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« Reply #120 on: December 05, 2016, 02:04:56 PM »

Back in the 'Top 5 Most Read' list this week, according to Blogger's stats - My Night With Judy Dyble. http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2015/02/climb-every-mountain-ford-every-stream.html Goes on a bit.  
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« Reply #121 on: December 05, 2016, 05:10:08 PM »

Ha!  I enjoyed that.  Actually, I even learnt something.  I'm not particularly proud to admit I never knew Jude (or, indeed, Richard) was on THBD.  Naughty.
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« Reply #122 on: December 05, 2016, 06:49:28 PM »

*doffs peaked cap* All part of the service, guv.  Smiley
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« Reply #123 on: January 05, 2017, 09:50:06 AM »

Why I'm heading for the ditch. http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/01/lets-make-some-quiet.html
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« Reply #124 on: February 02, 2017, 04:03:49 PM »

Pegg, Nicol, Lennon and Me. A link-heavy blog about how much easier mixing would be if we all just got it right the first time... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/02/back-to-future.html
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« Reply #125 on: February 02, 2017, 04:22:30 PM »


Pegg, Nicol, Lennon and Me. A link-heavy blog about how much easier mixing would be if we all just got it right the first time... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/02/back-to-future.html


Must be 'share your blog day'! Good one, I enjoyed that.
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« Reply #126 on: February 02, 2017, 04:31:23 PM »



Pegg, Nicol, Lennon and Me. A link-heavy blog about how much easier mixing would be if we all just got it right the first time... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/02/back-to-future.html


Must be 'share your blog day'! Good one, I enjoyed that.


Yes, me too. It reminded me of trying, many years ago to copy a lick from one part of a song to another while recording a demo on an analogue Tascam 4 track 20 or more years ago. Suffice to say, things did not go well on the frustration front!
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« Reply #127 on: February 11, 2017, 09:51:46 AM »

Helen and The Neighbourhood Dogs have been in front of a microphone again;
An account of the day itself http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-baptist-clown-of-judginess.html
And free listening to the music we made - https://bluehouserecords.bandcamp.com/album/helen-and-the-neighbourhood-dogs
Please share. We need the work.  Wink
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« Reply #128 on: March 13, 2017, 10:58:41 AM »

Colin Harper - biographer of Bert Jansch and John McLaughlin among his many other projects - got round to reading one of my books recently, and wrote a completely unexpected review, which I'm very proud of.  Fez
http://theafterword.co.uk/do-you-do-any-wings-a-skirky-writes/
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« Reply #129 on: June 19, 2017, 12:20:48 PM »

"...and don't get me started on Pancake Day!"
My hellish Father's Day...  Cool
http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/06/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html
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« Reply #130 on: September 08, 2017, 03:54:34 PM »

New, free music (well, the first three times, anyway)!
http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/09/the-kindness-of-strangers.html
https://helenandtheneighbourhooddogs.bandcamp.com/album/nelson
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« Reply #131 on: September 22, 2017, 11:49:52 AM »

In which a song appearing on random play in the car takes me back... http://skirky.blogspot.nl/2017/09/another-happy-day.html
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« Reply #132 on: October 30, 2017, 11:37:32 AM »

Help a Blogger get past the 57,000 hits mark...  Fez
http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/hello-bongo.html
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« Reply #133 on: December 11, 2017, 01:38:34 PM »

Self-promotion. Literally. http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/and-tenner-on-mince-pies.html
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« Reply #134 on: March 27, 2018, 12:31:55 AM »

The return of Picturehouse. If a hundred and thirty of you read this, that’s my sixty thousand hits clocked up. http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-loneliness-of-long-distance-drummer.html
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« Reply #135 on: May 08, 2018, 08:09:07 PM »

The host with the most... http://skirky.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/go-compere.html
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« Reply #136 on: May 09, 2018, 05:15:34 PM »



To be fair I had had a few beers by that time
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« Reply #137 on: June 01, 2018, 11:58:15 AM »

In my most recent blog, on songwriting, I make a passing reference to our banjo/squeezebox/harmonica/guitar player Tony Winn’s habit of usually having something kicking about which is wonderful. Here’s a good example - we’ve fixed a couple of errant bass notes and tarted up the fiddle a bit, bit this is essentially Helen and The Neighbourhood Dogs rehearsing.
https://soundcloud.com/user-436348477/the-ruin-of-me-1
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« Reply #138 on: July 02, 2018, 07:28:54 PM »

Potential ‘Recent Gigs’ crossover material. http://skirky.blogspot.com/2018/07/i-bet-you-say-that-to-all-bands.html
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« Reply #139 on: July 10, 2018, 08:37:04 PM »

Maverick Festival. http://skirky.blogspot.com/2018/07/pay-no-attention-to-man-on-roof.html
As is always the case, the most humble and gifted musicians are those who are overly generous with their time and their talent. Lord save us from teens on their phones who get their Dad to compile a set list for a ten minute set when they should be tuning up and sound checking.
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