OK it’s schadenfreude, but it is enjoyable This was not intended to be a site that included topical commentary , but it would be remiss of me, if only for my own historical records, to fail to note how deeply satisfying it is to see the various parts of Murdoch’s empire start to catch fire….
Famed family turn out to have quite interesting names after all I only occasionally go to the movies, and then usually only to foreign language films, (which must lack whimsy and in which the dog must not die). As a result I by and large missed the work of the talented late actor River Phoenix, or that…
Where to listen to short chamber concerts every working day of the week In 40 years of travelling I have been to most of the big cities around the world, and have my own view of their relative merits. All great cities provide the complete range of artistic events, but New York I think is…
Gifted guitarist vigorously picks away. Eight years ago or so I was sitting 10 feet behind Chucho Valdez, as the big man played jazz piano in the Bluenote. He played so fast I could not see his hands actually move – there was just a blur at the end of his arms. Although this was in my period…
West Indian piano wizard vigorously thumps away at keyboard in new Blues Festival – at least one audience member quite nicely set up for this. London has a new festival, ‘Bluesfest’, with the usual line-up of ‘not blues’ or ‘barely blues’ artists, as well as some real bluesmen, although few that I would call genuine…
A method formerly used to baffle fiendish mastermind Fu Manchu comes back into style It’s been a while since the world was threatened by evil genius Fu Manchu. Dr Manchu and his posse of grinning Lascars, Dacoits, and Thugees terrorized the world through the work of Sax Rohmer in the first half of the 20th…
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