Daily Musings with JP Hummingbird: Recent Episodes
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Daily Musings is a show about the thoughts and reflections of JP Hummingbird as he meanders through the poetry of daily life.
A morning epiphany episode. Lengthy rant on the nature of truth seeking and true friendship… followed by a rendition of Dirty Old Town by the Pogues. Thanks for your love and support. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Welcome back for another episode of Daily Musings with JPH. Today’s topics: more findings on the Non-parent vs Parent theory, a re-reading of Antwerp by Roberto Bolaño (JP’s favourite author), and towards the end an introduction to a theory called Give & Take. There are two songs in there somewhere also: one written by Bob Dylan and the other by JP Hummingbird. Godspeed, friend & foe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
La primavera is upon us here in the Hamptons paradise studios. We’re celebrating with a little Wordsworth and songs from JP Hummingbird and L.Cohen. Enjoy, subscribe and share. Love love love! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Good morning world. Welcome, welcome. Enjoy, subscribe, share. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Creative energies are flowing as the storm abates. A new episode drop for you and yours. Featuring songs by Nick Cave & Tom Waits and poetry from Robert Fernandez & Humberto Ak’Abal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
JP is back to talk about the trials and tribulations of a mood swing life. Featuring songs by BobDylan and The National. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Welcome back, back to blank, blank spaces, black holes who knows? Mellow Sunday morning ramblings. Poetry by Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu… a song written by the great Bruce Springsteen. Love and laughter, sadness and joy, vi voglio bene xx --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Welcome to a Sunday morning homespun episode. Featuring poetry by Rachel Mennies and Nirmal Verma and a song by Justin Vernon. Fare thee well x --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
This week we join Matsuo Basho on a walk through Edo-period Japan before visiting Nick Cave to hear from his redhand files, issue #295. Then we head off to the streets of Philadelphia to hear a Springsteen classic. Fare thee well, you and yours. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
JP Hummingbird has ventured North to recover and recharge and dine and laugh with old friends, lifetime legends. There’s poetry by Angela Jackson and songs by Bobby D and Nick Cave. Fare thee well xx --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Welcome to the misadventures of Don Hummingbird - back from a summer hiatus to jump on some thought trains, discuss a poem by Raymond Antrobus, and sprinkle a bit of Springsteen and a Hummingbird classic on the autumnal Sunday morning dew. Salute! I miei amici. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Re-emerging like water lilies blooming from the murky Midlands canal ways. Welcome to the wandering thought clouds of JP Hummingbird. Discussing and reciting works of Art by NJ Stallard, Sian Heder, Chris Isaac and the iconic Elvis Presley. Fare thee well folks. All lOvE and lashings of AccePTanCE.
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Buongiorno Tutti. Recoding from Palermo on a beautiful spring day after a two day Easter Festa con la mia famiglia Siciliana. La vita è bella! Feat. Poetry by Yuki Tanaka & a song of L.Cohen’s, naturalmente. Vi voglio bene xx --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
Emotional episode… Songs by Richard Ashcroft & JP Hummingbird. Poetry by Laura Villareal & Ari Wolff. Dedicated to the one & only DTC - “There is no time but for the truth.”--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
This week we’re falling in and out of love, falling in and out of ourselves and gathering all the moments we can muster through these green eyes… featuring a song of Ryan Adams & poetry from Patrick McGuiness & our superhero Nick Cave. Fare thee well friends, foes, enemies & lovers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jp-hummingbird/message
A deep dive into rivers of thoughts surging through unfolding layers of life. Inspired by truth nuggets from Sam Harris, L.Payne & T.VonNewman and the incredible adventures of Nouria Newman, one of the stars of this year’s BANFF Film festival. Poetry of Orihon & a song of the Master, L.Cohen. Enjoy. & fare thee well, my friends xx --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Musings on a London come down, freedom & privacy, songs from Leonard Cohen & Poetry from Pascale Petit & Ian Humpherys. Salute x --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
A tame Kerouacian adventure through the golden streets of London Town, the big smoke, the golden retriever… a brief dalliance with the musings of Nick Cave & sweet recollections of lives past in India & beyond. Love love love x --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Sunday morning musings passing through Himalayan mountains and India and Napoli and of course the humble canals of Wolverhampton, England. Warning! This is a No-News podcast! Fare thee well friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Sunday morning musings on Statues, trophies, books, Marlon Brando, through the eyes of Truman Capote, Cohen Lyrics, Gabor wisdom & the grand mosaic of thought patterns that form under the pale winter sky. Fare thee well, my friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Musings on Freedom, books, birdlife, the good life & a Cohen song to wrap up today’s meander down the thought canal ways… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Join JP Hummingbird as his thoughts coalesce under the beautiful Northern sky. & don’t worry, you can sit back & relax as this is a no-news podcast. Fare thee well, friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Welcome back to the thought trains that pass through on random Sunday morning in the heart of middle England. Featuring a few songs from the great L.Cohen and musings from the lesser spotted JP Hummingbird. Be kind, unwind. Sharing is caring. Big love x--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Sunday afternoon musings from a secret location in the heart of Northern Warwickshire.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Autumnal musings from the Juliette Balcony on a bright Sunday morning “among the garbage and the flowers.” #L.Cohen #TomWaits #NickCave #jphummingbird #Nuerodiversity. Be kind, unwind. Stay beautiful x --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jp-hummingbird/message
Autumnal musings sat at the kitchen table with the ghosts of Cohen, Kerouac and Old Grandpa Jack. Fare thee well.
