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up and stoned at midnight to record my first recording for the 2012 rpm challenge, an instrumental :)
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Nice harmony with my wife Pauline. If I remember I wrote this in 1975 during the monsoon season in Okinawa, Japan
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Another cut from the 1988 cassette tape of a live performance by Scartaglen on the NPR show Mountain stage. This time some tunes from County Kerry.
Kirk Lynch- Uilleann pipes and whistle. Becky Pringle- Fiddle. Mike Dugger- Fiddle and guitar…
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Written by Greg Connor
Lyrics:
Old Country Songs
Wooden Chair by the window
Gibson on my lap
And the time I spend strumming
Is never coming back
The sun is shining on me
Evening won’t be long
I’m living in the city
Singing…
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In the year 2000 I had my little girl visit me every other weekend. This song was written then and is sung from a child's needs perspective, keeping the bonds of love between daughter and father alive. It is sad, and hopeful, and explores the…
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Act 1 Scene 1 The Disco - this is music from my musical, the opening scene which is set in a disco (nightclub - if you are under 40!!). It explores the different perceptions of the club in a pseudo-political and economic view. Mr Evol - the…
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A rock song, in 17 notes per octave. Yes there is an echo of Buddy Holly... Lyrics, and chords and bass here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2071
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Although Asimov doesn't have a story directly named after the super-computer, it does
appear in many of his sci-fi stories, and is related to many of the stories that inspired
these compositions. So, it is fitting as it serves a bit of a 'overture…
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A company that sells high-quality 'dreams' for those that cannot dream, is threatened by
competitors who cheapen the experience for mass consumption.
There are so many interesting elements in this story that can applied to our current world…
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After defeating the Denebians, humans credit their all-knowning Multivac computer for the victory. But inside the computer, what do the humans tasked with feeding information into it do when given unreliable information? The sound of a flipped…
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Sometimes society gets wrapped up in their own routine, failing to notice the sheer beauty that surrounds them on a daily basis, until a moment of chance changes everything.
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One of Asimov's most famous stories, the music attempts to re-create the world that knows nothing but daylight. Unsettling, but bright sounds hint at the looming darkness that must come, ending with the crescending voices of fear and madness…
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The old Blues man came down the cellar tonight and wanted to sing some Elvis and this is what we cam up with hope you enjoy......
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This is a sample of whats to come of our up comning Album "Kings And Queens" like us on facebook to stay up to date on shows and releases.
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Written in Goa, with a guitar I had just finished making.
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I came up with a nice melody on my guitar so I decided to make a little song with it. Sounds kinda like something you could start your day with.
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A little bit of everything here. Looped guitars, live guitar, guitar triggered synths and clarinet.
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From the sample remix - "Expectations"
My entry: "Out of Primal Expectations Come..."
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just an idea in my mind that slipped out into time and space right surrounding your face in those ears pulling the levers and the gears till it falls like a building with poor foundation till it sweeps the nation that this idea came from my imagination…
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the best bits from a recent live perf at Feed Your Head in Arlington, Tx.
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Mike sent me an email yesterday with this mp3....
I added the bass and the piano.
LG
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After the late naps
I can't get up, as should I?
Where I... Who am I?
Sounds comes, closer,
Ah! - here it is, my world,
Lovely, clear and simple
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...the state after summer sleep before I (you) have any thoughts, or, more precisely, about…
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Remembering...
(c) 1966 Jimmy Rogers
(C) 2012 Royal T Music
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Just thinking about Happiness. Thinking about how she said she was leaving because she wanted to be happy.
HAPPY Key - C walking down...
Happy is the anvil as the hammer strikes the blade
A fleeting spark that fades as the memory is made…
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Name inspired by an episode of Sliders, song has nothing to do with the episode and is pretty self explanatory.
Features Gilly (http://alonetone.com/toolniner) on lead axe pumping out some sexy licks.
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Inspired by Voyager's recordings of Jupiter as it passed by. Check it out on youtube for more info.
