First of the gang to go right-wing
I’ve taken to carrying a box of Morrissey CDs in the back of my car. (For some reason they were going very cheap.) The reason I do this is in case I ever meet any of the old Morrissey bores … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Music
Kill your darlings (if they say the wrong thing)
Yesterday I tweeted this: I said a few years ago that the left is aiming is to outlaw conservative opinion, or to practically outlaw it. At the time people thought I was exaggerating. But it seems pretty obvious now. Still … Continue reading →
The Brexit Memorial Home
A little Friday afternoon fun: The Brexit Memorial Home (with apologies to Roger Waters) Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere And build them a home, a little place of their own The Brexit Memorial Home for Incurable Remainers and Lords … Continue reading →
Put the guitar in the overhead locker, not the dog
Seeing as United Airlines has been in the news again for its innovative canine storage solutions, I thought it was time to roll this one out again: … Continue reading →
The Tweet Police, they live inside of my head…
The tweet police they live inside of my head The tweet police they come to me in my bed The tweet police they’re coming to arrest me, oh no You know that talk is cheap and those rumors ain’t nice … Continue reading →
According to Smokie, grown-ups living at their parents’ home is normal
Grown-up kids staying still living at home, or coming back to live at home, is a big discussion point these days, such as in this article in today’s Telegraph (I can’t see the whole of it, but I don’t think … Continue reading →
Debussy’s ‘Sunken Cathedral’ and Satie’s ‘Ogives’
Philip Hensher in The Spectator wonders about Debussy being apparently devoid of influences: Hardly anything in Debussy’s work is obviously indebted to a predecessor. The hunt for influences on him is a favourite game of musicologists because it is so … Continue reading →