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Jon Regen: Tour Dates

August 29, 2008 at 8:43 pm · Filed under General and tagged:

I had a very nice email from Jon Regen  the other day, thanking me for including his track ‘Finding My Way Back To Me’ in the recent post ‘TRIGGER: Back’.
 
You might recall I kind of took a shine to Jon’s album “Let It Go” when I first discovered it after a couple of tracks were posted on Ick Music back in April. Here’s what I wrote in the Highlight of The Week post back then…
 
“Ick Music just got a big fat 10 on my scorecard! Two tracks from an artist called Jon Regen are posted as a review of his 2007 album “Let It Go”. Their description of this album reads: “…Let it Go is one of those records. There is something to it that just feels like home.” Home??? Hell, I’ve got my pipe and slippers out here!!! This is just what the doctor ordered for a nice relaxing evening after a long hard day. Just added this one to my shopping cart at CD Baby!…”
 
For those unfamiliar with his work, take a listen to the track I recently posted or head on over to his Webiste [here] or his Myspace [here].
 
If you like what you hear you can catch him in conert here:-
 
September 13, 2008
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL New York, NY
 
September 25-27, 2008
PIZZA EXPRESS JAZZ CLUB London, UK
 
March 14, 2009
LEFRAK CONCERT HALL AT QUEENS COLLEGE Flushing, NY

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The Script: On Tour

August 29, 2008 at 8:08 pm · Filed under General and tagged:

Having hit the top spot in the album chart, the band are now heading out on tour.

Tickets went on sale today and the tour dates are as follows:-
 
 
November
Saturday 22nd: Glasgow Barrowlands
Sunday 23rd: Leeds Academy
Monday 24th: Newcastle Academy
Wednesday 26th: Manchester Academy 1
Thursday 27th: Norwich UEA
Friday 28th: Bristol Academy
Sunday 30th: Birmingham Academy
 
December
Monday 1st: Oxford Academy
Tuesday 2nd: London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
 
Visit their Website [here]
Visit their Myspace [here]
Visit their Bebo [here]

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TRIGGER: Child

August 29, 2008 at 7:54 pm · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Where did the last 17 (or so) years go?
 
I’ve been sorting out the photo’s I took on my recent holiday…adding descriptions, cropping here and there and the odd spot of light enhancement….
 
And as always I got sidetracked and found myself looking back on some old shots of the kids at various stages through their lives so far.
 
I suddenly realised that the ‘kids’ are not the little dependant beings they were…they’re young adults with strong views and opinions of their own. Able to do pretty much anything an adult can (and probably a lot better than I can).
 
But to me they will always be the little girl and boy who came into my life and brought a whole new meaning to it….and emptied my bank account (repeatedly) - but that’s another story.
 
 
 

So the trigger is….
Child    [chahyld]
-noun
1. a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl
2. a son or daughter
3. a baby or infant.
4. a human fetus.
5. a childish person
6. a descendant
 
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TRIGGER: Back

August 23, 2008 at 6:16 pm · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

I’m back from vacation, and fully rested….
 
Or I was until I started back to work.
 
I had hoped for a slow and gentle easing back into the flow this week. What I got was a full on deluge of work.
Holiday?…..what holiday?
 
Still, this weekend is a Bank Holiday here in the UK so I get an extra day to rest up this weekend then it’s the big push towards Christmas.
September to December are traditionally my busiest periods. Long hours. Hard, heavy work and (hopefully) a corresponding income.
 
So….putting all thoughts of vacation behind me….the trigger is…
 
Back
 
 
 
TRACKS

:o )

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TRIGGER: Surf

August 15, 2008 at 10:05 am · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Week 2 of our summer vacation…and relaxation is the order of the day….every day!
 
We all have our own ways of relaxing and our own interpretation of just what relaxation is. I guess I’m one of those people who can’t turn off completely. Never have been been able to just lie on a beach or around the pool and do absolutely nothing. Even if it’s just reading a book, I have to be doing something.
 
As a family we all have a tremendous love of reading and books so you can guess what we’ve done a lot of this holiday so far.
 
My true relaxation is painting…and there’s no shortage of subject matter here. 
 
We’ve spent a lot of time at the beach and in the surf. Or rather my Son has spent a lot of time in the surf….so has our dog!!!   Cornwall boasts some of the best surfing beaches in the UK and both are in their element here.
 
So this week’s trigger is….

 

Surf
-noun
1. the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
2. the mass or line of foamy water caused by the breaking of the sea upon a shore, esp. a shallow or sloping shore.
-verb
3. to ride a surfboard.
4. to float on the crest of a wave toward shore.
5. to swim, play, or bathe in the surf.
6. to search haphazardly, as for information on a computer network or an interesting program on television.
-Synonyms
breaker, wave, white-caps
 
TRACKS:
  • The Blue Hawaiians - Quiet Surf (album: Sway) [1998]
  • Jimmy Luttrell – Egyptian Surf Queen (album: USA Guitar Surf King) [2001]
  • Don Grusin – Surfer Girl (Prelude) (album: A Jazz Portrait of Brain Wilson) [2005]
  • Clark Burroughs Group – Surfs Up (album: A Jazz Portrait of Brain Wilson) [2005]
  • The Chantays – Pipeline (album: Big Waves – Five Decades of Surf Rock) [2007]
  • The Lively Ones – Surf Rider (album: Big Waves – Five Decades of Surf Rock) [2007]
  • Pollo del Mar – A Flash of Green (album: Big Waves – Five Decades of Surf Rock) [2007] (Removed at Artists request)
  • Dick Dale & the del-Tones- Surf Beat (album: Dick Dale & His Deltones – Greatest Hits 1961-1976) [1992]
  • The Surfaris – Wipe Out (album: Hot Summer 101 – Sunset Party) [2007]
  • Blue Stingrays- Goldfinger (album: Surf-N-Burn) [1997]
  • The Beach Boys – Surfin’ U.S.A. (album: Endless Summer)
  • McFly – Surfer Babe (album: Room On the 3rd Floor) [2004]
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TRIGGER: Beach

August 1, 2008 at 4:00 pm · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

We’re off for our Summer Vacation…and not a moment too soon!
 
I really feel like I need a rest…this is the first break I’ve had since last year’s vacation…2 weeks off in a year. (Note to self: need to sort that!)
 
Still, as my Wife reminds me….she works 52 weeks a year, 365 days, 24/7….Now I know why I didn’t put in for that job!!!
 
This will probably be the last holiday we take as a family. The kids are growing up and my daughter is about ready to start doing her own ‘holiday thing’, so I hope this is one for us all to remember.
 
Come Saturday morning we head for the unspoilt coast of Cornwall for two weeks of rest, relaxation, sightseeing and reading. And in my case….painting too. Lots of lovely coastal scenes to capture on canvas.
 
Let’s hope that the weather smiles on us and we’re able to get onto the beach for a while each day….can’t wait to see the kids faces when they see my new Borat-style swim suit!
 
I’ve set up a couple of posts for while I’m away, so hopefully there will be service as usual here.
 
In the meanwhile, the trigger is…
 
 
 
Beach     [beech]
-noun
1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
2. the part of the shore of an ocean, sea, large river, lake, etc., washed by the tide or waves.
3. the area adjacent to a seashore: We’re vacationing at the beach.
-verb
4. Nautical. to haul or run onto a beach: We beached the ship to save it.
5. to make inoperative or unemployed.
-Synonyms
coast, seashore, strand, littoral, sands
 
TRACKS:

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