Tate and Lyle
Played the "Tropicalia" CD quite alot since i purchased it midweek last week,and played it again most of Sunday. It's a superb compilation from the very resourceful Soul jazz lable. I must get up to the barbican for the Tropicalia exhibition before it disappears.
Popped into Brighton Books today to see Stephen and he gave me a free copy of the latest Tate magazine which has Billy Childish on Kurt Schwitters "Opened By Customs" and a few other intersting articles inc. "The Aesthetics of Documentary" and "Bauhaus".
Stephen mentioned a possible Ivor Cutler DVD coming out soon,which i hope will not be too long coming.It would be quite a fitting tribute to a man who did so many John Peel sessions. I am certain there is quantities of archive material yet to be unearthed.
Did a survey for Tesco in Teddington and finished just after 6pm. Didn;t get time to moosh the charity shops for goodies and actually i am saving up to get the Joe Busard box set of his Fonotone classics.
Received an unexpected phone call this evening from Lyle Thomson, a friend i haven;t heard from for three years,reminded me of the time when we last met in a heated argument over the merits of Rothko and other abstract expressionists versus the Pop Art of the Warhols,Jasper Johns,etc. I think i won the argument by a short margin. We didn;t fall out or anything. He was off to the USA for a sabbatical in California but he's now back in London. Hope to meet up next weekend. Probably a good time to see the Tropicalia exhibition.
Well bye for now and hello to virgin blog reader Georgina. Comment if you feel like it.
Popped into Brighton Books today to see Stephen and he gave me a free copy of the latest Tate magazine which has Billy Childish on Kurt Schwitters "Opened By Customs" and a few other intersting articles inc. "The Aesthetics of Documentary" and "Bauhaus".
Stephen mentioned a possible Ivor Cutler DVD coming out soon,which i hope will not be too long coming.It would be quite a fitting tribute to a man who did so many John Peel sessions. I am certain there is quantities of archive material yet to be unearthed.
Did a survey for Tesco in Teddington and finished just after 6pm. Didn;t get time to moosh the charity shops for goodies and actually i am saving up to get the Joe Busard box set of his Fonotone classics.
Received an unexpected phone call this evening from Lyle Thomson, a friend i haven;t heard from for three years,reminded me of the time when we last met in a heated argument over the merits of Rothko and other abstract expressionists versus the Pop Art of the Warhols,Jasper Johns,etc. I think i won the argument by a short margin. We didn;t fall out or anything. He was off to the USA for a sabbatical in California but he's now back in London. Hope to meet up next weekend. Probably a good time to see the Tropicalia exhibition.
Well bye for now and hello to virgin blog reader Georgina. Comment if you feel like it.