I may not like Christmas much, apart from the much-needed week off, but I do have a soft spot for some Christmas songs.
Entries Tagged as 'Live 8'
Bargain!
October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Bargain! · Music
In HMV today I picked up Stevie Wonder's latest album (A Time To Love) for just £3.99. This is the album which came out last year and was widely regarded as his best in a long, long time – possibly his best since Songs In The Key Of Life – so I could not resist […]
Nine days that shook London
January 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Nine days that shook London · Life
Tonight BBC2 showed a documentary called Nine Days That Shook London. This is the one which they had talked to me and the other Andrew about, but decided not to include us. (I’m not bitter. Honest. No really I’m not.) Having declared my interest I can continue… Actually I didn’t watch the film too closely. […]
That was the year that was
December 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on That was the year that was · Life, Music
2005 is nearly over, and its been an eventful one. There were some major events with a global impact – the earthquake in Pakistan and the floods in the US after hurricane Katrina – and some of more limited significance like West Ham getting promoted and Gang of Four releasing a new album. Not a […]
Tags: Computing·Football·Gang of Four·Live 8·Nostalgia·Pink Floyd·World music
BBC research
December 2nd, 2005 · Comments Off on BBC research · Life
Thanks to Andrew I had an email from a BBC researcher called Andrew yesterday (St Andrew’s Day) and spent most of lunchtime today chatting on the phone with him. Having what is charitably described as a face made for radio I am not particularly bothered if they want to film me for vox pops in […]
Africa Live
August 10th, 2005 · Comments Off on Africa Live · Music
I have just finished watching the most amazing concert on BBC Four. It was two hours of highlights from a concert held in March this year in Dakar to raise awareness of the ongoing malaria crisis in Africa. For anyone at all interested in African music, the line-up for the show was more impressive than […]
Not long now…
July 18th, 2005 · Comments Off on Not long now… · Music
In just a few hours we will be up at Hyde Park. We have just been planning our route and decided that walking from Victoria is probably the best option. We will aim to get there early enough that we can walk up Park Lane and see the Pride march coming the other way. (Note […]
Tags: Africa·Concerts·Live 8·London·World music
Stevie Wonder
July 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Stevie Wonder · Music
After watching the coverage of America’s Live 8 concert early in the week (yes. It does seem a lot longer ago than a week doesn’t it?) I decided to check that I had all my Stevie Wonder CDs ripped to the computer (and therefore the iRiver) I had the main albums on there already, but […]
Live 8 – overall
July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – overall · Music
Was it any good? Well, even from the back where there was not so much atmosphere it was enjoyable, but I think the whole thing could have been streamlined a bit. You could have fitted just as much awareness-raising and entertainment into a shorter time span than 10 hours. There was a lot of dead […]
Live 8 – The politics
July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – The politics · Politics
There may have been a lot of people at Hyde Park who were only there for the music, and felt that the constant political messages were an interuption or just the price to be paid for the entertainment – and I’m sure you could say the same of the various anti-racist, Red Wedge, anti nuclear […]
