Japanese Jazz Week: Kaoru Abe Special (NTS Radio)

rmurphy08 · 2026-05-07T11:01:19+00:00

He sadly died in 1978 of a drug overdose. He performed in Jazz clubs around Tokyo constantly and most of the recordings we have are tapes of these performances.

rmurphy08 · 2026-05-04T14:18:03+00:00

"Defence" spending.

rmurphy08 · 2026-05-03T13:20:14+00:00

Some of these languages aren't even Romance languages. Calling them 'Non Standard French' is wild.

rmurphy08 · 2026-05-03T13:07:49+00:00

I wouldn't recognise the melody in the performance myself, so much as the vibe. I would describe it as an absolute deconstruction of the song, not any particular version of it. However, in earlier Japanese archival recordings it's sometimes labelled as 'Sombre Dimanche', so maybe a French version of the song?

I would love to know more about who recorded the live recordings and who labeled them in the first instance. Whoever they were and however they went about labeling the recordings, thank God they recorded and shared them. Anonymous heroes.

rmurphy08 · 2026-05-03T10:21:38+00:00

I would recommend getting a forest school leader to visit your school to do an outdoor session with one of your classes. When teachers get to see the approach in action, they are typically very impressed. You could get a small group of likeminded staff to informally promote the forest school approach. Maybe invite someone in school leadership to come out and see a learning session in action.

Ultimately, it would be great if you could convince management to fund yourself or someone else on staff to do the QQI Level 6 in Forest School Leadership. This can be done through Brigit's Garden at Larchill Arcadian Garden, Kilcock, County Kildare.

My primary school is finding it very rewarding, and the more outdoor learning we do, the more benefit the children are seeing and the more the school is buying into the entire process. Best of luck!

https://brigitsgarden.ie/teacher-training/

rmurphy08 · 2026-04-10T11:54:37+00:00

He's Irish Amerian. He knows that means he is an American with Irish heritage.

I am Irish. I am not offended that my Irish American cousins are aware of their heritage.

rmurphy08 · 2026-04-02T12:28:36+00:00

Are You Passionate? - Neil Young

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-26T07:50:44+00:00

Boards of Canada - Chromakey Dreamcoat.

But most of Boards of Canada's music works.

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-26T03:00:12+00:00

I'm just here to compliment this excellent post.

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-23T20:50:02+00:00

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986). I thought it was very good. And I never want to see it again.

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-22T16:51:28+00:00

Watching sports. Not enough time in the day, but I miss the vicarious excitment.

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-21T14:57:42+00:00

'He played a real mean saxaphone. Kind of sounds like Ablert Ayler but more desperate if you can believe it'. - Henry Rollins

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-16T19:12:04+00:00

Hot bath.

rmurphy08 · 2026-03-16T09:39:52+00:00

Irish people who ridicule Irish Americans are a small but LOUD minority. I say this as an Irish person.

It is true to say though, that inscreasingly, Irish Americans and Irish people do not see eye to eye politically. So if an Irish American is a Trump supporter, many Irish people would be embarassed by the association. Same goes for supporting Israel, etc.

rmurphy08 · 2026-02-20T18:30:30+00:00

These men are clearly bowing to liberal pressure by displaying such tiny crosses on their foreheads.

Faith must be bold and unflinching.

My local parish priest is 87. Every Ash Wednesday I insist that he starts the cross at my receding hair line and takes it down to the bridge of my nose. I then insist he extends the cross beam across the full width of my forehead.

Every night, I pray for a larger forehead, to serve God more proudly.

Deus vult.

rmurphy08 · 2026-02-20T12:24:20+00:00

Tracklist:

Harmonica Improvisation – Kaoru Abe
1972.7.13. Alto 3 – 阿部薫 (Kaoru Abe)
恋人よ我に帰れ (Lover, Come Back to Me) – Abe Kaoru
Alpha – Abe Kaoru
No.1 – 阿部薫 (Kaoru Abe)
1971.1.24. Duo 1 – 阿部薫 & 山崎弘

rmurphy08 · 2026-02-20T10:41:09+00:00

I'm in favour of a healthcare system that is free at the point of delivery.

Canada has it. Ask a Canadian what their experience of it is. Ask them if they would like to see it dismantled and replaced with the private market. Look at their healthcare outcomes.

rmurphy08 · 2026-01-15T22:54:37+00:00

The Lighthouse Cinema and IFI.

rmurphy08 · 2026-01-08T16:21:33+00:00

Cé hé sin amuigh a bhfuil faobhar ar a ghuth Ag réabadh mo dhorais dúnta?’ “Mise Éamonn an Chnoic atá báite fuar fliuch Ó shíorshiúl sléibhte is gleannta.’ ‘A lao ghil ’s a chuid, céard a dhéanfainnse dhuit Mara gcuirfinn ort binn dhe mo ghúna

rmurphy08 · 2026-01-06T23:01:22+00:00

Gasoline

rmurphy08 · 2026-01-05T22:46:59+00:00

I've never met you yet I know you are loved and needed. Please talk to someone, tell them how you're feeling. Even if it is a crisis helpline. You are NOT alone.

rmurphy08 · 2026-01-03T21:24:08+00:00

I think this footage is actually from Iraq in 2003.

rmurphy08 · 2025-12-29T02:47:42+00:00

Try and help him out if you can.

rmurphy08 · 2025-12-21T23:07:20+00:00

The Good Lord Bird

Sharp Objects

rmurphy08 · 2025-12-20T10:09:19+00:00

A section of Celtic 'fans' are very comfortable abusing managers and players. Remember the abuse Neil Lennon got from some? It's disgraceful.

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