Monthly Archives: January 2014

Don’t fix it if it’s not broken!

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Bowling googlies

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Crystal balls-up

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Dancing in the rain

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Liberty: bottom-up not top-down

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Scott McKenzie

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

10 January 2014 As a diversion from our troubled times, why not check out Scott McKenzie’s 1967 hit single “San Francisco”, a song symbolic of  the flower power generation and the counter-culture among students in America at the peak of … Continue reading →

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Mungo Jerry

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

10 January 2014 As an antidote to winter blues, readers might like to check out the hit single “In the Summer Time” that was released in 1970 by the Britain’s Mungo Jerry pop band. Antigone1984: Right on, man! ——–  You … Continue reading →

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Bats in the belfry

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Revolting fountain pens

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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Let’s hear it for Tin Pan Alley!

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Antigone1984.com

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