Author Archives: julietb

count me in

(image via) despite the fact i said i didn’t much like it at the time charlotte gainsbourg’s 5.55 has been floating in my head most of the weekend, though my internal dj has been cutting it up with another numerically… Continue reading

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hail! true body

(pic via) last night i was looping a track- its not my usual sort of thing (even if it is somewhat traditional behaviour). its led me to thinking about language and music and the inherent pre-babel power of music’s ability… Continue reading

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a little peace of sky

c’est le weekend mes enfants. time’s a-ticking, it’s nearly christmas, nearly next year. heck, it’s nearly the rest of your life. it’s also time to slow down a little, even if only for six minutes and forty two seconds and… Continue reading

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a good man is hard to find (and other stories)

so, my man has a talent. for taking on stuff he knows a little about (like me) and through willpower, perserverance and a not inconsiderable brain making it work for him. for looking up through a narrow skylight and seeing… Continue reading

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when your name breaks on my lips will you know the sound?

last week was a fallow week for my horse latitudes uppage. late to bed, early to rise. undoubtably there’ll be tears before bedtime. for a while, i wondered what happened to my purple prose. but since its a week since… Continue reading

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stop me if you’ve heard this one before

ok, it’s getting boring. how tired i am. how busy i am. and now too busy to post or listen to music. not much longer now. in the meantime, keep tuning in. great lake swimmers – i will never see… Continue reading

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stomp stomp crash

another week nearly over and i was determined not to let you off without a little something for you weekend. while i do spend a lot of time listening to what might be termed airy-fairy acoustic music, every so often… Continue reading

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radiant jewel, mystical wife

its turned chilly again here. not that it really got hot this year. walking home in a borrowed sweater with the hood pulled tight around my face i notice i’m crunching through brown leaves. i don’t remember them falling. perhaps… Continue reading

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house arms built

the horse latitudes are looking for a new home at the moment; a real, four solid walls and well appointed roof terrace type home. when we do find it however hopefully the moving process won’t be quite as traumatic as… Continue reading

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weight vs volume

while i’d like to think i’m unpredictable and kinda hard to read, two things this weekend proved that absolutely wasn’t the case. jak’s friday post pre-empted by a few short hours me mooching round a marylebone bookstore with a copy… Continue reading

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