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Category Archives: joy division
Don’t talk about the weather..!
I get bored with people talking about the weather… But I never get bored looking at our wonderful countryside and the impact the weather creates upon it. If you visit the Clore Gallery at the Tate, you can see how … Continue reading
Posted in joy division, pensions
Tagged Clore, Constable, Joy, Joy Redmond, lady lucy, Peter Freebody, Thames, Turner
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The New Dawn Fades (for IFAs)
For twenty five years we have been sold the need for independent financial advice. I was an IFA once and never for a moment reckoned I was offering independent advice – one product looked pretty much like another and if product … Continue reading
24 hours – the greatest rock lyric so far?
I saw Joy Division once, supporting the Buzzcocks at the Village Bowl in Bournemouth . They played “24 hours”, the first time I’d heard it – I think the gig pre-dated the release of Closer. I still speak about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzcocks, Curtis, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Grey, Iambic pentameter, Ian Curtis, John Peel, joy division
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Troy Shandell – sic transit gloria mundi
Shortly after 11am on 11th November 1961, I arrived into the world. I hadn’t done much for the Minute’s Silence and I haven’t done much for peace and quiet since. The week that I was born saw the Marvelettes “Please Mr … Continue reading
Posted in joy division, poetry, Troy shandell
Tagged Big Bad John, Google Images, Hit the Road Jack, Jimmy Dean, Lou Reed, Ray Charles, Runaround Sue, Troy Shondell, YouTube
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Trans-global joy
The best part of the Christmas story was the Magi rocking up at Bethlehem following a global sat nav and a lot of hope..
Posted in joy division, pension playpen
Tagged Bethlehem, Christmas, Fairytale of New York, Holidays, joy division, Magi, Melbourne, Pension new, pension playpen, Pogues, Sally MacLennane, yeovil town fc
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Biker to Banker
Cycling through the city this morning I saw a well-dressed banker walk into the road attached to his mobile phone. After doing an emergency stop, the cyclist in front of me asked “excuse me sir, is this road part of your PFI … Continue reading
Posted in ezra pound, joy division, pensions
Tagged cycling, ezra pound, joy division, mozart, Pension new, Pensions, pensions
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