Tag Archives: song

Andy Gray takes to the stage in Kev F Sutherland’s latest show (Rousse)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My run as the new female lead in Kev F Sutherland’s latest comedy and magic show had been going so well. I’d pulled in huge crowds at the football stadium. Some loyal fans returned night after night, mainly for the … Continue reading →

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Forgetting the lyrics (Belle)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My choir’s chances of winning this competition were minimal. First of all, this was meant to be a competition for boys only, and yet I was planning to sing the first two lines as a solo before letting the boys … Continue reading →

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Tenement opera at the Leith Festival (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Dreamaticus

After the snows melted we gathered with the other commune members to follow the crowd to East Claremont Street. From the windows of two different third floor flats a man and a woman sang a series of opera duets. We … Continue reading →

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Daily Mail Eurovision Song Contest hoax (Rousse)

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dreamaticus

It had all been such a rush that none of us – not even E – had remembered to print off boarding passes for the flight from Birmingham. So here were all three of us forking out an extra £20 … Continue reading →

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Work-out stories for the Apple iPhone (Rousse)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Anyone who prefers to listen to narrative rather than music when working out will be familiar with the problem of media length. At the end of a work-out it’s not so difficult to wait for a three-minute song to come … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan’s secret muse (Rousse)

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Bob Dylan paused mid-song, stepped to the edge of the stage, and glanced down at a girl in the audience about three rows back. It was rather like the scene in Dancing in the dark where Bruce Springsteen pulls an … Continue reading →

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Traffic terror on the A1 and a reunion with the Spice Girls (Rousse)

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The traffic on the A1 north of Newcastle was blocked solid. The only way you could now join the carriageway was to first reverse up the ramp, then continue along the hard shoulder backwards until you found a suitable spot … Continue reading →

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