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Dec.29.2011
The bikers have rented a self-contained flat in the upstairs part of a nice enough house on a nice enough street not far from Edgbaston cricket ground. Whoever lives downstairs is either dead, deaf, or terrified - quite possibly all three. In the interests of security, the Road Rats have nailed the...
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Dec.28.2011
Birmingham, England 1978
Fáshiön frontman Luke Sky, and sound engineer Miki Cottrell are faced with a weekend of no gig or band rehearsal
I’m in my kitchen, half-heartedly throwing a large kitchen knife at what’s left of the back door. Despite many years of practice, I can’t quite get the...
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Dec.18.2011
I never had a train set, never had a bike, lived on a council estate and ran with a gang. I never went on holiday, went to a state school, son of a taxi driver, but no feeble-minded git, me – no, clever. Sharp. Ambitious. No dole factory pension illusion for me. Pop star me!
As a teenager, I was...
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Dec.14.2011
Traditional publishers are being forced pay closer attention to the gathering swarms of Kindles, iDevices, and Androids. These days fewer patrician publishers park their paunches atop the slush piles of the rejected and the ignored, the four martini lunch has been sucker-punched by Google search...
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Dec.05.2011
“Great idea, Jon. I mean it’s not as if anyone’s going to Barbs tonight to see The Clash is it. They’ll all need something to do.”
“No, come on. Fuck this. It’s us against the world, right?”
“Apparently.” Dik mumbles, but then he gets a sudden devilish look on his face. “Jon’s right. Us against the...
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Dec.03.2011
The rehearsal is absolutely terrible, Nobody’s mind is on what they’re doing. We’re all time traveling forward to sharing a dressing room and then a stage with Joe Strummer and his pals. I forget the words and try to make up for it by playing chords that have no business being anywhere near a...
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Dec.01.2011
Birmingham, England - July 1978
“The Cla …. The Cla … The Cla…”
“You’ve got the clap?”
“What, again?”
“No … The Cla ….”
“You really should cut down on the fags.”
“No stamina these keyboard players. What do you expect though? They just stand there all night.”
“The fucking Clash!”
“Congratulations. A...
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Nov.26.2011
Dodging The Razor
I always said that losing my hair or (the rest of) my teeth were the only things that would make me give up trying to be a pop star. I’ve been more vain about my barnett in my time than a van full of Sassoons. Now that it’s had the affrontery to start greying at the temples, I...
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Nov.22.2011
Neil Gaiman
1 Write.
2 Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
3 Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
4 Put it aside. Read it pretending you've never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of...
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Nov.15.2011
As I get older I find that more and more of my friends, acquaintances and business colleagues are starting to comment and joke, usually in a resigned manner, about the drawbacks and perils of aging.
I’ll be 60 in a few weeks and I feel better now than I did when I was 20. Recently, in between...
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Nov.10.2011
ANGER
Listening to Audio book The Cow In The Parking Lot: A Zen Approach To Overcoming Anger.
Filled with good reminders about how easy it is to stray from realizing we are alive right NOW in this moment. So a few thoughts so far:
Good Dog, Silly Monkey.
Next time you get angry with someone, say...
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Nov.08.2011
For Miki Cottrell: Out somewhere on that Final Tour. RIP Miki, miss you man! New York City, 1979 Back at the Iroquois Hotel I’m taking a rare afternoon nap when the by now familiar thumping on the door rouses me. I sit up and blink at the sunlight streaming through the raggedy blinds. I yawn and...
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Nov.06.2011
TOP TEN HOME ENERGY SUCKERS
10. Microwave
9. Electric stove and oven
8. Computers
7. Clothes Dryer
6. Refrigerator
5. Television
4. Lights
3. Water Heater
2. Air conditioning and cooling
1. Heating
What can you do about this? Eat raw vegetables (that you grew yourself), while reading an antique...
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Nov.03.2011
Why is there no polite word that is truly descriptive for one of the few places I can read in peace these days?
I mean, don’t go the restroom because I’m tired.
Trying to have a bath in an airport bathroom doesn't bear thinking about.
Toilet is just some French word that came from “toile” a...
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Oct.30.2011
Working on my next solo acoustic album and this song arrived yesterday - all on its own and complete with melody and chords. I guess The Muse does occasionally make deliveries!
My latest acoustic Ameriicana album is available for download at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lukejamesrobertsinclairo
FLAT...
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About Luke
Luke James has been telling stories since he broke his first window.
A first generation punk rock survivor, he was born and raised in the projects of Birmingham, England.
He has wanted to live in the USA since he saw The Lone Ranger when he was five-years-old...
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Amnesty International
NRDC
Doctors Without Borders