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Pulau Ubin bike ride

Pulau Ubin bike ride

Bike riding on Pulau Ubin, an island located off the north-east coast of Singapore. One of Singapore’s remaining untouched areas with memories of yesteryear.

DropBox

DropBox

The joys of DropBox. How did I live without DropBox? Simply the most elegant of all the software tools that I use on a regular basis. A daily basis. It is not intrusive. It just sites there. Minding its own business. Looking after my files. DropBox provides a backup for the files I access and(…)

It is just my imagination

It is just my imagination

The water erupts randomly as it breaks the surface yet there is a pattern among the chaos as well.

A new beginning

A new beginning

Welcome to the new site. Simply going to call it John Larkin. Original, eh? This site is starting from scratch. Simple. This is the second post.

Happy New Year 恭禧发财

Happy New Year 恭禧发财

Welcome to a New Year, a new web site, new blog posts & new teaching and learning resources from John Larkin. Stay in touch for regular updates & useful advice.

Station To Station #2

Station To Station #2

The full colour artwork for David Bowie’s Station To Station album always attracts a lot of attention. Which is real, which is not? That is the question?

David Bowie ~ Dance

David Bowie ~ Dance

Back in Nov 1985 David Bowie’s record company, EMI, had planned to release a compilation album name Dance. It was never released.

How far did you roam as a child?

How far did you roam as a child?

As kids we would roam around the area. There was so much to do and so much to explore. We would go fishing, swimming, sliding down the sandhills on cardboard…

David Bowie 60 Rare Gems

David Bowie 60 Rare Gems

Earlier this year I had the good fortune to collaborate on an article about David Bowie. The article was published in the Record Collector magazine.

Station To Station #1

Station To Station #1

The full color artwork for David Bowie’s Station To Station album always attracts a lot of questions. Which is real, which is not? That is the question?

Young Americans Reissue

Young Americans Reissue

Listened to the re-issue of Bowie’s 1975 album Young Americans. It was remixed by Tony Visconti. It sounds brilliant.

David Bowie’s 58th birthday 8th January, 2005.

David Bowie’s 58th birthday 8th January, 2005.

To celebrate David Bowie’s birthday I dug up some old 45RPM singles by a number of different artists.