Tag Archives: Lou Reed

Simon Carne – ‘I learned to write’

Posted on June 21, 2020 by henry tapper

    Yesterday, a few hours before I went into my current isolation, I got a mail from Simon Carne. I know I was not alone, this is what my friend Con Keating wrote me   Henry I thought this … Continue reading →

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Lou- it’s the beginning of a great adventure!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by henry tapper

I wish you strength, good humour and fortitude and I hope you wish it back. Continue reading →

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Blogging all over the world (cheer up!)

Posted on February 12, 2012 by henry tapper

The thing about Rocking All Over the World is its dumb enthusiasm. And I like it , and I like it and I like it and  like – here we go -rocking all over the world. Dumb enthusiasm isn’t easy. Most people can’t do it but … Continue reading →

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Troy Shandell – sic transit gloria mundi

Posted on November 6, 2011 by henry tapper

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 →

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If you write as good as you talk – no one reads you

Posted on June 14, 2011 by henry tapper

None of us currently have the answers and if we don’t have these conversations I suspect we never will! Continue reading →

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