The fiction of a ‘music industry’
It’s always bugged me that you see the term ‘music industry’ referred to in the press (usually by a representative of it) as if it were a single phenomenon. If…
Why we need Stonewall
Out from Stonewall, FIT, a movie for schools to help combat homophobic bullying. And from me, a related rant. To help with an essay on gender, music & ballet, a…
Musicology, music & terror
Really wonderful article on musicology and music-as-torture, by Suzanne Cusick. Musicology, Torture, Repair in Radical Musicology.
Florence Nightingale and the dangers of piano music
There’s a heartening story from the BBC today about how the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College, London has been able to hire a composer-in-residence. The…
Why are dusters yellow?
Here’s something to mull over before the year goes out. Why are dusters yellow? And why has it never occurred to me to wonder why until now? It seems I’m…
Snow and rainmates
Since installing some site-stats software on my blog, I’ve been able to see how and why people end up at my site: by checking out the stats page, I can…