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Jazz guitar without tears
Ooh, forgot to mention before… if you’re looking to pick up some jazz guitar skills, but have no idea where to start, my friend Matt is bloggishly documenting his own chronologically accurate journey of discovery… Swing to Bop
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Remembering to play guitar
What with the football, a week in the Lake District, a number of weekends away and the general stream of transcribing, guitar-magazining and bluesjamtracking, I just haven’t really done much guitar playing recently. That is to say, I always have … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Final
Germany 0-1 Spain Iberian skies clear for first time in 44 years And that was that. Spain reined in some of their semi-final brilliance, concentrating on effective organisation, while chaotic defending proved to be Germany’s downfall. Even if a fitter … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Days 17 & 18
SEMI-FINALS… Germany 3-2 Turkey Storms, real and metaphorical A seriously short-staffed Turkey played out of their skins, but the fairytale had to end. Typical German ability to win ugly when they really didn’t deserve it; to be fair, though, they … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Days 15 & 16
Russia 3-1 Netherlands Icy blasts thawing rapidly There are times when teams should take a lesson from Italy. It seemingly never occurred to the Dutch that their strikers might have an off-day, so there was no solid, defensive Plan B. … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Days 13 & 14
Portugal 2-3 Germany Vinds of change! Cracking match, and the Germans deserved it. Eusebio is right… Portugal are going nowhere without a decent centre forward. Good to see the back of cynical Scolari, though. Can we have the naive, charming, … Continue reading
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Her Majesty goes phishing
My spam filters tend to grab most of the phishing scam emails doing the rounds (especially those purportedly from Paypal, Ebay or the high street banks) so I never see them. The ones I do see, therefore, have to be … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Day 12
Russia 2-0 Sweden Arctic temperatures moving westward I’m still not convinced by all the “exciting new force in European football” talk. What Russia do have is enthusiasm and confidence. Oh, and the fact that Sweden were dreadful. Greece 1-2 Spain … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Day 11
France 0-2 Italy Forlorn drizzle A fair result. France were unlucky, but would probably have struggled even with all 11 men. Italy get out of jail again (and jail is where Lubos Michel should be… UEFA’s most overrated referee?) Netherlands … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Day 10
Austria 0-1 Germany Cloudy, mild. More effort and spirit from Austria, still hampered by the lack of a decent final ball. Not a great advert for the current German team, despite the scorcher from Ballack. Poland 0-1 Croatia Temperatures continue … Continue reading
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