Apr
01
CRAZY ABOUT DRUM CRAZY
There are few things in life as satisfyingly perfect as a top tier MGM dance sequence and few more perfect
2 min read
Digital Renegade
Mar
31
REDEMPTION ARC
Playing Mahler's 2nd Symphony, 'The Resurrection' (1895) conducted by Otto Klemperer (EMI) earlier this Easter Sunday
2 min read
Mar
30
SPRING IS STRUNG
Sometimes a piece of music falls into your lap at just the right time of the year, providing a soundtrack
3 min read
Mar
29
RUPERT AND THE GOOD FRIDAY VISION
After enjoying a Good Friday breakfast of scrambled eggs, hot cross buns and tea with his mother and father and
6 min read
Mar
22
KATE
Re-posted from 16th September, 2022
She had learnt much from Queen Elizabeth II but perhaps nothing more important and vitally
4 min read
Mar
20
SELF-DESTRUCTION SUPERNOVA
"Self improvement is masturbation. Now, self destruction ..." - Tyler Durden
Re-watching 'Fight Club' (1999) last night
3 min read
Mar
17
JAWS-YE: THE REVENGE
“The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail." - Jaws
4 min read
Mar
14
BIRTHDAY BLUES (IN A GOOD WAY)
That 3LP Keith Jarrett 'Concerts' box set I mentioned acquiring from Trading Post a few DR posts ago
2 min read
Mar
13
THE SEVEN DOORS OF BLUEBEARD
Competing with 'The Red Shoes' as the purest expression of Michael Powell's craft as a director,
4 min read
Mar
11
THE KILLER BLOW
What a difference eight months has made for Anthony Joshua. Since I last wrote about him back in August '
3 min read