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The Art of the Album Cover
As with book covers and movie posters, album covers offer artists another chance to creatively distill the mood, tone, theme, or story of their work in a single image. While most movie posters, and certain book covers, skip this artistic … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Fine Arts, Music
Tagged art of the album cover, biophilia, bjork, electric ladyland, jimi hendrix, Neil Young, roland diehl
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That’s What He Said
Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there’s a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it’s all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the … Continue reading
Posted in Margaret, Music, That's What They Said
Tagged Neil Young, neil young music quote
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A Look Back at Again
By Margaret Hedderman The first time I listened to Buffalo Springfield’s second album, Again, was exactly how it was meant to be heard: with the pop-click of a record followed by the sudden, blaring intro to Mr. Soul. Now, no … Continue reading
A Maverick Child: The Music of David Rea
By Margaret Hedderman David Rea died on October 27th at 66-years old near Seattle. The name probably doesn’t ring a bell unless you’re over 50 – and even then you’d be hard pressed to find someone that in tune with … Continue reading
High Noon Urchins
This week’s theme: Your Favourite Song Lyrics Geo Sarah Margaret Oh, hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason. – Buffalo Springfield, Mr. Soul Next week’s theme: Just something to consider. UMail us what we should be … Continue reading
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Tagged Athenaeum, buffalo springfield, Intergalactic, mr. soul, Neil Young, The Beastie Boys
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Currently on Tap
Welcome to the Skinny Arms, the pub of the future! Quite literally, actually, as one of our goals is to have our very own pub sometime in the future. And you’ve been invited to the first week of its opening … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Urchin Eats
Tagged alcohol, beer, Guinness, hampstead heath, jimmy fallon, lager, long trail, long trail blackberry wheat, Neil Young, new belgium, new belgium blue paddle, pub, samuel smith, samuel smith oatmeal stout, stout, the skinny arms, vegan, whip my hair
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Places to Be and Things to See 2011
By Margaret Hedderman To be an Urchin is to travel. To be an Urchin is to take in all that you can. To be an Urchin is to consume all things literary, artistic and creative like they’re chocolate covered Belgian … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Fine Arts, Literature, Margaret, Music, Travel
Tagged Buffalo Springfield tour, Colin Firth, Danny Boyle, Fête des vendanges de Montmarte, French Wine, Gillian Welch, Haunch of Venison, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye Festival, Hellen Mirren, King James Bible, LACMA, Laura Linney, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Neil Young, Paris Texas, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Telluride, Telluride Film Festival, Tim Burton, Tim Burton exhibit, Urchin's ball, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire
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The UM Road Trip Playlist
We’re on the road in less than a month! (We don’t believe in being over-prepared.) “Hey” By Pixies Selected by Geo: Nothing to do with the road. I’m just including it in our playlist because “Hey” by Pixies is one … Continue reading
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Tagged alicia keys, canada, down by the river, empire state of mind, hey, jay-z, Neil Young, pixies, road trip, road trip music, road trip playlist
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Sing for Hope, for Change!
“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.” What would John Lennon say of this decade? Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Billie Holliday, Blowin In the Wind, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Crosby, Get Up Stand Up, Gimme Shelter, If I Had A Hammer, John Lennon, Keith Richards, kent state shootings, Lennon/McCartney, Marvin Gaye, Merry Clayton, Mick Jagger, Nash and Young, Neil Young, Neil Young Ohio, Nixon Administration, paul mccartney, Peter Paul and Mary, Renaldo Benson, Stills, Strange Fruit, The Beatles Revolution, THe Four Tops, THe Rolling Stones, The Times They Are A-Changin', The Weavers, Tupac Changes, Vietnam War, War Edwin Starr, What's Going On
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