Voyager: an interview with Bïa Krieger
Bïa Krieger is a singer/songwriter, instrumentalist, dancer, broadcaster and author who has a unique ability to cross fertilise the musical cultures of Brazil, Spanish South America and France. She sings … Continue reading
Tying the knot
Mikey and Donna have second thoughts about True Love It was the holiday season, and I must have been influenced by notions of family get-togethers. I found myself looking again … Continue reading
The last minstrel
My title refers to Homer, not Walter Scot’s 1804 poem of feuds on the English and Scottish border. But the resonance is something to be remembered. I’ve been reading WF … Continue reading
SILLY QUESTIONS
Anon once said, “there are no silly questions: only silly answers”, an observation every blog writer must ponder on. Almost six years after creating what was then just a blog … Continue reading
Rohmer Revisited
Éric Rohmer in a 1977 TV interview How, and why, do we relate to other people? A curious observer, Éric Rohmer, charted the ground between self awareness and self obsession … Continue reading
National Anthems
I wonder how attached people still are to national anthems, and flags and all the paraphernalia of nationalism. Most of them date from the 19th century and are the vestiges … Continue reading
A gathering of coincidence
George Carlin gives a warning Is coincidence a means of drawing our attention to significant causes? As Bob Dylan put it: The highway is for gamblers, Better use your sense; … Continue reading
