Tag Archives: Music

Brandenburg Concertos

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Julian

Here is Nikolaus Harnoncourt , a hero of mine, performing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Major (BWV 1048) with Concentus Musicus Wien . Continue reading →

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Who the fuck is Amanda Palmer?

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Julian

One half of Brechtian punk-cabaret band The Dresden Dolls, Amanda’s recently been touring her solo album “Who Killed Amanda Palmer” (produced by Ben Folds). She’s a prolific blogger and twitterer and she’s about to release a coffee table book of photographs to accompany her album, the text for which has been written by none other than Neil Gaiman, who also crops up now and again on stage with her and reads prose pieces in between songs.
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Neil Gaiman and Tori Amos – some of the best character writing around…

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Julian

Been meaning to link to these for a while. Neil Gaiman wrote them to accompany two Tori Amos albums; “Strange Little Girls” and “Scarlet’s Walk”. The first is some of the best character sketches I’ve ever read. The second is … Continue reading →

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