Tom made a cartoon…..
Gobbledegook on Every Level
So I woke up to the news that Trump has tapped Matt Gaetz to be Attorney General which is kind of more ridiculous than getting Daffy Duck to be Attorney General given that he’s A. morally a piece of shit B. intellectually a fucking
TVG 90 Competition – I came third!
Of interest to Bodhran Geeks/Southern Indian Music Fusion Freaks/Supporters of Men in Man Caves/People in People Caves….
So I am delighted to say that I came third in a global Southern Indian online drumming competition!
I had to send a video of me playing a composition by TVG (see below) in round one, and then I got to the final and the 9 finalists were sent a brand new composition which we had about 3 days to learn. Then we had to send a video of us playing the
Lindsay L Cooper’s A Madman’s Approach To Music
This is a beautiful music manifesto/poem from the sorely missed wonderful person and musician – Scottish bass and tuba player Lindsay Cooper. Lindsay was a close to unique musician (at least in my experience) because he was equally at home playing dixieland and trad on the one side and out-to-lunch free improv on the other. I am not sure if he was that interested in anything in between. One of the greatest pieces of improvisation I ever saw was Lindsay doing a vocal and bass solo incorporating the word Absolut which was being beamed across the pub by laser as a vodka promotion. Sheer genius. I discussed it with George Burt in a podcast and it turns out Bill Wells was there and sent me a recording of it. Which I have now lost….
To see the pdf click here