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Make it Stop :: A Drabble2 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 1 day ago: Salutations! I hope this day finds you feeling fine – better yet, I hope this day finds you fe … more →

Tags: Works of Fiction, Dogs, drabble, Friday, friday drabble, Pictures], Random, writing

When did you first become aware of music?

Beth Parker wrote 1 day ago: This post also appears on the Brendan Lloyd & Me website and you should read it there if you lik … more →

Tags: Brendan Lloyd & Me, pee song, Fabulous Works, Vivid Memories, Sunday Brunch, Liquid Vinyl, piano strings, Music, Art

Wednesday's "What is it?" and Freshly Pegged12 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 3 days ago: Welcome to a special installment of Wednesday’s “What is it?” Why is this Wednesda … more →

Tags: Works of Fiction, Challenge, Freshly Pegged, Photography, Pictures], Wednesday's What is It?, what is it?

The Specials @ Newcastle O2 Academy 13/05/13

cheaperthanhumans wrote 4 days ago: Politics and pop music go together like peanut butter and marmite (try it, you can thank me later) b … more →

Tags: Music, live, Reviews, WorDs, Newcastle Academy, 130513, O2 Academy, Ska, Terry Hall

The return of Ska2 comments

joesponderblog wrote 4 days ago: After World War II, Britain looked overseas to fill up the extreme number of job vacancies left from … more →

Tags: Jamaica, Ska, Amy Winehouse, The Skints, Boomtown

Skanking2 comments

Ali Brown wrote 4 days ago: Rude boys On the dance floor Skinheads skanking (I was overjoyed last night to have seen The Special … more →

Tags: Short poems etc, writing, micropoem, micropoetry, dancing, Music, Ska, skanking, rude boy

Live in Sheffield This Week: 13.5.2013 – Hang the Bastard, The Specials, Public Service Broadcasting, Feelix, Section 60

Jim wrote 6 days ago: Might just be me, but it seems quite a quiet week in Sheffield this week. I now that the students ar … more →

Tags: Music 2, Daniel P Carter, feelix, Friday, Hang the Bastard, leadmill, London, neville staple, Nick Atkinson

The Fine Print :: A Drabble18 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 1 week ago: It is still Friday somewhere, right? My apologies for getting this posted so late in the day. As is … more →

Tags: Works of Fiction, Challenge, drabble, Fiction, Friday, friday drabble, Pictures], writing

The Specials - 'The Specials'

tony david foster wrote 1 week ago: Musics No.7 – 1979 By late 1979 the musical mix of post punk and new wave was dominating the U … more →

Tags: musics, Music, Punk, Ska, 2tone, Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, 1979

Wednesday's "What is it?"25 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 1 week ago: Here we are again, Kids. Welcome to another installment of Wednesday’s “What is it? … more →

Tags: Challenge, mystery photo, Photography, Pictures], Wednesday's What is It?

By The Rivers – Self Titled

RingMaster wrote 1 week ago: Initially persuaded like so many by previous single Take Control that the 6 strong original new age … more →

Tags: Music, album, RingMaster Review, Ska, soul, reggae, The Buzzcocks, By the Rivers, take control

Alpha Beta Jama

casseticuts wrote 1 week ago: This may seem like yet another track which strays far from punk territories but with Rico Rodriguez … more →

Tags: Dick Cuthell, rico rodriguez, cedric im brooks, Alpha Boys' School, light of saba, The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

Being Pulled :: A Drabble14 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 2 weeks ago: Happy Friday, Kids. First, I need to extend an apology. Oh, no, I am not apologizing for the tough p … more →

Tags: Works of Fiction, Challenge, Friday, friday drabble, Photography, Pictures], writing

Wednesday's "What is it?"23 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 2 weeks ago: Welcome to the week when I ratchet up my “What is it?” challenge level to HARD. Of cours … more →

Tags: Challenge, Photography, Pictures], tag1, Wednesday's What is It?

Thatcher

andyalastairc wrote 2 weeks ago: Twenty ways Margaret Thatcher changed Britain. (and not all of them negative). Ghost Town by the Spe … more →

Tags: Video, Links, Music, Margaret Thatcher, crass

Jingling :: A Drabble10 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 3 weeks ago: You guys are smart! In honor of the good people of Boston I say, “You guys are wicked smart! … more →

Tags: Works of Fiction, Fiction, Friday, friday drabble, Photography, Random, tag2

Wednesday's "What is it?"33 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 3 weeks ago: Guess what day it is today. Come on. Say it with me, “It’s Wednesday’s “What … more →

Tags: Challenge, mystery photo, Photography

The Icarus Deception - Seth Godin

Peter Bayliss wrote 3 weeks ago: Seth Godin excels in pushing the mind in different directions.  His new book “The Icarus Decep … more →

Tags: Books, Lessons, Motivation, paul weller, Inspiration, Résistance, Steven Pressfield, Seth Godin, Creative

Hercules :: A Drabble23 comments

Lenore Diane wrote 4 weeks ago: Welcome to Drabble Day! I have high hopes that Drabble Day will become a national holiday, complete … more →

Tags: Works of Fiction, Challenge, Fiction, Friday, friday drabble, Pictures], Thoughts, writing


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