Dub on a Dark Side

Dub Side Of The Moon
by The Easy Star All-Stars

How did I miss this? Released February 18th 2003, on the 30th Anniversary of the original, this is a fabulous reworking of the Pink Floyd classic

Track Listing
1a. Speak to me
1b. Breathe (in the Air) / Sluggy Ranks
2. On the Run
3. Time / Corey Harris & Ranking Joe
4. The Great Gig in the Sky / Kirsty Rock
5. Money / Gary 'Nesta' Pine & Dollarman
6. Us and Them / Frankie paul
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Brain Damage / Dr Israel
9. Eclipse / The Meditations

Bonus Tracks:
10. Time Version
11. Great Dub in the Sky
12. Step it Pon the Rastaman Scene
13. Any Dub You Like

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I heard the news today (oh boy), that Chet Helms, Legendary music promoter, has died.

Foxgloves

Cookie's Christmas

Bichon-Frise (oil painting) by Maddy

Maddy and Cookie in 2002

Madeleine

May Bank Holiday, Foxgloves and Bees

"Prince", the Welsh mountain pony

Festival Express Film - The ill-fated Canadian train tour by Dead, Joplin, Band etc rumbles to life after decades in purgatory

A good review from the San Francisco Chronicle.
I just can't help being a deadhead at heart. I don't suppose it will make general release over here so I'm looking forward to the DVD. I just hope it's available in Region 2 as I don't have a multi region player. If it's only region 1 I may have to consider an upgrade!

Gavin Poolman remembers using the film cans containing the only existing work prints of "Festival Express" for hockey goals. His parents were divorced, and his father, who was the original producer of the film, moved often. Young Poolman never could understand why his father insisted on lugging around this stupid collection of heavy film canisters. At one point, he dragged the cans out of the garage and stacked them in the street to serve as goalposts.

But in the mid-'90s, after he grew up and went into the film business in London, Poolman was contacted by a film researcher from Canada who was trying to find the footage, and Poolman knew exactly where to look.

"He'd found the negatives to this stuff," Poolman said. "Apparently he'd been looking for it for years."

BBC NEWS | Education | Wild parrots settle in suburbs

BBC NEWS | Education | Wild parrots settle in suburbs: "
The number of wild parrots living in England is rising at 30% per year, says an Oxford University research project."

I haven't seen any parrots in Bristol yet, but we had a woodpecker in the garden this morning. He had a very bold red cap but unfortunately he had gone by the time I had found the camera.

Project Parakeet is an indepth study of the growth of the parrot population in the UK. There are some interesting pics in the section 'Identifying UK Parrots' e.g.

Abigail's view

NASA - Cassini-Huygens: Close Encounter with Saturn

Loads of excellent photos at NASA - Cassini-Huygens: Close Encounter with Saturn

England v Croatia

Finally, at the crucial moment, England played like a decent team. Croatia played really well and kept coming back to worry the England goal. Niko Kovac, particularly, stood out. Wayne Rooney proved that he is is, actually, pretty good and Scholes got his mojo back after 3 years to score with a very impressive header. England's win was finally cemented by Frank Lampard in the 79th minute.
More at BBC SPORT | Football | Euro 2004 | Croatia 2-4 England

from The Diamond Sutra

'All phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble and a shadow,
Like dew and lightning.
Thus should you meditate upon them'.

The Vajracchedika-prajna-paramita Sutra

Looking

Red Hot Chilli Peppers Live in Hyde Park

It was an excellent day. Although the weather was predicted to turn cold wet and stormy, in the end the gods smiled on the crowd and kept it cool with just a small shower. Chicks On Speed drew a hostile reaction from the crowd and were,in fact, booed off stage! For their sake, I hope they get better or it's going to be a bad week for them. James Brown showed himself to still be the Godgrandfather of soul, giving a powerful performance with highly professional support from his band.

Hear this gig live over at the Radio 1 website. There's also a photo gallery, which makes this a valid entry for 'Photoblogging in the UK', even if none of them are my own, and a reviews page.

More info on the band at The Official Red Hot Chili Peppers Website

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