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Sunday morning, skeleton tree… haiku, song and poetry. Be kind, unwind. Hope you’re basking in beauty. Big Love. Sincerely, JP Hummingbird
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Podcasting from Birmingham in the heart of the Heath. Topics ranging from The trials of Odysseus to the profound mysteries of words and meaning. We’re accompanied by the brilliance of Nick Cave & Leonard Cohen. Listen, Love, Lean into life. Love, JP
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Song, poetry and melancholy musings. Fare thee well.
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A beautiful day to reflect on the recurring triangles that project from places unseen and turn the world around. There is a new segment called ‘Letters Of Note’ and a flurry of songs towards the end themed around requited and unrequited love. Fare thee well kind souls, past present and future.
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We’re in the heart of Warwickshire breaking the fast with Povey Powell and Leslie Nope discussing love, poetry and bog life. Fare thee well my peeps.
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Giddy reflections this morning after a fun night with friends, family and football. Leonard & Dylan are also in the mix between sips of Earl Grey Rooibos joy. Fare thee well, my friends.
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Dear World, Today's pocast is a pirate radio cast on the move. An experiment, so to speak. Apologies for the reduced audio quality and abrupt start. Hope you enjoy and your day is, indeed, filled with mini pitta pockets of joy. Love & peace & chips & gravy. fare thee well.
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Early morning poetry & song dedicated to the moon moon, the everqueen of the sky. Apologies in advance for the sudden ending of this one. Suffice to say love always & fare thee well.
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Sunday morning with Walt, Baisao, Leonard and Waits... fare thee well, mes amis.
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Observations from the Juliette, songs and thougts and Hiakus!! Enjoy and fare thee well x
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Early morning pitta-bread-patta over scrambled eggs and Lavazza. Poems from Lorca, Thomas, Kerouac & Bolaño. Fare thee well, mes amis xx
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Sweet sweet life & poetry & song. Featuring Patrick Kavanagh, P.Larkin, L.Cohen and good old Jack Kerouac. Along with the Redhouse Collective - Magic souls. Hope all is well in your corner of the World. Fare thee well. Anon...
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Back on the microphone, shaking off the ring-rust after an extended hiatus. There's poetry from JP's favourite author Roberto Bolaño and a brief Haiku appearance from Basho, one of our favourite Japanese Zen wanderers. There's also a poem freshly penned and a song to finish from JP Hummingbird.
Fare thee well out there in the deep deep blue.
Stay soulful & keep doing you.
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Join me on a journey through the smoke rings of my mind… poetry and lyrics session featuring the musings of Robert Plant, Bob Dylan, JP Hummingbird and the mercurial late great Frederico Garcia Lorca. Enjoy, subscribe, be kind & fare thee well.
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Sunday morning sermon with the Rev. Hummingbird:
I.
Skeleton tree
Points skyward —
helpless.
ll.
Black spire
punctures the sky —
silent echo.
Today we check in with Basho, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Nick Cave & Springsteen and, of course, our dear friend the Old Tea Seller, Basaō.
Be good to yourself.
PS. remeber to subscribe and be kind and write a haiku or two.
