How did Prince arrive at the playful, minimalistic work of genius that is his 1986 song Kiss?
Category: music
MJCarty snapshots February 2026
Awakening frogs and other hints of spring! A few personal highlights from February 2026, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
MJCarty snapshots January 2026
Sun, snow and spuds! A few personal highlights from January 2026, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
MJCarty snapshots December 2025
A few personal highlights from December 2025, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Nirvana live in London 1989 (#GigTicketMemories)
Nirvana live at the London Astoria Lame Fest, Sunday 3 December 1989: Gig ticket-inspired memories from my first ever grunge gig… plus my surprise discovery 36 years later that there exists a photograph with both Kurt Cobain and me in the same frame.
You bring light in
What is the most powerful legacy – the most “you” thing – that you could leave to the world?
Endless musical discovery
Your life’s journey in music can and should be one of endless discovery.
Lost worlds
The Cure’s Robert Smith and thoughts of lost worlds. If you are lucky enough to live long enough, the world you cherish will become a lost world to you.
Never give 100%?
Is constantly giving our all – always seeing 100% as the bare minimum – the wisest or most sustainable approach to life and to work?
A Hard Day’s Night at 60
The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night is an eternally fresh delight of a film – and it is also somehow sixty years old today.
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