January 2010
7 posts
Settling an Old Score →
“And the whole thing about scoring music is this anachronism writ in 20 foot tall neon writing. Who the hell would attempt to do something as inane as scoring music? In the 21st Century it’s an…
Jan 26th
The Opera of the Future →
What might a possible opera of the future look like? As the human genome becomes increasingly manipulable, we can imagine, for instance, the return of the male castrati singer - castrated,…
Jan 18th
"Like a wind-up toy, you stutter at my feet" :... →
The Shows of London is a small reading group, based out of the King’s College English department and interested primarily in the “entertainment and display cultures of nineteenth century…
Jan 17th
"Question Time without any Nazis" : Mark Thomas's... →
I had some sympathy at first for the suggestion, made initially, I believe, by Alex Andrews on Twitter, that it might just be worth attempting some Obama-style ‘town hall meetings’…
Jan 11th
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Jan 9th
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Join a Little Orchestra →
Little Other presents a Little Orchestra … at the moment, it’s actually a very little orchestra, but it’s growing - and hopefully, growing in such a way as to include you. Ever learnt…
Jan 7th
Other Special Sounds Including Dipthongs →
It is now a little over a month since our last journey into the very bowels of Greenwich, the deep red underground interior of Oliver’s Music Bar. Having lost its left output some time…
Jan 5th