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A clear bright winter's foggy-headed Sunday morning session.
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JP's spirits are bouyed by the beautiful light of the November sun, the glorius winter sun, Lucian Fraud's favourite sun that casts the best Portrait light.
This episode Features:
Poetry from:
Baisaō, The Old Tea Seller (Transalated by Norman Waddell)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Translated by Simon Armitage)
Notes on the Sonnets (Luke Kennard)
Songs from:
Nick Cave
JP Hummingbird
Fare thee well, world.
This morning is amazing and so are you.
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Back from the operating theatre with poetry, song and meandering thought trains that keep rumbling through the green fields, past great victorian wharehouses, through clouds and fallen leaves...
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'Unrequited Love' special. Enjoy. Share. Bare. Be content. Fall in & Out of Love again & again & again...
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There is an upswing in the air as life returns with a late summer surge:
10:00 - Notes on the Sonnets, inspired by Luke Kennard
25:00 - Tales from the Red Hand Files with Nick Cave
40:00 - Long Black Veil, inspired by The Band and Lefty Frizzell
I hope there is levity in the air whereever you may be. Fare thee well old friends and new. PG
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The summer's end is near: we're talking NickCave, We No who U R & the Red Hand File: Was Bukowski a jerk? There is an appearance from our favourite french Prose-Poet, Charles Baudelaire, as he revels in the darkness of 'One O'clock in the Morning. JP, then reflects on the rise of his inner hermit crab as well as the writings and long form cinematic masterpieces of Roberto Saviano - author of Gomorra and Zero, zero, zero.
Time Stamps:
03:00 - We No who U R
13:50 - The Red Hand Files Pt. 1
21:26 - The Red Hand Files Pt. 2; Was Bukowski a jerk?
26:30 - One O'Clock in the Morning with Charles Baudelaire
34:15 - Washed Up in Wolverhampton with JP Hummingbird
40:00 - The Nick Adams Stories with Hemingway
43:00 - Gomorra Evennings with Roberto Saviano
56:00 - "Focus on what you can do!" C McGregor
58:00 - Outro with snippets of Nick Cave, JP Hummingbird and The Soul
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Musings on Happiness, Haiku (inspired by Simon Armitage), Sonnets (inspired by Luke Kennard), San Sebastian and wine (inspired by Hemingway), and the Grand Olympics (Inspired by Gianmarco Tamberi and Mariya Lasitskene). Enjoy. Be good to yourself. Fare thee well.
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The summer sun is melting the very fabric of reality here in Middle England as worlds collide and life turns one way then t'other. There's also a Bird On A Wire and the sweet sweet feeling of wine and song. Be kind, Unwind and fare thee well.
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A dramatic day in the life of a common man with uncommon roots. A song from Neil Diamond and a few poems from Baisao. Inspiration from family and friends far and near, old and new. Be kind, rewind. fare thee well.
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Welcome back, after a brief hiatus, an enrgy crisis, Daily Musings returns with poetry from Caroline Bird & Philip Larkin & songs from Dylan, Marley & Bon Iver. There's also a visit from the family and some ramblings on recent read, 'Midnight in Sicily'. Enjoy. Be kind, rewind. Sharing is caring. Fare thee well one & all.
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Thoughts coalesce on a gloroius morning walk. Musings on: Parklife, morning routines, Euros, vendettas, death, the one-eyed monster, home-made pesto, the Queen's Parade, the peotry of birdlife and finishing on the Red Hand Files with Nick Cave's Skeleton Tree.
Be kind and fare thee well.
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The joys of the summer sun fun under friendly fire as life blooms in this long-forgotton Midland landscape. Songs from Dylan. Poetry from Larkin & TS Eliot. Ramblings of the Drunken Troubadour. Expect long pauses and disarray. Thank you for your patience, love & forgivness. And fear not something familiar and unexpected may arise around the very next corner. Be kind, rewind. Share don't stare. Drop interesting thoughts in the mailbox: dailymusingspod@gmail.com. fare thee well.
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Summer parklife has begun: insane carp game at the lake; noisy birds and fish. Family fun: Pizza & sun. New segment: The Red Hand Files with Nick Cave. The finale of Laurie Lea's trilogy. A song: Mermaids. Be kind, rewind; pass it on & fare thee well.
