tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post8015218384902919539..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: different voicesDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-50953917280476483752013-03-13T06:59:21.582+00:002013-03-13T06:59:21.582+00:00I used to look forward to certain announcers; the ...I used to look forward to certain announcers; the terribly cut-glass woman at Woking, sounding like Celia Wossname from that there Brief Encounter, who greeted my return from Forrin Places as I arrived at the station on the Heathrow bus. And the lovely west Country accent at Westbury. Wesssssbry.....this is Wessssbry....Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-2564873912400150572013-03-13T06:54:07.586+00:002013-03-13T06:54:07.586+00:00hi Anji- yes, my friend Annie wanted to show her p...hi Anji- yes, my friend Annie wanted to show her poetry students, so I bumped it to the front.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-71709846591781779222013-03-07T16:51:22.390+00:002013-03-07T16:51:22.390+00:00I thought that I'd seen it before! I love the...I thought that I'd seen it before! I love the sky in your picture to go with it.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-58617892115852128842013-03-06T09:44:54.418+00:002013-03-06T09:44:54.418+00:00Writing signs and making announcements are artform...Writing signs and making announcements are artforms, sadly there are few artists...<br /><br />Not seen you pop up for a while Jo.Colinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-29083766338002763912013-03-06T09:16:17.027+00:002013-03-06T09:16:17.027+00:00Lovely!Lovely!malsainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12739580860693973294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-11845006527232614022012-03-23T15:56:19.524+00:002012-03-23T15:56:19.524+00:00Lovely lovely poem and actually a strangely affect...Lovely lovely poem and actually a strangely affecting rendition. Like someone finally achieving a minor epiphany.Deborah Harvey Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023927527337407685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-90791696371213729652009-07-02T05:24:59.373+01:002009-07-02T05:24:59.373+01:00music you can dance to... thank you, Sarah. I'...music you can dance to... thank you, Sarah. I'm a bit out of touch with what the young folk are listening to. Cheerful little piece, ain't it?Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-27515432299010130422009-07-01T20:56:29.536+01:002009-07-01T20:56:29.536+01:00I would be rude of me to mention 'fitter, happ...I would be rude of me to mention 'fitter, happier' at this point, wouldn't it? Not quite the same.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EoukRWQ-ec<br /><br />Sarahcan'trememberpasswordbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-48136165818656093242009-06-28T18:20:06.940+01:002009-06-28T18:20:06.940+01:00there's a thought; I wonder how voice mail wou...there's a thought; I wonder how voice mail would handle Forrin words? -must try it out... yes, this is one of my favourite poems. I learned it by heart, but seem to have got rusty.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-74540341249066501422009-06-28T08:47:20.948+01:002009-06-28T08:47:20.948+01:00Brilliant, though it needs to work on its French a...Brilliant, though it needs to work on its French accent. A lovely poem too.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-53610287048376731352009-06-28T08:24:41.625+01:002009-06-28T08:24:41.625+01:00I am, of course, totally excited at the possibilit...I am, of course, totally excited at the possibilities. I would also like to create music out of public announcements, the sort that have become so formulaic that they are spoken in a sing-song way. But then I suspect that is close to what Steve Reich has already doneDru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-25349262903602714832009-06-27T18:29:03.708+01:002009-06-27T18:29:03.708+01:00You have invented a new art form!!! Get on the pho...You have invented a new art form!!! Get on the phone to Tate Modern right away! When do the entries for the Turner Prize close? ;-)<br /><br />(You know, I'm not <i>completely</i> kidding Dru!!)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356965133404249244noreply@blogger.com