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71Green-bearded ageing hippie launches book on mind-altering herbs
Why has an ageing hippie got a green beard you may ask? The answer is he is promoting his book Herbs of the Northern Shaman, and because he loves plants. 58-year-old Steve Andrews aka the Bard of Ely's book Herbs of the Northern Shaman has been...
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68Why I love to live in San Marcos in the north of Tenerife
San Marcos in the north of Tenerife is where I live and I often think that I cannot think of a better place to be. It is my dream village by the seaside and I have a balcony that looks down the coast to neighbouring Garachico with its El Roque...
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55My song Mañana in YouBloom music contest judged by Bob Geldof
The Internet website YouBloom is running a song contest in which acts can enter their music and compete for big prizes. I did very well with Harvest Home in the last heat coming in fifth place but still didn't get enough votes to qualify because...
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73CJ Stone's Britain: Wet blanket (Ely & St Fagans)
Steve thought, “Van Morrison is friends with someone who lives in Ely. Well Van Morrison could be my friend too.”
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75Tales of Ordinary Magic 3
Somerset Meadows is a nice place to live. CJStone sees all sorts of interesting things through his window. Columns from Kindred Spirit magazine.
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69Rubber soul: The Bard of Ely's Rubber Ducky Song
"I played that song so much that one day I had to kill the rubber ducky. I rearranged some of the lyrics to include the death of the duck, and I stabbed and stamped it into its shoe-box coffin. There were people in the crowd actually crying!"
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65Italia in Bocca gets treated to an impromptu gig by Bard of Ely
It was a gig that happened against all odds and a real impromptu live music performance by myself the Bard of Ely, and it happened at the Italia in Bocca restaurant in San Marcos in Tenerife. It had originally been planned to take place in Casa...
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66Bard of Ely's Hawkwind connections
Hawkwind are a veteran rock band well-known for their pioneering psychedelic and space rock sounds and for the hit single Silver Machine. The group has had many line-ups and been around since the end of the '60s and besides influencing many other...
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65United World Underground - an album by Various Artists
Back in the '90s, Mick Magic ran a cassette label called Music and Elsewhere but this was changed to United World Underground, or UWU for short when he upgraded to releasing CD albums. The idea was to sell music by unsigned bands and to generate...
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71Psychic questing in Barranco de Badajoz
The Barranco de Badajoz is a ravine in the Güímar area of Tenerife and it is well-known for all sorts of paranormal activity and phenomena reported there. It is just past the town of Güímar, which is famous for its pyramids, and you can either...
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