The Umbilical Brothers are an duo from Aussie, who combine mime and sound effects with fantastic results. They’ve been regulars on Aussie tele for a long while, and in honor of the Edinburgh Fe… more →
Adriftcloudburst wrote 1 year ago: The Umbilical Brothers are an duo from Aussie, who combine mime and sound effects with fantastic res … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: Langston Hughes was a black poet from Missouri born in 1902, died (on my birthday!) in 1967. This on … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: A Silly Poem Said Hamlet to Ophelia, I’ll draw a sketch of thee, What kind of pencil shall I u … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: I cam across this poem when I was living in Edinburgh in the early 2000’s. I always liked it. … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: Following on from the great success of my original Rozencrantz & Guildenstern post, which is my … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: Found this one today. Fits my current disillusionment of all things about cities… Rimbaud was … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been listening to Stereophonics a lot lately, and strangely enough they seem to turn up i … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: Short & Sweet today. Mark Twain’s long been something of a hero of mine. Not for his book … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: Henry Lawson, great Australian poet, wrote this in 1905. Sort of rounds out how I feel about home. … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: Last night I had the very good fortune to see the best comedy film I’ve seen in a hell of a lo … more →
cloudburst wrote 1 year ago: I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. Oscar Wilde So, to cele … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: The below was penned by one John Masefield, British Poet Laureate from 1930-67, and he wrote it at a … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson is one of the iconic Australian poets, and his works evoke the beaut … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: Rudyard Kipling today. Best known for his ‘Jungle Book’ tales of Mowgli and Shere-Khan, … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: Henry Lawson is one of Australia’s most renowned and best loved poets, but his work isn’ … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: A friend stuck this song, and it is a song, on the end of a bootleg he recorded for me, and I love i … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: Elvis Aaron Presley had an enormous effect on popular music, and indeed on the world. But why do we … more →
cloudburst wrote 2 years ago: I know it’s not quite Thursday, but tomorrow will be taken up with report on my gliding advent … more →