Poet / Cartoonist All cartoons signed as Nod are my own work. Poems widely published but check out my blog below...
Mexborough
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'The Child' is one of three new limited-edition prints available now at tomgauld.com/shop
ALT Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
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The Specials - "Ghost Town". (1981). An absolute masterpiece that transcends genres. Spectral synth chords, a haunting flute, and minimalist choral vocals that blur the lines between dub and experimental New Wave.
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Paul Desmond wanted his horn to sound “like a dry martini.” Here he uses the lightest tonguing and a smooth subtone. The sound isn’t bright or harsh the way a lot of bebop playing was. It’s unhurried, airy, and almost casually elegant.
5/4 is an awkward meter to improvise in. Desmond doesn’t crowd it with extra notes just to prove a point. He lays long, lyrical lines over that angular groove and lets the saxophone float across the bar line instead of punching it. That contrast—the square 5/4 pulse against the soft, singing alto—is what still makes this solo land.
#TakeFive #PaulDesmond
Tony Noon retweeted
Jimmy Page played guitar and harmonica on Tom Jones' early records.
John Paul Jones played bass on “Green Green Grass of Home” and stayed on Jones' sessions even after Led Zeppelin took off.
Here's Tom Jones on the day Page told him the band's name.
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Colorized Chuck Berry at full power.
Watch the duck walk, the grin, and that guitar like he’s inventing the language in real time. Because in a lot of ways, he was.
The Beatles stole from him. Hendrix studied him. Half of rock guitar still lives in those licks.
Some people play rock and roll.
Chuck Berry was rock and roll.