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A few words: New readers start here
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Wednesday, December 02, 2009. New readers start here. Welcome to A Few Words, a writing blog I have been maintaining since 2004, off and on. Most visitors end up here after searching for a Marks and Spencer food advert parody. Analysis of Bob Dylan's Desolation Row. Or Blowin' in the wind. This post is a...
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A few words: On Hecataeus
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Wednesday, May 25, 2005. I have a good memory for quotations. I have a terrible memory for many other things: friends and relatives' ages, birthdays, names, anniversaries; shopping lists; phone numbers. And I do not even try to remember anything about sport or current music or celebrities or film...Any v...
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A few words: Fragment
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Thursday, October 14, 2010. I don't hear you," she said, her American syntax making it sound like a habit or policy. Posted by Martin Locock. Just listen harder he croaked, his voice rasping from the cold virus hed gotten. Oh and HAPPY CHRISTMAS ;O). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). T S Eliot 1. Writt...
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A few words: Every band I've seen live #2 Iron Maiden, Bath Pavilion, 27/6/1980
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Tuesday, April 02, 2013. Every band I've seen live #2 Iron Maiden, Bath Pavilion, 27/6/1980. So if Wishbone Ash could prove astonishingly good. My expectations were high for Iron Maiden, at the time the figurehead of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The set list was probably. The Ides of March. Found...
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A few words: Dylan's "Highlands"
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Friday, October 22, 2004. Highlands is usually called the best song on. Time out of Mind. TOOM) (even by those who would say there are only 3 other good ones on it), and has generated a lot of analysis and discussion on the message boards of www.bobdylan.com. Blood on the Tracks. I came to the radio inte...
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A few words: The curious mathematics of professional poker and its application to poetry competitions
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Friday, October 01, 2010. The curious mathematics of professional poker and its application to poetry competitions. The business model has another application: that of the modern poetry competition, following the model of the Arvon competition. That's just me, of course. But would-be competitors shou...
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Podcasts and video - spoken word wales
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Spoken Word Wales - performance, poetry and storytelling. Clare Scott " Dinefwr Castle. Kevin Connelly " The Listeners by Walter de la Mare. Red Heron " Poetry from Strata Florida. Scottish Poetry Library " Michael Schmidt and Peter Rose". Matthew Jarvis on The Poetry of Jonathan Edwards. The Poets Hub podcast. Alexander Velky Doubtist podcast. Patrick Widdess Headstand podcast. Spoken Word Wales podcast. A podcast hosted by Martin Locock featuring interviews with writers and performers.
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A few words: Behind the scenes at the ad agency: the DVD piracy campaign
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Wednesday, December 02, 2009. Behind the scenes at the ad agency: the DVD piracy campaign. Okay, here's the idea- [deep voice] You wouldn't lie on your tax return. Sorry mate, I don't think that's going to work. What else could we say? How about: You wouldn't take office stationery home for personal use.
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A few words: My Top 10 Best Novels
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I write what to me seems probable; for the tales told by others are both various and absurd. After Hecataeus. Don't ask me nuthin' 'bout nuthin'- I just might tell you the truth" Bob Dylan, Outlaw blues. Sunday, September 26, 2010. My Top 10 Best Novels. This is an idea that caught my fancy - mainly because the revelation of the lists seem to expose aspects of reader's histories and tastes that are surprising. 1 Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. 2 Scoop, Evelyn Waugh. 3 The Old Devils, Kingsley Amis.