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... got a new camera today... an early birthday present (6th September if you're interested ;) when I will move from mid 30's to my late 30's!)... anyway the camera is a 7.1 megapixel Olympus SP-320... so this afternoon saw some experimenting (a handful have been flickrd)... I love it already!
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The decision to try Google Ads was a hard one... ethics and all that... but it was all made worth it when I found a Catholic site for recruiting Priests had appeared... as well as an interview with ex-Derby player Chris Riggott there is this! Enjoy... especially all you budding emerging clerical types!
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The Diocese is hosting a marquee at the 'V' (Virgin) Music Festival near Telford this weekend... I'm going to help out. The idea is to give out water (over 2000 cups last year), offer 'Chill out' space, a number of Spiritual activities (spaces/meditations/reflections etc.) and simply to listen/chat to Festival goers... there will also be a Communion Service on Sunday (my publicity/graphics below). Should be great fun and I may even get chance to catch some of the Bands!
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... Should you ever repeat something it if it so good first time round... oh, I don't know! For that reason my first response to the news that 1 Giant Leap two is 'deep in Post Production' was FANTASTIC! my second reaction was... Mmmmm not sure! But hey... I'm sure it will be good news... this time they focus on 'The Unanswerable Questions' - including "What happens when we die?"... cover circa 50 Global locations... feature a mass of voices including Noam Chomsky, Tim Robbins, KD Lang, Zap Mama, Susan Sarandon, Courtney Love, Daniel Lanois, Alanis Morrisette, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore, Lila Downs, Deepak Chopra, Stephen Fry, Douglas Coupland, John Cusack, and brain surgeons, drug smugglers, belly-dancers and preachers!
ht for the heads up to Planettelex
Just come across the incredibly haunting and beautiful music of Turkish Canadian Sufi Mercan Dede the latest Album is called 'nefes' (breath)...
Mercan Dede believes that when you put digital, electronic sounds together with hand-made, human ones, you can create universal language, capable of uniting old and young, ancient and modern, East and West. It’s a bold claim, but the Turkish-born and Montreal-based musician/producer/DJ has the career and the music to back it up. When he takes the stage with his group Secret Tribe, he hovers at the side behind his turntables and electronics, occasionally picking up a traditional wooden flute, or ney to float in sweet, breathy melodies, while masters of the kanun (zither), clarinet, darbuka (hand drum) and whatever other instruments he’s decided to include that night, ornament his grooves and spin magical, trance melodies.
Mercan Dede is keen to bring his extraordinary music and stagecraft everywhere in the world because he feels its inclusive spirit carries a profound message of understanding and reconciliation. “I don’t like the separation,” says Dede. “The Sufi poet Rumi has a very good saying: ‘If you are everywhere, you are nowhere. If you are somewhere, you are everywhere.’ My somewhere is my heart. I try to figure it out. The rest—the hype, the trends—they are not important. Instead of talking about war in Iraq, if you can make a sound of a small instrument from an Iraqi village, you can tell people more about what is going on there. For me, the future is electronic and folkloric.”
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Jonny B in his review of The Big Chill made mention of Fink... I'd heard about this guy before but not heard any... so on Jonny's recommendation I had a listen... and then had to buy it... think Robert Johnson meets Zero 7 meets Jose Gonzales with a touch of early Dylan ... Blues/Folk chilled to the bone!
(just be aware some of the language may be uncomfortable for some)
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