Prague Postcards 2: A tricycle built for six
Seen in Dlouhá, outside Praha Bike. Not my idea of fun, as the whole fun of having a bike is independence.
Sod’s lore
I have a longstanding interest in folklore & folk music, particularly of Eastern Europe, so I got all excited when I discovered that there was a Folklore gathering in the…
Wirelesslessness
For the first time in 7 years, I’m without wireless broadband at home due to some fault with the phone socket, or maybe a squirrel eating the cable. After the…
Ich hab’ ein Pianola…
Only a fortnight ago, I was explaining to some students what a pianola was, and how the notion of ‘piano roll’ notation in music software is derived from that now…
From casting to casting-on
Choreographers and all creative people fascinate me. It’s the bits in between that I’m interested in – what does a composer, artist, choreographer etc. do when they’re not creating? For…