The LBJ
was handwritten 'on the road' between
1996 and 2000. It consists of 55 books. THINGS WE MUST DO is the first
of these. It is a ruthless examination of my life as a busker and it
can be viewed as a historical document, because my life is different
now. This means that whatever entries were made in the journal should
be left intact, because editing will distort the history. Any naivety,
fallibility or inaccuracy on my part (or another's) should not be
edited out just to make myself ( or another) look good. The LBJ has the
potential to stand the test of time and strengthen with each passing
decade, because it concentrates on meanings and people in a timeless
fashion. It could be transposed onto many backgrounds: in history or
the future...on this world or others. The media rarely imposes itself
on the journal. Few of the principle characters had televisions. Few
wanted one. Even fewer would spend too long sitting around watching
one. Life was more interesting than that. People were more interesting
than that. It is the day to day life of a person whose credit card is his guitar and whatever love others may bear him. He seeks to spread his music and his love as widely as possible. But he is effectively homeless and a strong part of him is happy to be so - accepting the likelihood that his luck will run out one day to see him dying quietly in some foreign land. The LBJ documents the story and the thought processes that led to a choice that had to be made, because a possibility had opened up: Does he surrender everything he is and everyone he loves for that one person he loves above all - his daughter? |
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Brian Songs for Rachel | signpost page |
Buskers Good and true | Info on other buskers |
Antwerp People | Bite size anecdotes |
Images or Food | Musings from the journal |
Rome Remonstration | An incident in Rome |
A monster unleashed in NY | Trip to NY with Tightrope |
Audio downloads directory | Audio index and credits |
Audio and lyrics | Audio/Lyrics site |
About
Brian |
Seeking a summary |
Supermarket Spree | Philosophy from journal |
Bern Demonstration | A day in Bern |
Cuppalove | The soul search - philosophy |
Zolar and the Astral Layer | Cranky Brian on creativity |
The Green Busker | ..'how I became a busker' |
Sarah - The inner memory | Our memory potential |
Tightrope - The Play | An overview |
North West Fjords of Iceland | Lyrics for my mother and video |
VIEW GUESTBOOK | Look through my guestbook |
SIGN GUESTBOOK | Feel welcome to sign it with genuine feedback |
Sectarian | Embedded audio streaming with lyrics |
Sectarian | Hear the song - performed by Brim |
Don't Ask Me - The flying Elfs | Hear the song |
To Find You | Hear the song - performed by Brim |
Radio
Interview |
The flower and the burning -
song for my daughter |
Do you know what it's like | Embedded audio streaming with lyrics |
Do you know what it's like | Hear the song |
Your Eyes | Embedded audio streaming with lyrics |
Your Eyes | Hear the song |
He doesn't look around | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Only in my dreams | Audio sreaming with lyrics |
Piano Thingy | Audio streaming |
Glad I'm not you | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Poverty Row | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Gudmundur - Hornstrandir | My Iceland Genealogy |
Labyrinth Top Ten | Page popularity update |
The Wall | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Atalanta | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Time to Play | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Busker Walking | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Things we must do | The first busking diary - Jan,1996 |
The death of Lone Wolf 1 | It is Bern, '98 and Lone Wolf |
The death of Lone Wolf 2 | and Wild Wolf reach a point |
The death of Lone Wolf 3 | where boundaries and bonds |
The death of Lone Wolf 4 | must be explored. |
The death of Lone Wolf 5 | Only through a sense of |
The death of Lone Wolf 6 | conflict can the strength of |
The death of Lone Wolf 7 | the bond be tested. |
The death of Lone Wolf 8 | A sexual quandary with Sarah |
Wild Wolf | Audio streaming |
Wild Wolf 2 | Audio streaming |
Heart Full of Youth-Evi Hafner | Song and article on Eva |
Across the Sea | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Letter from Sarah | Audio streaming with lyrics |
I remember everything | Audio streaming with lyrics |
Will you sleep with me | Audio streaming with lyrics |
The death of Lone Wolf 9 | From wolf to bawling child |
The death of Lone Wolf 10 | Torn apart, then put together |
2nd letter from Sarah | Ways of loving that exist |
Death of Lone Wolf Companion | Introduction and chapter linkage |
Things we must do Companion | Chapter Linkage |
Home is emotional fulfillment | buskers on the move (Aug.96) |
Tale of Uptown Suzy | emotion-charged, June 1995 |
Tale of Uptown Suzy | The song with lyrics |
Pearce history photo album | Icelandic/Engish forebears |
Winter 1 | Journal book "Nuclear Winter" |