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Duh! The penny dropped
22.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I just realised that Waltz for Dubbya on oud-player Rabih Abou-Khalil’s album Morton’s Foot is a play on Bill Evans’ Waltz for Debby.
Duh! (And ouch!)
Music, Things you should know
‘Woody ‘n’ you’ - not what it seems
02.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

In idle moments, I’ve been known to wonder who the Woody is in the old jazz standard Woody ‘n’ you.
Well, last week BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Library programme solved the mystery. It’s not a who, but a what. ‘It’s very rude!’, said the guest.
Oops! That puts a whole new face on it!
Internet, Music
Pandora’s gone again
19.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

globalPandora works no more.
Alas, it’s no surprise.
Internet, Music
Pandora available again?
15.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Mashable reports on globalPandora, a service that lets us Pandora fans outside the US listen again.
How long will it last? Your guess is probably as short as mine.
Music
Goodbye Pandora
08.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I’ve been one of those people listening to Pandora since a US-based friend pointed it out to me. Yes, I’ve been listening to Pandora from the UK. Naughty me!
Earlier today, the inevitable happened. I got the following e-mail (along with my friends in the UK who also listen to Pandora, I imagine). The boneheads of [...]
Music, People's Republic of Worthing
Life is a TV programme
06.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

This morning I reinstated one of my favourite old habits - maybe it’s a 2008 resolution that crept in unobserved - Sunday morning music on the big hi-fi.
In the past, the axis has been Art Pepper and Bach. Today, for some reason, it was Miles Davis Ascenseur pour l’échafaud. Just fabulous, I thought. The slow, [...]