Children of The Atom

“There are moments that I’ve had some real brilliance, you know,” he reflected recently. “But I think they are moments. And sometimes, in a career, moments are enough.”

good obituary by the guardian

More writing and musings from Carmella’s excellent ‘Unicycle Emptiness’ blog

Wray is a neat pretty little village buried deep in the Lancashire countryside, half an hours bus ride from Lancaster. There is a school, post office, two pubs, a garden centre and cafe. There are woods, moors, hills, footpaths, a river and everything you could ever ask for in a countryside idyll. It is pure Enid Blyton but with the house prices of today. Every year it hosts a Scarecrow Festival with a central unifying theme. The entire village seems to take part and the results are spectacular. I have chosen just a few of the many pictures we took and more can be seen here.
The official theme for the festival this year was a mystifying blend of ‘TV Detectives,’ ‘Reality TV’ and ‘Topical’ and the pictures below are grouped accordingly.

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Above the crowds above the clouds
where the sounds are original
infinite skills create miracles
warrior spiritual

A really sad loss, one of my favourite rappers and a genuinely original and pioneering artist. Ignoring all the beef surrounding his death I would just like to say I loved all of his stuff with GangStarr, Jazzmatazz and just as Guru

RIP

added : Tribute Mix by Premier

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Breem and Carmella have been on some more adventures recently

See their pics here

and read Carmella writing about it here

Excellent stuff

Really really sad to make this post. Friend of COTA and a real life friend renegadedog passed away some time last Sunday. I’ve met him a couple of times in real life and known him for years over the internet and he always came across as a genuinely good person.

A kind word to everybody, very creative guy, and he leaves behind a young family

He was taken from us way too soon, there just isn’t any sense to it. People have been very shaken up by this, it’s a complete shock to everyone so sorry I’m not able to make a very eloquent post about him, it’s still sinking in with everyone

RIP mate.

and now I am drunk and you are still gone
the words from your fingers silent, still
at least I know you are troubled no more
but there was so much more left to say

if I could have given you sager advice
if you could have had more love in your life
would you have left us, gone your own way
could you have been happy, still here today?

goodbye matthew, father and son
goodbye Rd, you were a one
goodbye brother, husband and friend
so sad to hear that that this is the end

Tangerinebreem has been on some more aventures this time to my city Newcastle. lots of nice photos and the story of his adventure can be found on his adventure thread here

A very sad loss. Bobby Robson lost his battle with cancer this morning

A real hero, a real great, and a true gentleman, not just in football, just in public life. My friend met him once using the cashpoint outside St James’s and Sir Bobby was leaving work, he said that he stopped and chatted with them for a few minutes about the team and asked them what they were doing etc

And that was the story you always hear about him, it wasn’t just some image thing, he was just a genuinely good man

He did have a good life, and his dignity is still inspirational. Don’t be sad that he is dead, be glad that he was alive

Raise a glass

Bobby Robson Cancer Foundation

That’s not him lol

So if you want to see lots of photos and writing about what goes on in Wenzhou China, give it a look

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lots of music will be on the blog in the next few days. 2 radio shows and music competition I entered

Very sad day. It’s easy to forget just what a talent he was what with his life being such a mess, but he was just something else back in the day

It’s a real shame that he ended up how he did, he was obviously very unwell, addicted to all sorts of drugs and never got the help he needed, it cast a shadow over his earlier career

RIP Michael

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”- MJ

How cool is this?

Yet again Japan delivers

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