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Laying in the sand eating fish and chips while the Southern Ocean lapped at my toes I remembered why I wanted to come down here. It was all about quality of life. It was about being a quarter of an hour away from the beach. It was about having a little bit more living space […]

 

 Sun Kil Moon - "Ocean Breathes Salty" [4:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 Modest Mouse - "The Ocean Breathes Salty": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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It’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be.
No part of our trip, from our pre-dawn departure from Sweden in blowing snow to our pre-dawn walk on the beach 32 hours later, was a lot of fun. Neither was it the disaster that it could have been when we got of the ground […]

 

 Wilco - "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" [6:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Today is our last day in Sweden. We’ll jet off into the dark western sky for another hop over the North Sea. After landing in Heathrow we’re in for what is bound to be a harried race across London to Gatwick Airport - with slightly more luggage than we arrived in Sweden with ten days […]

 

 Moonbabies - "War on Sound" [3:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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More About Wordless Wednesday

 

 Duran Duran - "Wild Boys" [4:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement
When you drink my health in scented jasmine tea
You knifed me in my dirty filthy basement
With that jaded faded junky nurse
Oh, what pleasant company…”
-The Rolling Stones - “Let It Bleed”*
I’ve not got a lot of great photos of Sweden to share with you today because, if the truth […]

 

 The Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed" [5:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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We’re off! Next stop - Sweden.

 

 John Denver - "Leaving On A Jet Plane": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Well I think I’m losing my mind this time
This time I’m losing my mind
That’s right, said I think I’m losing my mind this time
This time I’m losing my mind
Yeh, you can’t front on that…”
-The Beastie Boys - “So, What’cha Want?”
The Easter holidays in Britain mean a wonderful four day weekend in the height of Spring. […]

 

 The Beastie Boys - "So, What'cha Want?" [3:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Today on A Free Man: Aussie Rules - No Through Road
“Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
Of a day -I-ay-I-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay…”
-Steve Earle - “The Galway Girl”
I should cut Steve Earle some slack. Yes, his last couple of albums […]

 

 Steve Earle - "The Galway Girl" [3:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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More About Wordless Wednesday
Six months isn’t a proper birthday, but it is certainly an unbirthday worth noting.

 

 The Sugarcubes - "Birthday": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Sufjan Stevens - "Happy Birthday": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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