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Category Archives: Music
Mad rush and madness at MacFest 09
The Ravenstonedale Music Festival, officially titled MacFest 09 (MAC = Mostly Acoustic Cumbria) was blessed with beautiful weather, great music and a brilliant atmosphere, but for yours truly it got a bit chaotic what with the craft stall, photography and … Continue reading
John Cage; non-intention in the afterlife
As an ex-scholar of John Cage’s work I was pleased to discover a piece which I’d previously not heard of or read about called “As slow as possible” and dubbed ‘The slowest and longest piece of music in the world’. … Continue reading
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Cumbrian Summer (aka rain)
I am beginning to think there’s something in this ‘European monsoon’ notion and I think the epicentre lies directly over Cumbria. Apart from a week of sunshine in July (ironically when we we out of the country), summer appears to … Continue reading
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Three in a row
Great music from Rachael Sage “Mexico”, Terry Reid “5th July” and Thea Gilmore “The Lower Road” on Bob Harris’ Saturday Show (17th May) – Do listen again. Here’s the full playlist
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Internet vanity
Having looked in the ‘web mirror’ by googling myself (I was surprised I hadn’t done it before given the number of years I’ve been surgically attached to the net) I was amused to find on the second page of results … Continue reading
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So you can close the lid on Pandora’s box
The closure of pandora.com is hard to take for those of us who have beenĀ keen users. More details all over the place including the register.
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Drop Kick Me Jesus
Yes there really is a country song called “Drop Kick Me Jesus Through The Goalposts Of Life”.
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Those wee hours
Whilst putting together a collection for my Missy Hong Kong (no mp3 police please) I was transported back twenty seven years to University in Norwich by John Martyn’s “Hurt in your heart” which is such a great recording (on ‘Grace … Continue reading
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Something for the weekend
Johann Johannsson’s “Ibm 1401, A User’s Manual” is one example of the sort of non-mainstream music juxtaposed with classical greats in the excellent “chill with chill” radio programme on Classic FM. The show runs from midnight until four am on … Continue reading
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Opening Pandora’s box
I came across www.pandora.com and didn’t really get going with it until I was reminded of it about 6 weeks ago by someone else. I have been plugging it by phone and email and pub conversation ever since and it … Continue reading
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