A dreamscape of Suffolk singers, songs, voices, anecdotes, composers and ephemera.
Evocations of the Dance – Part V: Henry Green’s Apocalyptic Night Club
There is no use in speaking of vivid passages when one comes to Henry Green; there is not a line of his which isn’t. But the book I’m going to quote from, Pack My Bag (a memoir written with palpable terror at the thought of his own extinction in 1939) is not among my favourite books of his.
It may be more approachable than the novels, but I had to read for a long time before I encountered something as candid and glorious as this paragraph:
Evocations of the Dance – Part IV: Al Bowlly’s Crooning Manifesto
The following is an extract from Al Bowlly’s book (yes, I know: who knew he wrote a book?) Modern Style Singing (published in 1935).
Most things that are new come in for a lot of abuse. Especially if they are new art forms. Even to call them “art forms” is enough to rouse the ire of the thoroughly hardbitten diehards…
20 Feeds that got me through 2012…
These are not simply 20 sites I like, but 20 sites that actually get updated regularly with good content, so add them to your Feedburner or Google Reader or RSS thingy of choice. You won’t regret it!
Timbre! Unusual Instrumentation Playlist – Vol. III
I can’t seem to sate my hunger for bizarrely scored songs segueing into each other seamlessly. And, speaking of that…