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Inspired by and very very loosely based on a movie I watched that was made in the 30's about a naive small town guy that moved to Hollywood to make it big.
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A sci-fi-ish song about the sun burning out and the universe expanding to the point where it tears itself apart.
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An old guy checking into his deathbed and coming to terms with it.
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Seen a Bowie documentary the other day and loved the live version of this one, gave it a try with mixed results.
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Always liked this song, and needed an excuse to record the tremolo built into my Mesa Boogie
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Recorded from an Android Phone to my youtube channel back to my pc hard drive to export in a cover medly of :
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
Garden's Tale (English Only) - Volbeat
Sympathy - Rare Bird
i'm still practicing these…
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Monster hunter is an amazing game when played with friends. Even more amazing if you can take down big fish like the Black Tigrex, Gold Rathalos, and silver Rathian. Great worldly music too. My favorite so far is the track done for MH Freedom…
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Wonderful farmlife sim, with decent musical score. One track you'd hear alot got severly stuck in my head for so many years, that's the village track for when you're in Mineral Town. I'm still working on the Farmlife Medley, but until I can…
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Recorded with friends at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Oregon in 2006 or 2007. Far from a track of much worth, but uploaded here for posterity and sharing of what I find to be a fairly amusing recording.
For the record I'm on acoustic…
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I started this song 35 years ago and finished it last year.
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~Essence of a musical box with the ballerina spinning around and around~ /as Bethan said/
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Calm the night, unstirring,
And the air so clear
Pearls of dew uncurling,
Moonlight rays unfurling
’Cross the glassy mere.
Dulcet waves appeasing…
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*Pilón* reveals a Cuban pattern, traditionally played on Timbales, but in this case on Jr. Congas & Congas (with gated reverberation and flanger effect). The rhythm of Pilón is based on the motions of pounding sugar cane.
A new son reveals…
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I posted this song a few days ago and Bethan liked the music so much she wrote her own words. Here it is, a co-write across the Atlantic.
SITTING BY THE WINDOW, NOTHING TO DO
WAITING FOR THE TIME WHEN THE SUN SHINES THROUGH
THE SUN SHINES…
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A song about unemployment that I did a bad job of recording, then i had another go and it didn't come out how i wanted so i said OH FORGET IT and so here is the rough version.
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Memories long in music sleeping,
No more sleeping,
No more dumb:
Delicate phantoms softly creeping
Softly back from the old-world come.
Faintest odours around them straying,
Suddenly straying
In chambers dim;
Whispering silks in order…
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This was written at a time when things weren't going so well for me. This will be my last upload until after the RPM Challenge.
The jeans are worn but they're clean.
The shirt is frayed at the elbows.
The shoes are dull, lost their sheen…
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here at southend-on-sea
where we used to walk with you
on the sand & the mud & the clay
that an ancient science
said we were all made out of
and here at southend-on-sea
my old man
old man river
old father thames
and old father…
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juno di cheap strat copy and recorded on the boss micro br sober.
well hallelujah
i don't believe it
it's so peculiar
it's so peculiar
well bless me jesus
i've not seen that before
our eyes decieve us
our eyes decieve us
when you…
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[ also on youtube at: http://youtu.be/G4dD4L5WqdQ ]
fabulous song by the brilliant late robert calvert from my favourite album of his, Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters
I see myself a Hero
While one wings falls away
And the dial…
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A story about the search for leader. People, independent as they are, often look for someone to tell them what to do. In their quest they will often go for a person who was just passing by and was never planing on leading anyone ... Things get…
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Recorded live on Br80 stereo mic for the protestfest.
Our henwrench then added some harmonies later.
Lyrics and music by OsCKilO
A man is as good as his word.
Never a truer word told.
When ever he lies, a part of him dies.
Left…
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we fought the moon and the moon came back
we fought the sun and the sun came back
we fought the moon and the moon came back
we fought the sun and the sun rose up
we sought the lord and dance, said he
we saved the word and preach it on the sabbath…
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One of my favorite tracks so far. Get a really nice pair of headphones and just enjoy.
