It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ding.
05.03.2026 20:40
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It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ding.
Jammed C Blues
Do you think there will be MP defections? And if so, starting when?
Yes, if I had to choose the music of just one composer for the rest of my days it might well be Tippett (after Bartok)
Slop feels harsh but take your pick of PG Wodehouse
This is such a beautiful essay with such a beautiful first sentence - such a beautiful first three words, even. Nobody writes it better.
Superb idea for an opera right here...
looking to speak to freelancers in the arts, culture, and heritage sectors for a story - if that's you, drop me a message! #journorequest
Did you hear Karthi Gnanasegaram's shoutout for Doreen Carwithen on the Today programme sports report this morning (at 2'28")?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Just back from a trip to see my parents, where I seem to have unearthed a fourth stanza of This Be The Verse:
As for us the die is cast:
We're fuck-ups along with all the rest.
There's no way forward in the past
Just love your neighbour and try your best
#larkin
He's a Daft Punk fan, isn't he? Think he missed a trick there...
I'm sure the feeling is not confined to musicians but there are times when I get anxious where my viola case is even though I'm carrying it in my actual hand.
If you can't spot the twist that means you are the twist
I have drunk
the Fosters
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
to celebrate your protegee being long listed for a prize
You could definitely do this! Though maybe don't use your Carte Orange photo as credentials.
Abscond to Marseille and sit in restaurants ready to translate the menu for English-speaking visitors. (This kind of happened a couple of times when I was there on holiday.) The restaurants would pay me in meals and perhaps characterful if temporary lodgings. (This didn't.)
Taking people for a walk. I know the directions, and also where all the best cafes and pubs are. And where the toilets are. We can talk about whatever they want.
I thought bratsche summer was last year
Halloween reminder that Beethoven's Ghost Trio doesn't have a WoO no., but Schumann's Ghost Variations does.
There was a king named Ozymandias
Whose visage was once Marlon Brandious
Now his statuesque legs
Were but truncated pegs
With nothing beyond his sad sandy ass
The hand is intended for conducting the choir - there's a lever in the organ loft to move it up and down. Not sure if it's ever used these days!
You probably know that one way of saying 'a fellow' in French is 'un bonhomme', so perhaps you could style yourself Mollie Bonbonhomme for the purposes
My brother @andrewwyld.bsky.social's song on the subject (I played the synthy bits, it was always so fun to perform this at gigs too)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfZ...
Weird to see this as I was playing it (well, the fourth line down) at Sadlers Wells just over two hours ago. It's definitely one of those moments where I have to take care not to listen too closely for fear of not being able to read my part properly through the mist.
Slightly diminish a book:
Mr Dalloway
Nor me (never have)! The consequences of that choice do feel increasingly acute, although in my case (no kids, non-driver, niche career) those aren't yet deal-breakers. I do wonder what is round the corner that might be.
Good news - we've just created a new arts funding hub, which provides links to funding pots in the UK that are currently open for applications 🎉 Hope it's useful!
www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
Northern Ballet, having recently ditched their live orchestra, now crowing about offering a "rare opportunity" to conduct a ballet. Must have own Spotify Premium account.
Perfect timing by the EFL to arrange the Coventry vs Hull match on Larkin’s birthday. The classic Larkin derby, nature vs nurture.