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We touch on the Parklife of Middle England and it's Lakeside birdlife: the prehistoric Swan and the humble Moorhen. The thought train then careens off to North Africa and swoops over Spain, where Laurie Lea is spinning his herioc fable around the absurdity of war. Then we return home to muse upon generosity and cars. Be kind, share, rewind. Fare thee well.
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Today’s episode is an emotional roller coaster from the 90s halcyon days of Richard Ashcroft’s Northern Soul to Fela Cooti park life to the reincarnation of cricket life to our beloved shaman poet Walt Whitman’s descriptions of nature and… a pigeon live on the balcony. Enjoy, share, respond, be kind, rewind. #DailyMusingsPodcast
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Today we run into the rubik's cube of time as working life intersects with reading life. We touch bases with Laurie Lea who is now wandering around Spain with his fiddle and his well crafted obsevations, whilst being cooked by the Spanish sun. We then say hello to Simon Aritage through a few of his beautiful poems. Enjoy!
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Back this week with new trains of thought, inspired by the great podcaster Theo Von. And back on the literary wagon: featuring the art vs life conflicts of Philip Larkin (the late, great Coventrian Poet) and the heroic wanderings of the Laurie Lea as he sets off on foot, with his violin and his Cotswold chops, towards Spain.
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There has been a lot of sauntering this week on foot and virtually: Encounters with barge folk, a church pastor, gargoyales and St.Peter (14:00). A plethora of house partys online(12:20). Music reimagined with Magnum Opus Radio (21:00). Poetry from Roberto Bolano (21:00), Thoughts on Nick Cave's new album, Carnage (24:00), a few thoughts on hope (30:00) and Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye (35:00). Fare thee well.
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The experiment continues with a celebration of the unbridled joys of diving into literary rabbit holes. There's dawn walks with Nietzsche and Emerson; and far flung friends from the Flip Flopped Potterer in Gozo to the celebrated author/bluehouse librarian Luke Brown. There's playgrounds and parks and birdlife and the online world of connections and reconnections and newfound avenues to explore... poetry from Caroline Bird (30:55) and JP Hummingbird (19:50)
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The train of thought experiment continues with the false starts of Spring; further thoughts on hope and the book/movie Papillon - is silence a superpower?
There's some reflections on the glorious parklife of England and the contented poet saunterer - is this Baudelaire's vision of the Flâneur?
And some brief reflections on money - Is money freedom? Towards the end Philip Larkin makes an appearance with, 'This Be Verse'.
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A leisurely meander through the early signs of spring whilst musing about the word 'hope', the author, Laurie Lea, the conundrum of wealth vs time and a few other tid-bits among the reeds and rushes.
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There is coffee talk, talk of mothers, the Peot Shamen section, and the rise and fall of Crystal Mountain, as the Flying Snow Leopard finds its way home.
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What do you do when there is nothing to do? Today we visit the snowy peaks of the Himalays and reflect the last week of furlough. Was it time well spent?
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Today's episode reflects upon how we view the world: Do we have to create something to be creative? Orwell makes another appearance as he explores poverty through 'Down and Out in Paris & London'. Walt Whitman enters the fray alongside Norman Nicholson, who we are beginning to know quite well at this point.
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This episode features the conclusion of Orwell's Homage to Catalunya. There is also an enlightening encounter with the Meme Hunter, T.V.M. And today's poem comes from South American literary great, Roberto Bolano.
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The rise and fall of everything. Have you ever dived head first into a crypto wormhole? Will Clubhouse take over the World? The joys of fallen fallow friendships that live forever. And, 'Listening to an Oxford Lecture Whilst Eating Soup'.
Fare thee well
@JPHummingbird
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Is persistence the hallmark of a great artist? Can you hold on to your vision whilst the world fluctuates around you? Today's musings ramble across David Hockney's views on Van Gogh, Leonard Cohen's escape up the Zen mountain and Baisao's journey off that mountain back into the red dust of the world... enjoy.
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Man with a Blue Scarf, Martin Gayford: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/26/man-with-blue-scarf-lucian-freud-review
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25901505-norman-nicholson
https://www.percykelly.co.uk/gallery/general/
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Topics include: The artworks and lives of Van Gogh and Gaugain and more recently the Bristish portratist Lucian Freud. There is also a poem 'Vivekanada's 157th Birthday' that sparks memories of India and the lives we lead.
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