frayed cuffs, alonethrong gets down and dirty ~ n.b. Nashville, Tennessee, ‘The Recording Capital of the World, (as I heard a man in a check shirt, jeans, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat label the place to two men in check shirts, jeans, cowboy boots and cowboy hats), is a busy place →
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on time
take it to the streetcity walls a buzz with hopea new Birmingham ~ n.b. Stronger together. Who painted this? Do we fete the artist, applaud the message, or live and work for a stronger, shared future for the peace and security of us all and those who are following in our footsteps? This artwork is →
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on love
take the freedom walkfirehoses, dogs, prison barsfour girls as angels ~ n.b. Birmingham, Alabama, once the frontline of the hate line, a victory for love. I studied at Birmingham Polytechnic in the period 1978 – 82. Coming to its namesake city has been an education. Real friendly place, as the locals might say, but do →
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on Ukraine
sat in their silosweapons of horrific strengthattention focused ~ n.b. Whatever my thoughts on this, writing them would only trivialise the seriousness of the current situation humanity now faces. →
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