desert island discs

  • I am 2ndwitch: Carole Brooks comes to DOSBBIS Island

    I don’t suppose who or what I am is that interesting – fat, nearly fifty, inveterate academic, politically on the extreme ranting side of left wing, keen photographer, writer, poet, singer, musician, and passionate person. And I knit. But I’ve told you anyhow. And so, if asked to choose my favourite tracks, I can say…

  • How to Bake a Life Musically by Robert W Kinkaid Jr

    My latest visitor to *DOSBBIS Island is photographer, Robert W Kinkaid Jr. Let’s see what music Robert ahs chosen. I spent the day baking, so baking analogies will follow. Your youth as a whole is your ingredients, and you bake the cake of your life over time based on those ingredients;  and everyone’s is different,…

  • Roisin Meaney Visits *DOSBBIS Island With Her Music Choices

    Today, I’d like to welcome best-selling Irish author Roisin Meaney to *DOSBBIS Island with her five musical choices. Since I’m an Irish colleen (or cailín, if you want to spell it like we do) I thought I’d share with you my Irish top 5, as in songs sung by, if not written by, Irish people.…

  • Welcome to *DOSBBIS Island, Ailsa Abraham!

    I had a lot of interest from friends wanting to share their *DOSBBIS Island Discs with me on my blog and am delighted to hand over to the lovely Ailsa Abraham to kick us off. Slipped Discs I so agree with Nettie that personal choice is just that – personal. Like “social media” speaks for…