OK, so I’ve got a couple of weeks window to read whatever I want, before hitting the linguistics textbooks again. I’m looking for some decent music related books. Anything’s OK really, biography or music related. I’ve just read a book on Joe Strummer and the Clash by Kris Needs (pretty good, conjured up the smells [...]
Archive for the ‘Literature’ Category
Readers ! Please recommend !
Posted in Literature on March 3, 2012 | 57 Comments »
Jane Austen’s iPod
Posted in 'Spill Challenges, Literature on January 10, 2012 | 67 Comments »
How about this for a new game? Some time before Christmas, while driving home, I stumbled across a Radio 4 programme called Thomas Hardy’s iPod. Aha, I thought, lots of Smiths songs, and maybe that “It’s a wonderful, wonderful life…” number. Unfortunately the creators of the programme had decided to be all po-faced and historical about [...]
BOOKS etc.
Posted in Literature, tagged egyptology, goneforeign on May 8, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Well since we seem to be going off-topic a bit these days , here’s another and if we have to use categories, lets call this one ‘books’, subcategory; ‘Egyptology’. Actually we don’t have books so it becomes ‘literature’. I don’t want to make this a book review except to say that it all started when [...]
The Spill Awards 2010
Posted in 2010s, Film, Literature, Podcasts, Randomness on January 2, 2011 | 17 Comments »
So, here we are again. I do seem to recall being in a slightly more cheerful and optimistic mood this time last year – can’t remember why, but it did make it easier to think of some humourous mock awards to scatter amongst the genuine categories. Still, this year I can at least offer you [...]
Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip
Posted in 2000s, 2010s, Hip Hop, Literature, tagged gig, politics on November 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I went to see this strangely monikered duo last night in Brighton and it’s stayed with me so I’m posting a rare spillage in homage. Sold out last April much to my disappointment I made sure tickets were purchased way in advance this time around. They wouldn’t sell out twice in one year thought would [...]
The Richard & Julie Book Club
Posted in Literature, tagged books, DarceysDad on October 13, 2010 | 38 Comments »
(Sorry, couldn’t resist that obvious pun for a title. The management wish to make it clear that, actually, DarceysMam has nothing to do with this post.) . The other week I met DaddyPig for a coffee. We had previously been discussing our choice of preferred authors, and Nick Hornby‘s name had come up. I thought [...]
I’ll kiss you.. you’re Beautiful.. 5 years
Posted in 2000s, Art, blues, Cooking, Experimental, Flower Power, Indie, Literature, Musing, Randomness, Readers Recommend, Technology on September 5, 2010 | 18 Comments »
On Recollection De Rosa [Audio http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1075113/FIVE%20RR/07%20On%20Recollection.mp3] Time for a beer .. cheers to one and all RR oddities.. for 5 full and fantastic years of quality music .. I’ve found some beauties in times past due to you lot.. but sod that .. my collection of music is considerable more tasteful than yours.. here’s a [...]
