Nick Drake

"silent and mum, silent and mum..." last night i had a nightmare about facebook, this morning i woke up and de-activated it. hopefully (doubtfully) for good.

A black eyed dog he called at my door The black eyed dog he called for more A black eyed dog he knew my name A black eyed dog he knew my name A black eyed dog A black eyed dog. I’m growing old and I wanna go home I’m growiing old and I don’t wanna know I’m growing old and I wanna go home. A black eyed dog he called at my door A black eyed dog he called for more

For a rainy, reflective tuesday afternoonThe album cover claims that the posthumously released Time Of No Reply contains “10 previously unreleased tracks, including 7 completely new songs, plus the 4 ‘last session’ tracks” that were recorded in 1974. Rather than being mere bottom of the barrel scrapings, this clearing of the vaults more often than not simply offers songs that Nick had recorded but chosen not to release during his brief recording career. The fact that some ... MORE

As this is the debut post on my new informal blog/notepad, A rare, rare find..., <http://rarerarefind.blogspot.com/> I should probably come clean about the title I have chosen for the blog. It is, as many will know, a quote from a song by late great songwriter, guitarist and singer, Nick Drake. More particularly it is a line from the song titled "Time has told me" which originally appeared on Drake's 1969 album, Five Leaves Left. I have a medium to severe Drake obsession, ... MORE

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Last Tuesday, Hollywood endured a heavy blow. Overwhelming at first, the news that Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment at the young age of 28, took everybody by surprise. Nobody saw even hints of seeing it coming. Although the latest toxicology reports suggest that he may have died from "natural causes" (a heart attack to be precise) and not via an allotment of drugs, the bizarre and curious connection between him and the late folk-singer Nick Drake still leaves t... MORE

Billboard.com, MTV.com and Pitchfork are reporting about an eerie obsession Heath Ledger had with Nick Drake, the singer who died young in 1974. Nick Drake is well known to have suffered with depression and died of an overdose of anti-depressant medication. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003700068 Ledger directed a black and white video for the song "Black Eyed Dog" which played at the Bumbershoot Festival last year. http://w... MORE

Well this year, I've seen (discounting festivals), such bands as Chemical Brothers, Editors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Richard Hawley, VNV Nation, Miles Hunt, Seasick Steve and Interpol I've seen them each a few times each this year - a bit repetitive but was really struggling to get fired up about some of the new acts out there. So... my final review. Was an early start, the tunes were pretty standard and, therefore, the crowd could join in. The acoustics were... MORE

A good little documentary - If you like Nick Drake check this out. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Don't be depressed. It'll be OK. Happy Holidays.

And finally the long Summer and never ending Indian portion of the warm season has been chased away by the cold, windy witches of Samhain returning to us the dark half of the sky and all of the winter stars so visible in the crisp sunset. These days are short and fleeting, in years to come they will only exist in memories...