5 Soul songs about Inner City Living

Here is a small list of songs I recommend from 1969-1975 about the harshness of city life; materialism, poverty, racism. The music is as relevant today as it was then. Links to the songs are provided. 1. The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues-Gill Scott Heron (1972) Classic blues tale about getting out of the [...]

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S.A.D.

I write this post from the exotic location that is known as Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, a county just outside London, where I will be ‘stationed’ at a Dental clinic for the next month (except at weekends). Now Southend-on-Sea, is a pleasant place in the summer time, but as we approach Autumn (or ‘Fall’ for our [...]

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Time waits for no man.

Come out of the circle of time And into the circle of love. Rumi Time seems to be becoming a much sought after commodity more and more as everyday passes. Is a seven day week inherently faulty? is a nineteen day month the solution to managing time better? I have no idea. What I do [...]

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Getting Organised

“I should get one of those signs that says “One of these days I’m gonna get organezized”.” Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver The more storage space I seem to have, the more junk I keep. That statement applies equally to digital media, as well as physical media. As I get ‘organezized‘ [...]

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