Right now I am listening to an interview from 2003 on the BBC iPlayer – an interview with Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk. Really. Somebody from the band that famously don’t do interviews and don’t even have a telephone in their studio, doing an interview on the BBC. It is all part of 6 Music’s Kraftwerk [...]
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Yes live at Montreux
January 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Music
This afternoon I watched the Yes Live at Montreux DVD, to remind myself why I like them after watching the 9012Live DVD the other day. After watching the 1985 concert I was left wondering why I had been listening to the band for nearly 35 years and still lappingup new releases. Afterf watching the 2003 [...]
9012Live
January 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Music
This evening I decided, on a whim, to watch the DVD of 9012Live, the film of a yes concert in 1985, directed by Steven Soderbergh. I have had the DVD for quite a while but can’t remember watching it before, though I’m sure I must have done. It is possible I only watched a bit [...]
In the present: live from Lyon
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Music
The year is ten days old already and I haven’t written a thing about prog rock. How did that happen? Perhaps I should mention the latest Yes CD: In the Present: Live from Lyon, which I treated myself to as a belated crimbo present to myself.
Been a long time
September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Music
It has been a while since I wittered on about prog rock hasn’t it? Just time to mention the new album from Levin Torn White. There are some tasters available on Soundcloud.
Tags: Prog Rock
What a difference four years makes
September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Life, Music
Midge Ure 1976 with Slik You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Midge Ure in 1980 with Ultravox! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Is it OK to admit that I not only remember Slik well from then, but quite liked them and still [...]
Glastonbury coverage
June 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Life, Music
U2 were supposed to be the big name at this year’s Glastonbury, the BBC have a small army down there and have 4 TV channels at their disposal. So why was it not possible to watch the entire U2 set live without changing channels twice?
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A night on the town
June 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
On Saturday I made a rare visit to London. I realised that I have not been in central London for a long time: the last few times I was in London it was only Hammersmith for Sunday night comedy. It must be more than a year since I took a train into Victoria. What finally [...]
Tags: Concerts·London·Spizzenergi
Elton John at the BBC
April 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Music
This evening I watched something I had recorded over the weekend – Elton John at the BBC – and an hour just flew past.   Quite often these shows (Stiff at the BBC, Reggae at the BBC, etc. etc.) have been almost entirely a load of TOTP clips with maybe a bit of OGWT and with [...]
Much Later with Jools Holland
April 27th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Life, Music
Tonight I waded into the backlog of episodes of Later with Jools Holland that were recorded on the V+ box, starting with the end of the one from two weeks ago with Robbie Robertson, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and Cee-lo Green – fast-forwarding through Glasvegas. After that I moved onto last week’s episodes. I’ll [...]
Tags: TV
