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I posted to youtube.com
Dead Skunk in the middle of the road - Loudon Wainwright cover by Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW_4N0pomQ&feature=youtube_gdata
August 4 2010, 12:53pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Thank You Mister Hubble - Loudon Wainwright cover by Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoB2qYTkL3o&feature=youtube_gdata
August 4 2010, 12:45pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Unrequited to the Nth Degree - Loudon Wainwright cover by Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9iV0MBSERw&feature=youtube_gdata
August 4 2010, 12:37pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Motel Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZQQcm9Tuhk&feature=youtube_gdata
August 4 2010, 12:26pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Down Drinking at the Bar - Loudon Wainwright cover by Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbyeqMI5xM8&feature=youtube_gdata
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August 4 2010, 12:13pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Be Careful There's a Baby in the House - Loudon Wainwright Cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Og_z2csWU&feature=youtube_gdata
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August 4 2010, 12:03pm | Comments »
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I posted to andyroberts.me
Episode 5 Andy Roberts Folk Music Podcast
http://andyroberts.me/andy-roberts/episode-5-andy-roberts-folk-music-podcast
Episode 5 of the weekly podcast series features 6 acoustic songs with more of a traditional folk music feel to them. Four are my own compositions written in a way that harks back to the traditional English folk song, or maybe British in some cases. It used to be a bit of joke to to an introduction long the lines of “This is a traditional song that I wrote” as if that is such a fake thing to do but these days it’s become more normal thanks to the efforts of folk singers such as Kate Rusby, Tom Bliss and many others brought up in the traditional scene for whom its natural to write songs in that style. The rest of my songs would need be described as “Contemporary Folk” which probably means they sound like they were written in the 1970s, and some of them were… Anyway, here is the podcast player and download link followed by this week’s show notes
Subscribe to the podcast RSS feed using the url http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/andy-roberts/id378470885 You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 23.8Mb in size and 25 minutes 40 seconds in duration from this link 05 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 5.mp3 There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time Video Podcast Episode No 5 Podcast Episode 5 Show Notes Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 5 published on August 4th 2010. All songs performed with the six string Ibanez acoustic guitar
Sitting on top of the World – by Andy Roberts The Wreckers’ Prayer – by Andy Roberts The Rowan Tree – by Andy Roberts Captain Coulston – Traditional / Steeleye Span Cajun Cooking Music – by Andy Roberts Old Paint - Traditional
25 Minutes 40 seconds 23.8Mb
August 4 2010, 9:13am | Comments »
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I posted to distributedresearch.net
Weather Photography Competition
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2010/08/04/weather-photography-competition
I've just heard about the British weather photographer of the year competition and decided to enter myself. This provided me with a nice opportunity to look back through my photographs of the summer on Flickr to see if I could find something appropriate. I browsed through my pictures of rain and a few summer seaside scenes and then lost a bit of confidence. I have pictures of light, pictures of scenes affected by weather but nothing I could really call specifically "weather photography". My thoughts turned to extreme weather – tornadoes, floods, ice storms etc but I don't seem to have witnessed many of those recently, not with a handy camera ready anyway. Then it occurred to me I was being far too literal in my interpretation of the competition requirements:
…to find the best amateur photographer of the British elements. Judged by top professionals and experts in the field of photography and weather, 12 finalists will be chosen for the flair, technique and originality they use in capturing British weather.
I've got it down to two photographs that might fit the bill here, the first is a picture of sunlight shining through gaps in the clouds over the sea near the Worms Head, Gower, South Wales. If you click through and look at the large or original sized photo I think it looks quite stunning, and it was quite an unusual weather pattern to observe for me, even if it might happen in such places more regularly than I imagine.
The second picture I'm considering is one of the dried up lake bed during an extended period of drought.
The patterns made by the drying out process in the mud make interesting shapes, and this one looks a bit like a map of Australia, a country where drought is a more familiar problem than southern Britain.
Whichever I decide, (suggestions?) or maybe I can submit both, you can have a chance to vote for me if you feel like it there, but probably more likely and preferable anyway, would be to enter one of your own weather photographs in which case do please leave your link in the comments below.
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August 4 2010, 6:17am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Drinking Song - Loudon Wainwright Cover by Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35H1mvVqA8s&feature=youtube_gdata
August 3 2010, 12:29pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Muse Blues - Loudon Wainwright cover Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsF-otwJFHg&feature=youtube_gdata
August 3 2010, 12:16pm | Comments »
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I posted to distributedresearch.net
London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2010/07/29/london-bike-hire-bicycles-arrive
London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive
The London bike hire bicycles are arriving on the streets of London after some well publicised delays.
“Barclays Cycle Superhighways” compared with the Paris scheme.
Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogLondon Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive
Related posts:London Overground Dalston to New Cross
July 29 2010, 11:34am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4841272506/
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London Bike Hire Bicycles Arrive
July 29 2010, 11:27am | Comments »
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I posted to andyroberts.me
Episode 4 Loudon Wainwright Special
http://andyroberts.me/podcast/episode-4-loudon-wainwright-special
Episode 4 of the weekly Andy Roberts podcast is dedicated to the songs of American singer songwriter and actor Loudon Wainwright. I’ve been listening to and playing Loudon Wainwright songs pretty much since I first started playing guitar, some 30 odd years ago – the lyrics are so clever, poignant or funny and the tunes are powerful yet straightforward enough to learn, and in some quantity it turns out. Wondering hpw to mark out tonight’s podcast, which is at episode 4 already, I decided to feature my own interpretations of mostly Loudon Wainwright songs and in the end as it turned out, nothing but Loudon Wainwright songs except for a couple of bonus tracks on the live Ustream after the recording had been switched off. So here is the podcast player and download link:
Subscribe to the podcast RSS feed using the url
http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/andy-roberts/id378470885 You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 27.4Mb in size and 29 minutes 55 seconds in duration from this link 04 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 4.mp3 There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time
Episode No 4 Video Podcast Episode 4 Show Notes Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 4 published on July 27th 2010. First two songs on 12 string acoustic, remainder on 6 string guitar All songs music and lyrics by Loudon Wainwright interpreted and arranged by Andy Roberts
Muse Blues Drinking Song Be Careful There’s a Baby in the House Down Drinking at the Bar Thankyou Mister Hubble Motel Blues Unrequited to the nth degree Dead Skunk Say That You Love Me
Loudon Wainwright
July 27 2010, 3:36pm | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
Havering Folk Club July 21st 2010
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/07/havering-folk-club-july-21st-2010.html
Havering Folk Club July 21st 2010I went along to Havering Folk Club last Wednesday after a week away on holiday and tried to do a vesrion of one of the new songs I haven't finished yet. I know It didn't work out very well, partly because I don't have the lyrics memorised yet and I tried reading from a crib sheet on the music stand, which has never worked out for me in past and probably never will. I can sing and play at the same time, sometimes I can sing, play and read at the same time, but not it seems in front of an audience, standing up and without reading glasses. So I've uploaded the podcast versions of the unfinished songs to youTube instead. The one called "Untitled 1" in the episode 3 shownotes is provisionally called "Trevellas" now, and unfinished 2 is called "Summerhouse" but I also have a plan for combining the two songs into one single work that would be longer and more complex. We'll have to see.Sitting On The BankTo recompose my composure, finding myself with a capo on fret 4 I decided on the spur of the moment to sing "Sitting on the Bank" which is a simple song I wrote when I was about 15 or 16 and thinking about leaving home soon. While uploading I noticed that the melody is developing slightly even now, I'm not sure it's correct to call it a revival though, as it's never really been out of the repertoire.The Mighty QuinnAfter the break and with the list of floor singers completed there was a little time left and Pep kindly asked me to do another, so after 3 pints I decided to do a singalong that everybody knows though it turned out not everybody at Havering Folk Club knows that the Mighty Quinn was a Bob Dylan song. The Manfred Mann cover version was better known in the UK in 1960s and afterwards.
July 27 2010, 11:00am | Comments »
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I posted to andyroberts.me
HFC July 21st 2010
http://andyroberts.me/havering-folk-club/hfc-july-21st-2010
Back to Havering Folk Club I went along to Havering Folk Club last Wednesday after a week away on holiday and tried to do a vesrion of one of the new songs I haven’t finished yet. I know It didn’t work out very well, partly because I don’t have the lyrics memorised yet and I tried reading from a crib sheet on the music stand, which has never worked out for me in past and probably never will. I can sing and play at the same time, sometimes I can sing, play and read at the same time, but not it seems in front of an audience, standing up and without reading glasses. So I’ve uploaded the podcast versions of the unfinished songs to youTube instead. The one called “Untitled 1″ in the episode 3 shownotes is provisionally called “Trevellas” now, and unfinished 2 is called “Summerhouse” but I also have a plan for combining the two songs into one single work that would be longer and more complex. We’ll have to see.
Sitting On The Bank To recompose my composure, finding myself with a capo on fret 4 I decided on the spur of the moment to sing “Sitting on the Bank” which is a simple song I wrote when I was about 15 or 16 and thinking about leaving home soon. While uploading I noticed that the melody is developing slightly even now, I’m not sure it’s correct to call it a revival though, as it’s never really been out of the repertoire.
The Mighty Quinn After the break and with the list of floor singers completed there was a little time left and Pep kindly asked me to do another, so after 3 pints I decided to do a singalong that everybody knows though it turned out not everybody at Havering Folk Club knows that the Mighty Quinn was a Bob Dylan song. The Manfred Mann cover version was better known in the UK in 1960s and afterwards.
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July 27 2010, 9:57am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
The Mighty Quinn - Bob Dylan - Andy Roberts at HFC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNd_6K-G7bs&feature=youtube_gdata
July 27 2010, 9:21am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Sitting on the Bank - Original song revival by Andy Roberts at havering Folk Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hznoCHljuWE&feature=youtube_gdata
July 27 2010, 8:57am | Comments »
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