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The Haircut 22 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
For men of a certain age, and with a certain quality of hair, there comes a time when going for a haircut takes on an additional level of seriousness. You watch the barber intently. Look out for the ...
Paris Abandoned Railway Line 17 Aug 2013 | 10:39 pm
More photos on Flickr here, and for a bit of background read more here.
How To Sell Out 18 Jun 2013 | 02:12 am
First things first: there is nothing wrong with making money from art. I thought we should establish some ground rules before getting into it properly. To make sure we’re all on the same page. So, ma...
How To Sell Out 18 Jun 2013 | 02:12 am
First things first: there is nothing wrong with making money from art. I thought we should establish some ground rules before getting into it properly. To make sure we’re all on the same page. So, ma...
The music industry doesn't need solving 6 May 2013 | 08:43 pm
Last week I got in an argument on the Internet. I know, I know; I should know better. It was an argument born out of frustration. To summarise: Amanda Palmer, who I imagine most of you have heard of...
Arts 7 Apr 2013 | 07:30 pm
Permit me, if you will, to wonder out loud for a moment. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the “arts” and how they intersect, join and influence each other. Music and films and art and theatre ...
Singles are dead 28 Jan 2013 | 10:23 pm
Singles are dead. Long live tracks. Earlier today on Twitter their was a discussion going round centring on how difficult it is to find out when a singles’ release date is. And whilst a “discussion ...
Excitement about excitement 9 Jan 2013 | 06:43 pm
“BOWIE!” “Bowieeeee!!!!” “BOWIEOMG” “Bowie isn’t dead!” “BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWIE! BOWIEBOWIEBOWIEBOWIEBOWIEBOWIE! hyperventilates BOWIE! #Bowie” All these tweets were posted within about 20 minutes ...
2012 In Music 2 Jan 2013 | 10:28 pm
Welcome one and all to my annual run down of this years music. Well, I say “this” years, but it’s actually last years now but you know what I mean, right? So, what did [this/last] years music have fo...
The Mercury Effect (winners edition) 2 Nov 2012 | 10:41 pm
My previous post tracking the iTunes chart placings of the Mercury nominated artists seemed to go down pretty well. And now – as I’m sure anyone reading this knows already – we know that Alt J were th...