Fresh from watching the sun rise at Box Hill to the accompaniment of out of date music, I offer friends on this List the traditional South of England May Day...
... You might call it the Teletubby tendency in the String Band. pb __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your...
Dear Sara and String Siblings, I usually have trouble contributing to discussions of superlatives like Favorite Song, Favorite album, Silliest Thing You Ever...
Indeed - up at 4 am this morning to dance at Sunrise on top of Bluebell hill in Rochester Whiskey and cake for breakfast If you are in the meridian TV area you...
And here's John Milton: Song: On May Morning Now the bright morning-star, day's harbringer, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May,...
Hi Paul, This is a good idea, though I did think that such an index used to exist on the 'Be Glad' web-site at some point. The problem that I have found in the...
... Nice one, Rod!! I recall David Crosby relating a similar experience with a lamp-post after seeing the Beatles film Help! and deciding to go out and form...
stuart.godfrey@...
May 1, 2002 12:54 pm
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Oh dear, guys! I think I struck out with my Generation-X pal. She listened to Witches Hat and then sent me an email (in multicolored type) saying the...
I was channel hopping on satellite TV last night (it happens when I'm between books or just too lazy to do anything else) when I happened upon a channel I...
Hi Steve, You must be livin' right; what a great catch, tuning in just then. The bad news was a real shock though. I had no idea Dave Swarbrick had been ill....
... I'm ... upon a ... travelogue ... gigs. This ... family (Norma ... playing ... serious ... Have no fear, Jacko's still here! I used to be quite active on...
... For the latest on Swarb, check this interview: http://www.innerviews.org/inner/swarb.html Here's the relevant bit: My understanding is you’re still...
... Thanks Douglas. Gosh, it does give one a warm glow when someone says they've been thinking about you. I'm resolved now to going up to lots of people, even...
Settling into my 10th-or-so reading of The Hobbit/LoR, I quote the following verse from a song the elves sung to Bilbo at Rivendell (Hobbit, p. 248, Unwin...
S. Stern
stern@...
May 2, 2002 2:52 pm
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Simmie, Don't forget Kipling's 'Puck of Pook's Hill', which predates Tolkien and (I am sure) came up in this discussion not long ago - prompting me to re-read...
Hi Simmie It would be a nice idea but I don't think so. Kipling's "A Tree Song" has an "Oak, Ash and Thorn" chorus and there must be others too. I think it is...
... Robin more than likely took it from Grave's 'The White Goddess', though it goes back from there into mythological prehistory. Shane -- The programme is...
Sara wrote: Phil - I ALWAYS check out the musicians you recommend and have spent many happy hours with Kate Rusby. So, I went to the Library and checked out...
Paul wrote (about "Matapedia" by Kate and Anna): That's true but it does have a song called "Why Must We Die?" !!! Could be seen as slightly depressing! I...
Dawn wrote: Richard says he would just LOVE to spend many happy hours with Kate Rusby! But I wont let him!! Cus he is married and so is she!!! He will have to...
Since we're talking about personal faves, I'd like to know if there's anyone on the list who likes Van der Graaf Generator. I, for one, love them, especially...
alfredorosso
rosso.hakel@...
May 2, 2002 6:52 pm
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A Plague of Lighthouse keepers . I once spent several hours watching an ancient mariners beacon situated on a local hilltop , waiting to see the electrical...
Hello again faithful stringsters, I got an email this morning from my Generation-X pal which filled me with absolute glee. She said: "yes your music is weird,...
I have just installed a patch which should deal with problems some netscape users (especially 6.1) may have in accessing the ISB store. So any netscape users I...
Just thought people would like to know that Sundazed Records in the US plan to release the first three String Band records on 180 gm vinyl no word yet on...
I just thought i'd put in a word for the amazing Eliza Carthy - to paraphrase her dad Martin - Eliza has that "clitzpah" that to my ear or heart lifts her...
