Category Archives: Music

Bad day for Phil Spector

Posted on 4 February, 2003 by adrian

Well, Phil Spector didn’t exactly have the best day of his life yesterday. As well as being charged with the murder of a woman in his house, it emerged that the two remaining Beatles (with George consenting before his death) … Continue reading →

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New music – 18 Champs Elysées

Posted on 1 February, 2003 by adrian

Once I get going, I just can’t stop… still in my feverish froth of musical inspiration, I did another quick recording this afternoon. It’s another piece for the Recording Collective mentioned in the previous entry. The task was to reinvent … Continue reading →

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New music – Winter Thames Sunset

Posted on 31 January, 2003 by adrian

Finally got round to doing some proper recording this year. A short solo acoustic guitar tune is my latest entry in the Guitarist Home Recording Collective, one of my favourite mini-communities on the Net. Winter Thames Sunset (2.4MB mp3) The … Continue reading →

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Flaming Lips live in London

Posted on 23 January, 2003 by adrian

Last night (oh wait… it’s past midnight… the night before last) I saw the Flaming Lips at the Forum in London. They’re one of my favourite bands, this was probably the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen them and they … Continue reading →

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Find out what I’m listening to, right now!

Posted on 21 January, 2003 by adrian

>I’m greatly encouraged by some of the cool little programs coming out for the Mac (specifically for OS X) at the moment. NetNewsWire Lite is keeping track of all those news sites and blogs (the daily “if there’s anything that … Continue reading →

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G7 guitar notation software announced

Posted on 18 January, 2003 by adrian

Introducing myself to people and going through the old conversational motions of hometown/job/etc, I always use the convenient shorthand of “oh, I work for a guitar magazine”. That’s true, but my Guitarist work covers a range of stuff. At heart, … Continue reading →

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Christmas on Mars

Posted on 18 October, 2002 by adrian

Whoo! From the Flaming Lips website, the news of Wayne Coyne’s debut as a film director, Christmas on Mars, which he describes as… Maybe ‘Eraserhead’ or ‘Dead Man’ crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like ‘The Wizard … Continue reading →

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Musical friends

Posted on 7 October, 2002 by adrian

That was a fun weekend. A small UKMGPU in Oxford on Sunday, preceded by a brief visit to Jemfest UK on the Saturday afternoon. Although it was good to catch up with some UKMG people and meet a couple of … Continue reading →

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Two in a bar?

Posted on 5 September, 2002 by adrian

As if the music/arts scene in this country wasn’t already buggered enough, the Government is making sure that future generations never experience Real Live Music. It’s all to do with the PEL laws…

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BBC Proms

Posted on 31 August, 2002 by adrian

It’s Proms season at the moment, and I’ve been making the effort to get to the Albert Hall on several evenings. I mean, at 4 quid for a standing (or sprawling on the floor) ticket, you can’t complain, can you? … Continue reading →

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