The RamblerContemporary music, culture, stuff and nonsenseYet more Cage...- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Oh, and if I've not turned you off the whole business altogether, here's some more Cage preamble ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107399372394... Relevance- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Wow. Luke on amazing form. Gonna have to sit down and read this one properly. I've always liked the idea of artworks as contributions to an encyclopaedia, but I've never really thought much beyond that - for me it's just been a conveniently postmodern, non-committal excuse for justifying the presence of whatever I want to justify ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107399901036... Kick off those December blues- (Found June 24, 2008 ) God, I love January. Not wanting to be too bah humbug, but I'm not the only one who finds December too busy, too stressful, too expensive ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107416228842... John Cage Uncaged: Barbican Centre, London, 16th-18th January 2004- (Found June 24, 2008 ) This isn't going to be a review of the whole weekend for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because there was so damned much of it that I just don't have the time, energy, will or tendons to write about all of it. Suffice it to say that a good time was had. Secondly, given the pre-event coverage, there'll be a pretty heavy press review fallout during the coming days, a rundown of which I'll post later in the week. And anyway this is my blog, so I'll write about what I like. And what I liked most...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107459890892... Cage Uncaged: Reviews- (Found June 24, 2008 ) A collection of online comments and reviews from the last few days ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107472659682... More from the soapbox- (Found June 24, 2008 ) This review of Charles Rosen's Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist, which I've just come across, gives some indication of what I'm talking about, although for my money, Rosen hasn't gone far enough in his analysis of the situation ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107054188887... For the record - or for the stage- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Inspired by comments from my new favourite blogger, Crawford God Bless Mr Lunch (they're buried in the Radiohead gubbins down below) I've been thinking about the whole live vs studio thang. It's a favourite topicpub pundit rant of mine, so I'm sure I've brought it up in these pages before, but here's the full deal, as I see it...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#107048056198... Who wants some- (Found June 24, 2008 ) OK, the funniest thing I have seen all week - if only I'd had a camera with me: Last night, I was going down the Strand 'ave a banana... to Charing Cross tube, and there are already 500 or so protesters of various anti-Americananti-capitalist creeds waving their banners around. Just as I get to Pizza Hut, I see another placard in their midst ..http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#106923987609... Better in than out- (Found June 24, 2008 ) K-punk has fun laying into The Matrix: "The fact is, you have personal relationships with people who look exactly as they do in 'reality'". I've not seen the third one, and have no immediate plans to, but one of the least attractive aspects of escaping the Matrix is ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#106924180272... Britpop's grey new world- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Went out the other day and bought myself some huge new headphones for the minidisc player (well, until iPods get a bit cheaper, what are you gonna do), which are great, because not only do they keep my ears toasty warm, but I look like the kid from ET ...http://johnsons-rambler.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_johnsons-rambler_archive.html#106927222584... |