TTSS: a notebook on life.
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Elvis Mondays: the king’s approach to Monday mornings
“It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.” – Elvis Presley.
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Elvis Mondays: the star on the power of ambition
“Ambition is a dream with a V8 Engine” – Elvis Presley.
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Elvis Mondays: the King is alive (I have proof)
My boyfriend. Elvis Presley. (Normal Elvis Mondays resume next week).
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Last Day – Kollektiv Turmstrasse
I was first introduced to Kollektiv Turmstrasse some four years ago when at Cocoon’s now defunct Green and Blue festival. I was literally blown away. Their set surged through a toe-tapping beginning to a point where the crowd – myself included – were wholly lost in euphoric dreamland. On this chilly February morning, ‘Last Day’…
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Quit your job. Follow your dreams.
That statement holds true for this week… I’ve thought it, had it said to me, and have uttered the words to at least one other. Thanks to the Brooklyn-based band Baby Alpaca, I’ve now also found the perfect visual and audio expression of this phrase; one we’ll all want to embrace at least once in our…
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Elvis Mondays: the king on modern music
“Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.” – Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the star on keeping your ego in check
“If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.” ― Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the star sports a pistachio hued shirt (and feels better for it)
“It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.” – Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the king on love
“A little less fight and a little more spark, close your mouth and open your heart.” – Elvis Presley, A Little Less Conversation
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What was 2013 like for us?
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor was viewed about 3,400 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 57 trips to carry that many people.” – WordPress.com on our year. A huge THANK YOU to all of our readers from across the world; we couldn’t have…
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Two tune Tuesday
I’m sure I’m not alone. Thousands (if not millions) of others are sat at their desk as friends and family enjoy an extended festive break. In just under an hour I’ll be heading home to continue mine; until then, it’s tying up loose ends while readying my dancing feet with this twosome of toe-tappers. Happy…
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Elvis Mondays: the star on fate
“The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.” – Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the king on Christmas Shopping*
“I’d just like to be treated like a regular customer.” – Elvis Presley *Quote genuine; reason for uttering said words not strictly true. Merry Christmas, tinkers x
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Elvis Mondays: the king on holidaying
“Man, I really like Vegas.” – Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the king on first time nerves
“The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about.” – Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the King on singing
“I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I’m singing now is what makes the money.” – Elvis Presley.
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From the past: Unkle – Celestial Annihilation
We’re rockin’ through today with this atmospheric number from Unkle’s 1998 Psyence Fiction output. Join us – and the dolphins – in busting some Tuesday moves.
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Elvis Mondays: the star on behaving your best
“I ain’t no saint but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God.” – Elvis Presley
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Elvis Mondays: the star on busting moves
“Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.” – Elvis Presley.
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Listenin’
Back in ’65, English beat group The Fortunes hit no. 7 in the U.K. charts with this swinging ditty. It wasn’t until almost a decade later that The Drifters re-invented it with a disco-led groove – the groove that’s booming out of our speakers today, lifting spirits and raising smiles with it.
Good book recommendations?
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