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2nd track recorded on my new Boss MicroBR-80
A quite happy track with a tad darker lyrics than the music would let on .....
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This song was inspired by a long walk....
Lyrics:
Down by the river, down by the shore we go
The moon above cast a beautiful glow
We walked around talking through the night
I can’t help but think how it felt right
Hey Constance, don’t you feel…
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My first experiment with home recording. Dubbing over myself, I created a short clarinet ditty, which can be used for a ring tone or something.
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anagram play on words, you guess
A Ladder to the lamp fire
a raven roam hunting through light
a blurred vision cut on self and wit
white fangs do sink they sank and sunk into reds
count the slain'ed, left pale and hated
ruse do vary, once…
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Jim Wearne added some lyrics to our local Hurling song, and I had the privilege of playing it with him when he came over from America last year.
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An example of a live performance of myself and Paul Mimlitsch at Michelangelo's in Denver, CO on December 4th 2011. As always it's completely improvised with minimal processing.
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Version 2 of Cable Tie frets.
details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2008
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Featuring my son Kellan on guitar and vocals.
recorded entirely in my kitchen with kitchen stuff.
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--- W. H. Auden, The Two---
You are the town and we are the clock.
We are the guardians of the gate in the rock
The Two
On your left and on your right
In the day and in the night,
We are watching you.
Wiser not to ask just what has occurred…
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lo-tek eclektro version of 'a character disorder' by the nu psimians
I've got a character disorder
you know they say I've got a borderline
personality disorder
and I'm sick of taking orders
like a waiter or or a nun
I want to be…
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live in the kitchen vox + piano only no fx version
and i don’t know what you mean
about the things i haven’t seen
it isn’t easy being green
when all you ever say is mean
you know i tried to keep it clean but
you were messing up my scene…
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Sometimes the best attention you get give someone is to leave him alone for while ...
Lyrics:
You've been away, you took your time
You lost your mind, now you are mine ...
Locked in a basement of a house you never been to
... I'll be kind…
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Uncle Reg has yet another story for you children ....so now stay sat and be quite....... you can criticise after you've listened.......
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Uncle Reg has another story for you children ....now sit still.....and listen....i know its a music site but you may like a story........ i know my children do
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We join our friends from the cellar on their annual camping trip into the middle of nowhere...they decide to have a little fun and sing a song round the campfire to stop the arguing........if you know the song why not join in…
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Organ in 15 Porcupine - I'm not very happy with this. I've fussed with it for a couple hours and it still sounds like disembodied phrases thrown together haphazardly to me. YMMV
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curiosity - black sabbath in 17 notes per octave.
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In the spring of 2011, I was recovering from a serious medical issue and, in addition to the support of family and colleagues, that rather dark time was lightened by two happy occurrences. The first was connecting with Elise Pittenger, one of…
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A song about conspiracy theorists. They bug me with their wingeing. "Wah wah wah, it's not fair" - well do something about it then, instead of claiming some kind of superiority and secret knowledge like we give a damn! Rant over, lol.
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Just came out from out the blue after the first four words popped out from the old grey matter...
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This is a rough mix of a piece I created during some 4-track recorder experimentation.
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When destruction hit ... what do you do? look back or build anew? in any case, I hope you're smiling ...
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This is a short meditation by Eoin Scolard of the Irish School of Life. Relax, Let Go and Enjoy !
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This is open to translation.
I wrote it about nurses and how I thought confused/sedated or just bonkers patients may view them.
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Well....the lead in the background and the main is done by a vocal Fx ......no guitars were harmed ......the rest of the music was my trusty M-audio Pro keys ......i sent it over to the other Reg as an example of what i wanted him to do with…
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This is my first of the year so a Happy new year to all and thanks Norm for the beat .....hope you enjoy.
Stories of ghosts and the devil abound in Puerto Rican folktales. In the southern part of the island, it is said that most of these stories…
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live at Avant Garden in Houston, Tx. 12/28/11
This edit contains the motifs Up the Chupacabra and Hymn.
