Ansar Ali and the music of our times
Opinion
The writer is a lawyer.
We are told that as the Titanic sank, amidst the clamour that ruptured the placid night sky, two sounds stood out. First, the ringing of the watchtower bell – alerting the crew that ice had punctured metal. For the next couple of hours, the crew frantically attempted to keep the ship afloat. And then came the violins.
This week’s column was originally intended to be about the TLP and things like the Futility of Banning an Idea. Borrowing from Salman Raja Sahib writing in these pages some years ago (albeit in a different context), I might have pondered how “minds congeal much like blood.”
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AS the hull of the mighty vessel splintered and a torrent of freezing water gushed into the first-class cabin, bandsman Jock Hume did the unthinkable: he calmly retrieved his violin and played one final song.
For many of the 2224 passengers onboard, the last sound they heard was Jock s violin, the Titanic band s mournful hymn ringing out over the ocean.
13 The famous Titanic film stops short of the grisly recovery operationCredit: Alamy
Meanwhile, back in Dumfries, pregnant Mary Costin waited anxiously at home, praying that her fiancé Jock would be among the 700 survivors rescued by a passing cruise ship and heading for New York.
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Jock Hume, also known as the Singing Cowboy, had two teeth knocked out after an Ōrewa College student threw a stone at him.
Auckland’s famous Singing Cowboy is calling for a school to pay for his dental work after a student threw a stone in his direction, knocking his teeth out.
Jock Hume, an entertainer better known to many as the Singing Cowboy, had just finished a “lovely” day at wildlife sanctuary Tiritiri Matangi Island off the Whangaparāoa Peninsula in north Auckland on March 24 when he decided to have a quick swim as he waited for the ferry back to Gulf Harbour.
Singing the blues: Urban cowboy Jock Hume loses front teeth in island stone-throwing incident
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The Singing Cowboy Jock Hume, 73, minus his front teeth after they were knocked out in an incident at Tiritiri Matangi Island. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The Singing Cowboy Jock Hume, 73, minus his front teeth after they were knocked out in an incident at Tiritiri Matangi Island. Photo / Jason Oxenham
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A school has apologised after an iconic street busker had two front teeth knocked out by a stone thrown by a pupil as he took a dip at an Auckland island bird sanctuary.