Author Archives: jb

>Over under sideways down

Posted on 3 May, 2007 by jb

>My mate, Martin McWilliam, is a bit of a talent. He’s a ceramic artist, based up close to Bremen. Gets invited all over the world to exhibit his trompe l’oeil pieces and they really are quite exquisite. Big, big pieces. … Continue reading →

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>Nobel Laureate 2057

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by jb

>Lauritz Weil. Remember the name and mark your diary. Simon and Sophie came round the other day and Lauritz (3) tagged along too. He’s as bright as a button. Tells you all about megapixels and studying insects through a microscope … Continue reading →

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>His Bobness in Mannheim – 30 April 2007

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by jb

>Go to bed with the melody of “Like a Rolling Stone” still in your head from the concert in the SAP Arena in Mannheim last and wake up to Dave Gilmour and Robert Wyatt singing “Comfortably numb” at the Meltdown … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Toykult) – #6

Posted on 30 April, 2007 by jb

>Some family. Jane Hamlyn (Mum) is one of the world’s leading salt glaze potters. A couple of years ago, I said “Of course, someone as famous as you are…” to which she said “I’m not famous” I sent her the … Continue reading →

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>A boy named Massimiliano

Posted on 28 April, 2007 by jb

>Now, I don’t think that I have a particularly dirty mind, but this architect’s name did catch my eye…. If I were him, I think I might have been tempted to change my name. To Bill. Or George. Any goddamn … Continue reading →

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>31 songs – Part 3

Posted on 27 April, 2007 by jb

>Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” is ten and a half minutes of genuinely terrifying industrial noise, a sort of aural equivalent of “Eraserhead”. Like David Lynch’s film, it conveys a chilling, bleak, monochrome dystopia, full of blood-curdling shrieks and clangs although I … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 25 April 2007

Posted on 26 April, 2007 by jb

>Slight gravity-induced delay. Sorry about that Mix and Match #5 Well, I’d like “Thunder and Lightning if that prick Collins wasn’t singing it. But there’s some choice stuff on here. The Spoonful, who wrote so many perfect pop songsBonnie Raitt … Continue reading →

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>Simon says

Posted on 24 April, 2007 by jb

>Simon (8) and Sophie (6), our neighbours and young friends from up the road turned up the other day in a state of moderate panic. Someone gave Simon an iPod with a couple of songs already loaded and forgot to … Continue reading →

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>The death of disintermediation

Posted on 23 April, 2007 by jb

>This fits nicely into a discussion I’ve been having off and on with Andrew Dubber at New Music Strategies – that the laws of economics have been turned on their heads in the digital world. The discussions frequently end with … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about Barry McKenzie) #5

Posted on 23 April, 2007 by jb

>Oh I hope all your chooks turn to emus, And kick your dunnie down flat to the grass, I hope your balls turn to bicycle wheels, And backpedal up your arse. I hope every la-di-da pommie like you, Gets the … Continue reading →

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