Brahms, you know, and travel
October 11, 2017
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) is shown by Jan Swafford at the opening of his wonderful biography of 1997 to be weeping at the premiere of his fourth symphony as he imagines Read the full article…
Christmas music in August
August 18, 2017
When I released I’ll tell you later in 2015 it resonated with listeners to a degree that surprised me. The initial run of 100 copies sold out, so I printed some Read the full article…
They changed me
June 20, 2017
‘Morning, listeners. Bit late starting. Sorry. Here’s the Flaming Groovies.’ – Helen Garner, ‘Did he pay?’ from Postcards from Surfers As an incurable romantic, and a sort of delusional lazybones, my Read the full article…
Truly? Maybe
June 9, 2017
With the feeling you’ve done good work comes the desire to share it with your fellow-travellers. It could be argued that this is egotism – the ‘look at me!’ impulse. Read the full article…
Here’s what you can do: show some respect
June 5, 2017
Don’t you hate it when you open something to read and the first words are ‘US president, Donald Trump’? I know I do. I am so sick of being shown, Read the full article…