Posts Tagged: Music
Weeknote 3rd December 2023
Rubber Soul I’ve been listening to Rubber Soul by The Beatles this week. I normally listen to later Beatles – Revolver onwards – but thought I’d listen backwards through their catalogue. I found Rubber Soul interesting as it feels like a transitional album, a stepping stone between the earlier I Wanna Hold Your Hand popContinue Reading ›
Weeknote 15th October 2023
Bristol The beginning of the week saw me back in Bristol for a couple of days of workshops with Nomensa, a creative agency I’m working with. Monday night we had dinner at The Coconut Tree an excellent Sri Lankan restaurant – superb food and lovely service. Tuesday night I was flying solo and headed overContinue Reading ›
While Prince’s Guitar Gently Weeps
When Prince died in 2016 one performance more than any other was shared online, and surprisingly it wasn’t one of Prince’s own songs. In 2004 Prince joined Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Dahni Harrison in a once in a lifetime performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, to commemorate George Harrison’s induction into the RockContinue Reading ›
The Return Of The KLF
In December 2020 fly posters appeared in Shoreditch London, announcing the return of The KLF. Solid State Logik 1, was released onto streaming platforms and YouTube on January 1st 2021 and is the closest release yet to a greatest hits. I love that Solid State Logik 1 ends with their legendary, and previously unreleased, BRITsContinue Reading ›
Baby Driver – Cars, Choreography & Cool
I’ve always thought that when it comes to watching films expectation can be a double edged sword. Go in with high expectations and so often you’ll be disappointed, go in with low or no expectations and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Baby Driver was a victim of high expectations the first time I watched it; IContinue Reading ›
Jonny, Thom & Roland
I love this stripped back version of Radiohead’s The Numbers performed by Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke and a Roland CR78 filmed by Paul Thomas Anderson.