Monthly Archives: September 2008

Titanic and Journalism

Charlie Beckett posted a very interesting post on the future of journalism and I think he does a far better job of it than I. The quote from the Times (NY) owner Arthur Sulzberger was particularly good: ‘The Titanic’s real problem was not the iceberg or a useless captain. It’s real problem was the airplane. [...]

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The Vortex part three

A man alternates between playing a saw with a violin bow and playing a sonic violin. I don’t think there is much else to be said.

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The Northern Lights Project: Vortex Part Two

Int Jazz Club Night: Lights up on two men performing one on keyboard, one on trumpet. Both have jazz goatees, and have recently discovered garage band and midi music, so their laptops are there also. Their suite is about the metaphysical properties of each of the different coloured snooker balls. Jonathan Gee is on on [...]

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The Nathan Barley of jazz

Guy and i decided to go and be Cultural on Wednesday night. We bandied around the possibility of going to play with the kids exhibitions during a late night opening at the Science Museum or going to see a Midsummer Night’s dream at the Globe. Instead, we decided on British Piano at the venerable and [...]

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