I watched Fist of Fury on Sunday afternoon. Bruce Lee is the fifth apprentice, and yet ultimately the one who gets the job done ( Read more... )

My poster has been accepted for SPSP, which is held in Memphis, so I will be going to America in January next year ( Read more... )

I found this quote from Dickens this morning:

"All this time Jo has been standing on the spot where he woke up, ever picking his cap and putting bits of fur in his mouth. He spits them out with a remorseful air, for he feels that it is in his nature to be an unimprovable reprobate and that it's no good his trying to keep awake, for he won't never ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I sat down and worked on some music. I figured out the lyrics to Xmas Cruise, and am very happy with them. As usual, after several years of thinking about them, they just came out in one dump, and with a tiny bit of editing it was finished. Now I've been able to structure the song as well, so I only need to complete one more song now, ( Read more... )

We were working on Xmas Cruise on Monday, me playing the riff over and over, while Alison and Dave worked on some parts. Alison suggested Dave play the melody I usually put in the right hand, which Dave did, and then he one-upped her by using octaves. It sounds great, and now I have offloaded one of the songs two melodies, so I can just finish the ( Read more... )

Two things that are ridiculous on multiple levels ( Read more... )

I read the Herbert interview on Pitchfork. It's funny because Herbert tells the interviewer several times that they are completely wrong in their understanding of his work, and even has a go at Pitchfork's review of his last album, for not TALKING ABOUT THE MUSIC! Good on him, and good on them for printing it.

I played piano at church last Sunday, the first time since I got axed from band leadership last year. Had a great time, and played the weirdest church piano I've ever played. I used quite a few left-hand jazz voicings, which I've been practicing at home, and put in some half-chord/half-tone-cluster things in My Redeemer Lives (when they hit the ( Read more... )

Today, I have been married for two years. As Maxwell Smart would say, "....and loving it". It's nice to be married to a hot babe.

Caxton have been listed in the first release of bands for Blackstump this year. If you play clarinet or another woodwind, let me know (free tix!), as Claire will be o/s at the time. This year we were mentioned ahead of Compliments Of Gus, but we'll still be playing the smallest stage to Gus' medium stage ( Read more... )