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Nothing much really, well sort of. Well perhaps, maybe.

Songs From the Dot 8

Posted on January 27, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4 The Vapours – Turning Japanese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9O05xBKnY Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne -You´re A Friend Of Mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=granmas+hands+gill+scott+heronn&aq=f Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQOJFn9mB9Y Gil Scott-Heron – Grandmas Hands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV_astp3BjM Storm Music … Continue reading →

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That 70′s Show

Posted on January 20, 2012

  That 70s show – Tonight 1970 Tonight we go back to where it all began.  The Goodies debut was around 1970 and a couple of samples of the craft. Phoenix 5 is the third in the trilogy of sci-fi’s … Continue reading →

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Songs from The Dot 7

Posted on January 16, 2012

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmIYYi-1qhE&feature=related America – Tin Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx9fPeaD_Ns Andres Segovia – Villa Lobos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qWpa2rIg Bach – Brandenburg Concertos No.3 – i: Allegro Moderato http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCZ-iL19Em4 Chick Corea & Gary Burton – Rhumbata (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NPdyVw5XE The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – You Made … Continue reading →

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That 70′s Show Tonight 1978 – 1979

Posted on January 13, 2012

Playlist by Algernon That 70’s show  Tonight 1978-1979 Tonights show takes us back 2000 years to a very special life from a very naughty boy.  It also brings us some very naughty girls as well and something without much dialogue.  … Continue reading →

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Cover Versions

Posted on January 6, 2012

Playlist by Algernon Cover Versions With each of these I tried to match the original version with the version that had arguably the most chart success. Some of the covers are in some cases better than the original like All … Continue reading →

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2011 in review

Posted on January 1, 2012

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 83,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

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That 70s show – Tonight 1976-1977

Posted on December 30, 2011

By Algernon Tonight’s episode marked a change in popular music styles. 1976 and 1977 saw the rise of Punk and New Wave. It also saw the Dance music or Disco become more popular. The Naked Vicar Show commenced in 1976 … Continue reading →

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Medical Talk

Posted on December 29, 2011

  Given the latest brouhaha about diagnosing syndromes and medical terminology I thought I would give you some insight into how we talk to each other at work about patients. Disclaimer: Any one that can identify or relate to any … Continue reading →

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Hung’s Christmas Prawns

Posted on December 25, 2011

Hung’s Christmas Prawns Look, I putting myself out on a limb here but I thought I would share an old family recipe for prawns. Ingredients 20 cooked Black Tiger Prawns 2 Limes Cracked sea salt Method Shell and de – … Continue reading →

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Cricket – The game played in Heaven

Posted on December 25, 2011

Cricket by Hung One On Cricket, the game played all throughout the universe. I mean what would Christmas be if there were no cricket. Think about how sad we all would be. Lets face it without cricket Christmas would be … Continue reading →

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