Our values should be a constant through life’s journey. Pinned permanently to the top of the Twitter timeline of my friend David D’Souza are some wise words from US comedian Jon Stewart on values: “If you don’t stick to your values when they are being tested, they aren’t values: they are hobbies” "If you don't […]
Category: music
Liberation
Of time, memory, music, hope, despair… and the path through the fog, via OutKast’s Aquemini and the wise words of Michael Scott Moore.
#SaturdaySix August 2018: India, Ian McKellen, Iron Maiden, ice lollies
India, Ian McKellen and Iron Maiden all feature in this #SaturdaySix summer special. This is my monthly round-up of six things that have grabbed my attention over the past month.
Will Carruthers: What music means to me
Will Carruthers – author (Playing The Bass With Three Left Hands), musician (Spacemen 3, Spiritualized) and gent extraordinaire – takes us through his life in music, and shares his 10 favourite albums.
#SaturdaySix July 2018: the C-3PO whinge, the Beastie book, the meaning of Trump
My #SaturdaySix for July 2018: C-3PO whinge; Creature mood; 90s #CoffeeShot; Beastie Boys book; The meaning of Trump; Mo’ sharks, mo’ problems.
#7songs: Beasties, beer spraying and Saṃsāra
I think you know what time it is… This an update of my 2015 post, celebrating the Beastie Boys, and including an unwitting encounter of the Yauch kind in Soho Square.
Lemmy at 70: Born to lose, live to win?
Motörhead’s Lemmy was a quintessential gentleman, and by all accounts sounds to have been the best friend you could ever hope to have. This post (originally written for Lemmy’s 70th birthday in 2015) celebrates the greatness of Lemmy.
What makes Friday night, August 14th so Funkadelic?
Friday night, August 14th: The funkiest day in the calendar? George Clinton and Funkadelic would certainly argue that it is…
