Bunged on a disc of Honegger symphonies, haven't heard it in a dog's age and don't know them very well, but I do recall enjoying them before. 💿 #ClassicalMusic
Just finished that Hendrix book. Intriguing how people who die unexpectedly sometimes do have death on their mind immediately before. Is it coincidence? There's no indication his death was anything other than misadventure, but do people perhaps get more, wrong word but still, careless in such moments? His career was at a crossroads, similar but also differently to say, Ian Curtis. What would he have become? His music was possibly heading out of fashion. Glam and producer-led teeny pop were around the corner. Bowie was the new superstar. How would he have adapted? Some of his later writings namechecked Wagner and Strauss. The possibilities are tantalising. The waste of talent is what remains, though. #books#bookstodon@bookstodon
These attacks should be treated as terrorism and investigated as such, and if the filth are too busy doing fuck all, use MI5. And jail those guilty for several decades. #NHS
Current reading is this anthology of Jimi Hendrix writings, interviews, letters, and lyrics, presented chronologically in lieu of an autobiography, and largely it's working so far, about 40% in. Jimi comes across as the all-round good egg you'd expect, and his rise seems to define overnight success - from band formation to the Monterey Festival in under 9 months. He was also clearly someone who took popular music seriously, both his contemporaries and his predecessors, and his insights on other acts are frequently insightful. 📖 #books#bookstodon@bookstodon
Just finished another short novel that Benjamin Zephaniah wrote for teenagers. Read two so far. They give an insight into young people's lives for an old sod like me, but more than that, they're just really well constructed, and sensitively and subtlely written. It's not a genre that attracts due credit, but the man excelled in it, clearly. 📖 #books#bookstodon@bookstodon
Hey, whatever happens in July, just remember there's literally tens of millions of cunts on this island who'd gleefully watch migrants drown on pay per view television.
Without going into too many details, primary care in England no longer really exists in any real sense, and I'm surprised more people aren't saying this.
It's a bit cold and gloomy at the Oval, so I'm in the Alcock Balcony, which never gets sun but is at least shielded from the wind and rain. I would also like to welcome our Tripod overlords to the #cricket. 🏏 #CountyChampionship
@ianRobinson There's three devices plus the camera for the streaming. I think the near one might be the speed gun because it's bang in line with the pitch. The two white ones are slightly off-centre.
Finally finished The Great Game, which was superb. Moving onto something lighter. This writer is more my older brothers' age than me, so I may not know about the earlier stuff directly, but will have heard about it from them no doubt. 📖 #books#bookstodon@bookstodon
Still reading The Great Game, and a meeting between Younghusband and Gromchevsky, mortal enemies getting slashed and talking world politics on a mountain in the middle of nowhere, thinking this should be a two-handed play. Absolutely electrifying. #books#bookstodon@bookstodon 📖