Archive for the ‘ Music ’ Category

My gift is my song and this one’s for you.

  • December 28th, 2011
  • Posted in Music

A few weeks ago, on December 7th, I boarded an early morning train to Melbourne with a very dear friend. The evening that would follow was incredible. For, tucked away in my relatively new vintage handbag (it seems a contradiction in terms, but it was new to my life), were two tickets to see one [ READ MORE ]

Two hundred degrees, that’s why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.

Last Thursday, November 24th 2011, marked the twentieth anniversary of the death of Freddie Mercury, the most incredible rock vocalist of all time. The music and lyrics he composed throughout his reasonably short life form the majority of my favourite songs. In fact, ‘Somebody To Love’ is a piece of music I will always love [ READ MORE ]

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox.

Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the birth of John Lennon. He was, in my opinion, one of the finest people ever to walk upon this earth. A consummate artist, an absolute revolutionary and a truly honest man, Lennon defined a generation. Sadly, not mine. I would give anything to have existed at the same [ READ MORE ]

As you can see, we’re completely unrehearsed.

It’s been a while. As has been the case with most things in my life, I haven’t been able to remain committed to this blog. My entries have not been characterised by the regularity I’d originally hoped they would. I think, as a result, I perhaps haven’t been reflecting upon my life enough. I am [ READ MORE ]

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

  • February 28th, 2010
  • Posted in Music

In recent months I’ve gradually been forming an obsession with Simon & Garfunkel. Their music is absolutely beautiful. Paul’s effortlessly brilliant lyrics and melodies, combined with his and Art’s harmonies, create musical bliss. When they sing together it sounds like one person simultaneously sounding two different notes. Perfection. If I could ever write like anybody, [ READ MORE ]

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