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1 post published by Ralph Brown during June 2025| Magicmenagerie's Blog
1 post published by Ralph Brown during June 2025| Magicmenagerie's Blog
I was sittin’ in a crummy movie with my hands on my chin, all the violence that occurs seem like we never win Wednesday June 11th 2025. 13.30pm Eastern Standard Time. I am devastated to recei…| Magicmenagerie's Blog
Jerusalema ikhaya lamiNgilondolozeUhambe namiZungangishiyi lana Five years ago we were wearing masks, gloves, disinfecting shopping and staying in. The covid 19 pandemic seems like another lifetime, one so completely different from now or before, scary and yet without pressure, we watched films all day and wandered the empty streets taking photos. Gaza was not a […]| Magicmenagerie's Blog
I’m laying it on the line, honey…. Spring 2025 – we have to move out, she’s gonna put the rent up again, it’s already too high, neither of us worked in 2024 (well OK I…| Magicmenagerie's Blog
He’ll take you up, he’ll bring you downHe’ll plant your feet back firmly on the groundHe flies so high, he swoops so lowHe knows exactly which way he’s gonna goTimothy Leary * This blog will appear in my forthcoming book ‘Camberwell Carrot Juice’. Check back for details! RB| Magicmenagerie's Blog
All of fate’s a chanceIt’s either good or badI tossed my coin to sayIn love with me you’d stayBut all in war is so coldYou either win or loseWhen all is put awayThe losing side I’ll play A version of this blog will be appearing in my forthcoming book Camberwell Carrot Juice. Check back for more […]| Magicmenagerie's Blog
And if one day I should becomeA singer with a Spanish bumWho sings for women of great virtueI’d sing to them with a guitarI borrowed from a coffee barWell, what you don’t know doesn’t hurt youMy name would be AntonioAnd all my bridges I would burnAnd when I gave them some they’d knowI’d expect something […]| Magicmenagerie's Blog
Native New Yorker – Odyssey New York girl, ooh, ooh, oohRunnin’ pretty, New York City girl25, 35, hello, babyNew York City girl….You grew up ridin’ the subways, running with peopleUp in Harlem, down on BroadwayYou’re no tramp but you’re no ladyTalkin’ that street talkYou’re the heart and soul of New York City That’s Meisha I’m […]| Magicmenagerie's Blog
Jesamine – The Casuals What am I supposed to do with a girl like Jesamine? * One of a clutch of Mum’s Sacred Singles, almost all from 1968, which have lodged ever since in my cortex and achieved mythical status as soundtracks to a country childhood with a single parent. Perhaps the poppiest of the […]| Magicmenagerie's Blog
America – West Side Story Cast (1961) Puerto RicoMy heart’s devotionLet it sink back in the oceanAlways the hurricanes blowingAlways the population growingAnd the money owingAnd the sunlight streamingAnd the natives steamingI like the island Manhattan (I know you do!)Smoke on your pipeAnd put that in! Stephen Sondheim passed away 5 days ago and the […]| Magicmenagerie's Blog
Titanium – David Guetta ft. Sia You shoot me down but I won’t fall, I am titanium This blog will appear in my forthcoming book ‘Camberwell Carrot Juice’. Check back for details! RB| Magicmenagerie's Blog
