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Monthly Archives: April 2019

All About The Paper

That paper does not scare

rather its un-ending size and scope

is my drug of magnitude.

Posted byPat MellowApril 14, 2019June 1, 2019Posted inNew PostsTags:Art, challenge, paper, poem1 Comment on All About The Paper

Flyer Artwork No. 2

Having dropped out of university, unable to sign on and incapable of doing anything other than lying in a bath full of tepid water, rolling and listening to the Orb’s ‘A Huge…’ on an auto-playing Dansette, the £25 this gig paid was a life-line.

Posted byPat MellowApril 13, 2019May 24, 2019Posted inArt, Music and Vinyl, New PostsTags:1990s, Basement, Bjork, Brighton, Chuck D, DJ, Grand Parade, indie, Zap ClubLeave a comment on Flyer Artwork No. 2

First bloom of the year

Posted byPat MellowApril 11, 2019May 24, 2019Posted inArt, New Posts, ThoughtsTags:flower, life, natureLeave a comment on First bloom of the year

Music: Musing on Diana Ross, vinyl finds and fan clubs

Music is many things. Our childhood, our dreams and us, amongst many other things.

Posted byPat MellowApril 11, 2019February 20, 2020Posted inMusic and Vinyl, New Posts, ThoughtsTags:compliments, Diana Ross, EMI, fan club, Featured, London, Motown, record company, The WizLeave a comment on Music: Musing on Diana Ross, vinyl finds and fan clubs

‘Traitors’? Hmm…

From Paul Gilroy’s excellent Black Britain book, a timely reminder that hateful language and bitter accusations have long been used within these isles. On a lighter note, the phrase ‘Afro-Asian Invasion’ is crying out to be used by a 2019 music cat #subversion ….

Posted byPat MellowApril 11, 2019September 14, 2019Posted inNew PostsTags:Brexit, Faisal Islam, Jon Snow, traitorLeave a comment on ‘Traitors’? Hmm…

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