Tag: afrobeat
Seun Kuti & Africa 80
Seun is the youngest son of the late Fela Kuti, the politically active leading light of Afrobeat. Having grown up in the thick of that scene, Seun now heads Africa 80, the second incarnation of his father’s band, playing the same energetic mix of funk, jazz, rock and highlife that electrified West African music in …
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Cantillon Brewery
J’s sister came to stay and after trying the lambic and gueuze at À La Bécasse on Rue Tabora the previous week, she fancied a visit to the Cantillon Brewery near the …
- Originally published: 30 Jul 2008 in Europe
Family portraits
Here’s a series of portraits of the members of my family taken in February 2007. Left to right: my brother, my father, my mother, my grandmother et moi-même. …
- Originally published: 21 Feb 2007 in Personalia
The Apostle
Director: Robert Duvall United States, 1997 It’s amazing The Apostle isn’t better known, despite an Oscar nomination for Duvall’s intense, virtuoso acting performance. Duvall also wrote and directed his labour of love, and financed …
- Originally published: 12 Mar 2007 in Film
Mean Streets
Director: Martin Scorsese United States, 1973 It’s only his third feature film, yet Mean Streets is a surprisingly mature work from Scorsese. The machine gun dialogue, the inquisitive camera, the guilt and redemption themes: …
- Originally published: 30 Aug 2006 in Film
Culture and Columbus in the Canaries
We took a short but very welcome trip to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the third week of November. Las Palmas is Spain’s seventh largest city and the administrative capital of …
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2007 in Europe
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.