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to cheer himself up Reg thought he'd go down the Casino and see if he could find those riches at the roulette table...so he borrowed some money of Big Ed and suited himself up and away he went....but it didn't quite go to plan and now he has to…
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Poor old Reg is feeling a bit insignificant after being unseen by a woman he liked the look of who turned out to be only interested in the material things she could get.....it's a shame but there seems to be a lot of them out there and Love doesn…
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New Computer - Just testing to see if everything works
Lyrics:
One kiss leads to another
Down the road we go
In each other’s arms
Love struck, drive me crazy
Hoping that you recognize
My charms
One kiss leads to love
One kiss…
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But the wind doesn't last forever.. and then we're all alone watching the leaves as they fall for a last time.
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This is a preview of the song "Punched In The Face" from the upcoming album "Du Willst Action"
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This is an unmixed preview of the song "Amy" from our upcoming record "Du Willst Action!"
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This is a piece in a microtonal tuning - but sounds very much like pentatonic in "normal" 12 equal tuning to my ears. But I work in microtonal tunings all the time and may be biased.
How "in tune" does this sound to you?
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Well this one came from no where but i like it so i thought i'd share like i do everything else..hope you enjoy......
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This is about making friends with yourself.. then taking yourself back to yours
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Trelvis the pub singer gave me this last year and i thought i'd share it with you....to wish all at Alone-tone a very Merry Christmas .....
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Conga (John David) & Kaosollator (Dean Palermo) 1st Take.
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I got the other Reg to lay some guitar on this one and sacked the one armed Banjo Player......Hope you like it
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Original song using:
Martin 12 String Guitar
Gibson J 200 Guitar
Deering Senator Open Back Banjo
Gibson SG Bass Guitar
Lyrics:
Tonight - Written by Greg Connor
The wind is blowing hard tonight
The moon and stars are shining…
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A song about making choices.
Life moves in small steps
By the choices we all make.
We decide by will and pride
The path we'd like to take.
And the places we end up
And the people we will know
We'll see, you and me
By where we choose…
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Made with the Boité Diabolique playing some piano and cello samples. I did a bit of hand editing in Live and then added some light compression, reverb, and limiting.
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Spare a thought for those with nothing this Christmas..... Homeless with no family.........and no one to help.......
CHRISTMAS ALONE (Lyrics)
Nobody is listening no body knocking on my door
nobody is near me nobody wants me
i’m nobody’s…
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The insecurity of criticism to the nowhere man ......... I didn't have time this evening to put any music to this so i've put an old instrumental (The Turkish Lout) to it.....hope you enjoy my little drama about that nowhere man....(Be Warned…
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Lyrics and Chords:
Winter Solstice
Written by Greg Connor
When the G days are short, and the C evening’s so D long
And the C wind is D shaking the G trees
When the cold snow crunches C beneath your D feet
And your C cheeks are D…
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another just lying around thought hmm nothing else to do enjoy!
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This is a cover of the Wings song 'Bluebird', written by Paul & Linda McCartney and recorded by me back in 2009.
(Please let me know if there is a copyright issue here and I will happily remove the track. Thanks.)
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Well heres my attempt at singing Jerusalem....i would have liked to have performed it better so that the vocal would have done Chris's music more Justice but sometimes you just have to do what you can and go with the flow........thanks Chris…
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Another from the tinsled Cellar last night......I hasen to add this not my family at Christmas time.................
PEACE ON EARTH(Lyrics)
Its Christmas day on a sunny day the snow has gone away
Nobody know what today will bring
they sing the…
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A friend told me a story of a rich man who bought all the products from a failing hardware store and kept it in his tool shed in the backyard. When my friend was instructed to grab a tool from the tool shed he was taken back by the amount of unopened…
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Poor old Reg is having yet another mid-life crisis he's trying to work through...ever been there..........
LOST (Lyrics)
i hear the faint whisper of my youth as it’s calls as it disappears
It’s disappeared from me so quick
the shock has shook…
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This is a response to a terrific biography by Fawn Brodie called 'No Man Knows My History.'
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