music and tales
Created in 1929, this iconic character has lasted over 80 years, through many studios and permutations. Normally i would write out a long, researched blog taking you through the history of Popeye, but the fact is: 1. I wouldn’t do […]
We so very rarely chat. Let’s. Green tea or beer depending on time of day are my usual accoutrements. I figured it would be a nice quiet week heading into leaving for London on the 3rd of April to record […]
Why would someone make this? Who knows, why does anyone make anything? Wtf? Hell if i know, but if you are sitting at your computer at this moment, crying out “I DEMAND 7 MINUTES OF AMUSEMENT! WHAT IS WRONG WITH […]
Collected all together here in one post is a 5 song experiment in storytelling: telling 5 original, melancholy fairy tales using only piano and voice. How well it’s pulled off is up to you to decide. But not only can […]
For the next few days we’re going to do a track a day of a different dark tinted fairy tale. It’s a… it’s a series of tracks of a work in progress. I honestly have no idea what i’m actually […]
In 1902, the very first science fiction film was made, A Trip To The Moon. It was made in France, written and directed by Georges Melies with help from his brother Gaston. Being science fiction it is also therefore the first […]
Best invention of the Victorian age? Probably the light bulb. Telephone is up there. But where would our ipods and CD players be today without the great grandmother that started it all, the victrola. That’s actually not quite right. Thomas […]
At the center of european comics is the Fraco-Belgium tradition, called bandes dessiness which translates literally to “drawn strips”. Two of the most famous of these have even made headway in the states, Tintin and Asterix. I myself am a huge Tintin […]
The second creative death worth noting this last week was that of French comic artist Moebius, 1938 – 2012. Moebius was a key figure in bringing comic art out from a juvenile market and into a more sophisticated artform, worthy […]
There have been two very recent deaths which are worth commemorating on this blog. We will begin today with the one that most effects me personally: the death of Peter Bergman, 1/4 of the great Firesign Theater. Firesign Theater is […]