Hybrid Commission
Last Monday at Hotel du Vin in Birmingham I presented a commissioned piece for Birmingham arts group Hybrid. It was a musical piece developed conceptually on the them of “them […]
Month: January 2008
Paddy Bashing
I see Ireland’s budget airline Ryanair is in trouble with the media again for an advert featuring a model as a scantily clad schoolgirl, BBC article here. I got my […]
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
“The Death of Mr Lazarescu” is a Romanian film by director Chris Puiu. Mr Lazarescu is an old guy who lives in a flat with his three cats and obviouslydrinks […]
Birmingham Jazz Youth Creative Big Band Sessions
Coming up on Saturday 19th January at the CBSO centre Birmingham Jazz are hosting the first of 3 creative big band sessions. If you are interested in being part of […]
Taxidermia
The other night my girlfriend and I rented Taxidermia on DVD. It is described by Bizarre magazine as “One of the biggest head-fucks ever committed to celluloid”. And indeed it […]
On The Road
My first artistic activity of 2008 was working with Steve Tromans on a musical setting of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel “On The Road”. This is part of Steve’s “Beat Series” […]
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to one and all. I am intending to be more active on the blog front this year so if let’s see if I stick to it. I […]