Category Archives: Jazz
Memento Mori Theory Of Art
Depictions of Death Make For Important Art Over the break I wanted to briefly write down some observations about the power of memento mori, but then I lost my post; then I tried to reconstruct it and lost my train … Continue reading
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History Is Now
The Sum Total of Human Experience For 2000 Years A little while ago the Economist put up this chart in their Daily Chart section. I’ve been meaning to blog it but life has a way of getting in the way … Continue reading
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Shadow Of Death
Why We Do Creative Stuff This isn’t an entry about the artist over at iComp who used to go by the handle Shadow of Death. This is something else entirely.Just thought I’d get that out of the way first. I’ve … Continue reading
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Porn In Public Spaces
Pictures of Lilly I’m an extreme hard case on behalf of the freedom of expression since way back when. It’s my contention that if the censorious wowsers come for one of us, they’ll come for all of us. My right … Continue reading
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Rubbishing Pop
Crap For Consumption Here’s a corker. Stravinsky famously noted that “most art is bad”. He didn’t go on to point out that this is the almost inescapable consequence of its genesis, for art – real art – is not about … Continue reading
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Obituary – Les Paul
People Keep Dying Unexpectedly If only because you get to hear about it, thanks to the internet. Yesterday I was over at Walk-Off HBP’s place and he told me Ian Wallace, drummer to King Crimson and David Lindley passed away. … Continue reading
Darling Harbour Jazz & Blues festival
It’s Here Again RF and I have a custom that we head down to Darling Harbour for the Jazz Festival each year. Somewhere along the way we got into the habit of just rocking up and having a listen to … Continue reading
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