The remarkable Yann Tiersen…
Read More
Welcome, gentle reader, to Episode 17 of A Weekly Song, in which Disco definitely does not suck…
Read More
You knew I was going to do Kate Bush, right?…
Read More
I’d like to bring your attention to a young composer who has been kind enough to share his music with me…
Read More
A quick post this week… listen carefully…
Read More
Episode 14 of A Weekly Song features Shannon’s Let The Music Play, an 80s dancefloor classic…
Read More
LAIKA Resource for Teachers, Librarians… read more for link to the fascinating…
Read More
A Weekly Song, a weekly dance, a weekly meditation upon life. This week, the incomparable Nina Simone…
Read More
Scott Walker 1943 - 2019
Read More
A Weekly Song: Episode 12 - Momus AKA Nick Currie
Read More
Here’s a handy guide to my Weekly Song music posts (so far), including essays on… [continues]…
Read More
A Weekly Song: Episode 11 – Goldie Presents Metalheads (or is that Metalheadz?) Read more…
Read More
This week - one of the greatest singles of all time. More…
Read More
Tomorrow and Yesterday’s Song… More on Mark Hollis of Talk Talk and this week’s pick from Ólafur Arnalds.
Read More
Wanna gets kids reading? Wanna get ‘em reading comics? Ezvid Wiki has got some ideas…
Read More
This week - Joe Hisaishi, Hayao Miyazaki’s longtime musical collaborator and many thoughts on the relationship and similarities between comics and other forms of visual storytelling…
Read More
I was working on another blog post that’s turned into an epic, and I have more to say there, so I’ll save that. Meantime…
Read More
I once dismissed Talk Talk as a bunch of New Romantic has-beens. I was maybe fourteen or fifteen at the time, with the kind of youthful hubris and lack of experience that can’t yet fully comprehend how hard or extraordinary it is to create a lasting work of art…
Read More
This week’s song… track? Soundscape? Experience? Is Underworld’s Cowgirl…
Read More