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11.11.01 Jimmy Learns Music Blog 8
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Jimmy continues his on again off again blog on learning music, or to be specific, the guitar. It is a story of abject failure – ignore if you’re in any way depressed.
The Most Typical Human… and our 7th Billionth Baby
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With a little help from the Beatles, we celebrate Danica May’s birthday and show images of the ‘typical human’ –
A Visit from the Goon Squad: Top 5 R&R ‘Pauses’
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A lot of folks read Jennifer Egan’s classic for the sheer joy or her story telling. Abubilla Music, on the other hand, focuses on wee little Lincoln and his magical obsession with Rock & Roll Pauses!
BBC Songwriters Circle: Finn-Adams-Ian
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Have you seen the BBC Songwriters Circle? If not, please do. We’ll give some highlights of Janis Ian, Neil Finn and Ryan Adams gettting together
Is it me? Aren’t these the same singer?
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Jimmy argues that lead singer of Talking Heads and Rusted Root are the same person – David Byrne. He will accept no counter-arguments.
Overdubbing and the death of personality: Case Study
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Watching X-factor destroy our favourite female singers with over-production, we promise to keep Tati safe with her Ukelele.
What it takes to get a million hits!
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Abubilla Music reveals the secrets to the “million hit” video. Results guaranteed.
Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes
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Kathy and I had the pleasure to go the same college at the inventor of the greatest cartoon strip of all time – Calvin and Hobbes. If you haven’t discovered…Read more
Family Reunions and Recreations
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We had a lot of fun in the outerbanks doing ‘recreations’, where we took older kids and ‘recreated photos’ of their baby-hood. Fun on rainy days.