To live is to dance |
As I listen to The Firebird at the prom I ponder the death of the great dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham.For me to see people dancing to the music I am involved in is the greatest compliment ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:59:00 GMT |
But I mean jazz |
A
delightful evening at the Half Moon in Herne Hill last Friday night
with a bunch of nutters, sorry - top class musicians - who asked me
along for a short jazz/poetry set.The rule is - no rehearsa...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:58:00 GMT |
The Gathering Presents... |
The
Gathering Presents
Summer
Performance Night 2009
Spontaneous
Music Improvisation
St
Pancras
Old
Church,
Pancras
Road,
London
NW1
9NH
(next to St
P...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 13:23:00 GMT |
Nouvelle vague? |
Hey I just found this great radio show on wfmu.orghttp://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/30492You can hear No Collar, the b-side of Book of Sand, which for some reason I didn't put on the 2005 Blatant Secret...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:18:00 GMT |
Thank you for the music |
If that sounds a bit valedictory (actually it's just that Abba Gold is one of the kids' frequently played CDs, along with The Kinks and The Beach Boys) it's not meant to be. It's more a thank you to t...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 14:42:00 GMT |
A gig has flooded in |
Those cheeky swingsters The Homertones will be at it again but this time at a new venue! It's The Royal Sovereign and it's in Clapton - 64, Northwold Rd, London, E5 8RL. Not a million miles from the ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:03:00 GMT |
Back on the briny sea |
Thanks to CoolChaser for the new layout. I had to do a bit of diving to dredge it up but now the site is back in the swim.The pics don't have that faded misty look any more, but change is as good as a...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:19:00 GMT |
Snow Joke |
Perhaps due to the recent inclement weather "event" my site background display has undergone some sort of "white out" and has lost that cool underwater look I laboured for oh so many seconds to achiev...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:45:00 GMT |
Portia Winters and Arnold Lane at Scaledown |
A new photo from last summer's Scaledown improv evening. Photo by Emile Pesik.Another great night of improvisation was held in December at the Gathering variety Night, where I had the privelege to pla...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:20:00 GMT |
Missing |
I think I'll take a ride on the 196 today. It stops just down the hill from my house. Next stop is Tulse Hill, through Brixton then on to Stockwell. I'll get the tube from there up to Shoreditch.I'll ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:29:00 GMT |
