from englewood to a single hood in botswana

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The day I figured out that rhyming within lines was as important as rhyming the ends of lines was a big one for my flow. Just wanted to share that in case anyone else felt like rapping.

on a roll

I’ve been on a roll lately with music – well, I’ve made two pretty reasonable beats in 48 hours, so I’m feeling pretty good. I love switching back to hip-hop after making some guitar-music. I just completed a 70’s rock-sampling 3 minute anthem which means I now feel  like kanye.  Also, I have decided on Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook as the official Summer Jam for  me this year. Video above – (I nearly put the official one, before realising there was some nudity involved)

 

EDIT: Ok so there’s LOTS of nudity involved. And outdoors. Splinters!!!

studyblogging

So I’m trying this “studyblogging” concept – where I blog my independent summer study, to share the knowledge, and for my own edification. We’ll see how it goes.

This is from my big summer read: Practical Paediatrics by Roberton and South (Eds)

The role of the child’s doctor is to recognize that emotional factors may be both a contributor to and a consequence of the child’s physical symptoms and there is a duty especially not to diagnose a psychological cause in the absence of overt and specific evidence of psychological dysfunction.

Chapter 1.1: “Child health and disease”

the fisherman – update

 

first three tracks available here (Introduction, Morning Prayer, Setting Out)

fan mail

 

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cholera in zim

Everyone should know about this

silence

Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habbakuk 2:19-20

I’m not too flash at reading prophecy- but I couldn’t help noticing the contrast being drawn here. The false god is silent. The whole world is silent before the true God.

saturday rage

Rage is doing a special on film clips with famous people in them (besides  the musicians). The above clip, featuring Winona Ryder standing in for Jon Spencer, with John C Reilly on the drums, is my favourite so far. Tracklist. (only valid for the next week I think)

Bonus: my favourite Jon Spencer track.

the big sleep

I’m halfway through “The Big Sleep”.  I understand it is the original hard-bitten detective story, lots of “that dame is trouble” and sharp one-liners. I’d definitely recommend it so far. I’m enjoying reading the dialogue imagining a “40’s guy” accent

life elsewhere

My friend Megan (more in the facebook sense than in the ask-to-help-you-move sense) has a travel blog which is excellent. It doesn’t read like an itinerary, which is a start. It then goes on to be evocative and fun.