“… the fate of Chopin’s work is egregious because he has survived not as the astonishing revolutionary he really was in all sorts of musical and cultural ways, but as a pianists’ com… more →
Stephanie's Pillowbookcharlesrupertdomeki wrote 1 week ago: Rules are that you must choose eight pieces of music to take with you on a desert island. At the end … more →
whatlifesoundslike wrote 3 weeks ago: Known by now for her rapier wit and her hilarious pop culture observations, Susan Barron follows on … more →
Stephanie wrote 1 month ago: “… the fate of Chopin’s work is egregious because he has survived not as the astonishing … more →
Stephanie wrote 1 month ago: 1) It was to be a couple of years before I touched a keyboard again after leaving school. I took th … more →
Stephanie wrote 1 month ago: I showed no signs of musical talent when I was a child – I’m not sure it would have been encou … more →
Stephanie wrote 1 month ago: 1) One balmy summer evening in 1987 I was in the kitchen in my flat on Northgate in Canterbury cooki … more →
mildredhubble wrote 1 month ago: We used to play a game each summer, me and my sister. Well I suppose it wasn’t exactly a game … more →
Stephanie wrote 2 months ago: 1) At the beginning of 1981 I went to Stockholm and I ended up spending a lot of time in a certain f … more →
Stephanie wrote 2 months ago: 1) If you had asked me when I was 15 or 16 who my favourite group was I would have answered: The Mot … more →
Stephanie wrote 2 months ago: 1) I first really took notice of pop music when I started secondary school. I don’t have much time f … more →
Stephanie wrote 2 months ago: In these desert island discs posts I am going to indulge myself with some of the music which reminds … more →
teaandbiscuitmonster wrote 3 months ago: TV is crap, endless repeats and reality TV shows, featuring the talentless. Radio is my replacement … more →
Chris Lawrence wrote 4 months ago: It seems to be getting worse. In Chapter 4 (Beauty)1 John Cornwell takes issue with Richard Dawkins … more →
welshpurpletree wrote 4 months ago: I noticed that Jennie had tagged me in her Desert Island MP3’s meme yesterday evening, and it … more →
Chris Lawrence wrote 4 months ago: Flew’s Chapter 8 is titled DID SOMETHING COME FROM NOTHING?1 I find cosmology quite disorienta … more →
sanfot1 wrote 4 months ago: I had the great pleasure of seeing Toad the Wet Sprocket play Webster Hall in New York City last wee … more →
Michelle wrote 5 months ago: Desert Island Discs Gaia Holmes Downing coffee like whisky at a funeral wake, me, the dog and De … more →
nunmoredry wrote 5 months ago: Another example of music as a spiritual magical force, when I was a very young kid and not feeling w … more →
nunmoredry wrote 5 months ago: The effect of seeing this guy live was possibly the closest I have come to having a bona-fide spirit … more →