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Monday, 31 October 2011

Occupy links

Occupy Bradford: Day 4

Though it started fairly modestly, with only three tents, Occupy Bradford is growing slowly but steadily. General assemblies have been well attended and resulting in very positive outcomes, and at the last count (noon Oct 31) two tents had joined, making the total now five.
  1. Wonderful piece on the #occupy movement/s by Andrew Rawnsley. Last paragraph says it all http://t.co/ziIjCqv5
  2. RT @alexdoherty7: When politics-as-gossip "journalist" Andrew Rawnsley writes an interesting article you know something's going on: http://t.co/r93mvO4m
  3. 73% of Occupy Wall Street protesters disapprove of Obama’s job performa... http://t.co/gtPJ208q
  4. Thoughtful > Occupy London is a nursery for the mind. Madeleine Bunting http://t.co/mCZ47FGS
  5. Occupy Wall St. Hip Hop Anthem: Occupation Freedom, Ground Zero And The Global Block Collective http://t.co/SkgHMYNK#ows #ocupabrasil
  6. Check this video out -- Occupy Vancouver Protesting At Catholic Church http://t.co/XTtg74aw via @youtube
  7. .@PennyRed Far Right attack #OccupyNewcastle (slightly updtd ver) http://t.co/AYICZgS2 #OccupyMCR #OccupyLSX #OccupyGlasgow #OccupyEdinburgh
  8. Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—And They're Not Going Away | The Nation http://t.co/SLRT8WQ8
  9. Education International supports global occupy protests:http://t.co/DbtQURIl
  10. Occupy Wall Street won't be pigeonholed #cnnhttp://t.co/Ozx1Ykwn
  11. Occupy Wall Street protester sexually assaulted in tent but demonstrators will handle internally: Attack comes a...http://t.co/SNidGBsa
  12. NYPD Union Warns of Lawsuits Against ‘Occupy’ Supportershttp://t.co/ZxsoQDUn #ows

Occupy Bradford - Day Four

Link to numerous Occupy tweets: http://sfy.co/LqF.

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

A song for Bert

"Do not be sad for what we've lost; be glad for what we've had."


SONG: Jimi and Janis and Sandy
(to a raggy beat)
Jimi and Janis and Sandy,
They're all in the heavenly choir.
With Woody and Billy and Phil and John
Their voices rise higher and higher.
They sang with us once for a short while
Then time came for old friends to part:
But the sadness we feel at their going
Should be gladness they're still in our heart.

There's Miles playing cool on the trumpet
As Louis rips riffs in the sky,
While Charlie rearranges all the chord changes
And Stephane's violin rises high.
And Django the gypsy makes magic,
The angels are tapping their feet.
'Cos no music's sweeter, they all feel the meter
When the Good Lord is setting the beat.

All heaven is having a party,
Eternity's having a ball.
They're all jitterbugging and cutting-a-rugging.
They've heard the last victory call.
One day we're all going to join them:
This earth is a musical school.
We practise our chops playing Top of the Pops
And study the Lord's golden rule.
(Repeat first verse.)

I composed this song when Sandy Denny died, and it comes to mind whenever one more of the giants who walked among us goes on to a higher plane of existence.I also carry with me Richard Thompson's words at Sandy's funeral, which struck some (not me) as heartless: that we had her on loan, and should not lament her passing.
 

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Bradford benefit for E. African famine, Oct 19

What's On TV and radio this week

TOMORROW
TV
00.30: Eyes Wide Open, Israeli movie (BBC4)
21.00: The Fades (BBC3)
22:00: Rab C Nesbitt (BBC2)


WEDNESDAY
TV
21.00: Hidden, new thriller series, starring Philip Glenister (BBC1)
22.00: House, new series (Sky1)


THURSDAY
TV
01.05: La vie rêvée des anges (Film4)
Radio

20.00: Tony Bennett in concert (BBC Radio 2) 
Order Tony Bennett, Duets II, from Amazon



FRIDAY
TV
13:05: Fritz Lang's Cloak and Dagger (Ch4)
19.30: Rostropovich - Genius of the Cello (BBC4)
Radio
19.00 Pink Floyd Night (6 Music)