Sometimes it snows in April
…so the Prince song goes. And he’s right. It did today, and how (well, by London standards anyway). Here’s some pics of Tooting Common in the snow.
Rhythm and ‘rhythm’
Funny how you can be blinded by your own prejudices. I’m afraid I probably am the kind of person who says “I don’t use that button”, pointing to the drum…
TFL cycle maps
I’ve recently become a fan of the TFL cycle routes page, where you just put in a couple of postcodes or locations, and let the website draw your route for…
Simon Jaymes @ The Bedford
To The Bedford in Balham to hear Simon Jaymes (see previous posting, too). He’s an amazing artist. The Bedford is also an amazing venue – they simulcast their gigs on…
Youtube dance heaven
I’m not going to comment or say what this is in case it brings the piece up in search engines and results in the clip being taken off Youtube, but…
Book launch
To Pushkin House in Bloomsbury Square to hear Marina Frolova-Walker’s lecture at the launch of her book on Russian Music & Nationalism from Glinka to Stalin, which I’ve already plugged…