Just picked up an Oliver Kamm piece on arts sponsorship
Unlike Stephen, I have a blind spot about ballet, and never attend it (though I admire the ballet music of Stravinsky and many others). But I believe I should contribute to the public provision of ballet if other taxpayers do, because the alternative is a system […]
First, some that I think are certs…
1. Brown will be PM. Johnson to be deputy. John Reid the contender.
2. There will be no general election.
3. Robbie Williams next album will be a disaster.
4. Windows Vista will not do very well, but the new version of Mac OSX will not be seen as a big improvement. […]
I don’t tend to read the NME much. Mostly because I don’t think that most of the bands that they push forwards (Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Babyshambles, Killers, Kaiser Chiefs) have anything very interesting going on.
However, towards the top of their charts of album of the year (I went through the whole lot hoping for […]
Lawrence Lessig has noticed that some of the 4,500 signatories of the "fair play for musicians ad" in the FT are dead.
If you read the list, you’ll see that at least some of these artists are apparently dead (e.g. Lonnie Donegan, died 4th November 2002; Freddie Garrity, died 20th May 2006). I take it […]
A few too many viewings of the current M&S advert tripped an old memory of a collaboration between Swiss Synthmeisters Yello and Dame Shirley Bassey on the sublime The Rhythm Divine. It’s not quite Bond, but someone should have found a place for it on a soundtrack.
I’ve got one Yello album already, The New Mix […]
A* grades for brightest A-level students
(if you’re puzzled, click here)
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Wat Tyler has a piece on State Funding of the Arts
Sir Nicholas Hytner: "There is not much difference between the patronage bestowed on Mozart by Emperor Josef II and what the Arts Council and the Department for Media, Culture and Sport do for arts organisations like the National Theatre today.
‘Whether you are talking about 18th-century […]
Has anyone noticed the resemblance between the piano at the start of Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance, and the piano at the start of Bagpuss?
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So, as well as Zune having a few problems with not playing Plays for Sure, according to this Microsoft document:-
"Windows Vista is not supported at this time. Check back soon for updates."
My guess, by the time it is, some Basement Dweller from the Bay area running on Ramen noodles and Jolt cola will have worked […]
http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/search/display.var.1006563.0.club_we_wont_ignore_indy_bands.php
The Zodiac in Oxford has been bought out by the Academy Group, owners of the Bristol Academy and Birmingham Academy.
The Zodiac’s a great venue, and I hope that the change of hands doesn’t take away some of the character and some of the great bands that get to play there. Living in Swindon, it’s one […]
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