Tag: jazz
Arthur H: L’Abondanse
H, the son and nephew respectively of eccentric singers Jacques Higelin and Brigitte Fontaine, is something of a musical lacuna himself. Throughout the course of thirteen albums, the Frenchman has pinballed between jazz, rock, pop and disco and on L’Homme du Monde his latest effort he’s done all of them.
Looking like a cross between Joe …
Matthew Herbert Big Band
After an awkward warm-up from studenty noodlers Wixel, who might be the Flemish answer to Sigur Rós, the stage of Brussels’ Ancienne Belgique was quickly cleared and rearranged for the main event of the evening. Matthew Herbert, renowned for the idiosyncratic music he records under a schizophrenic array of monikers, led on his jazz band …
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Double Indemnity
Director: Billy Wilder United States, 1944 In some life insurance policies, where the policyholder dies in untypical circumstances, the policy pays out double. It’s called double indemnity, and when old Mr Dietrichson gets bumped …
- Originally published: 7 Oct 2007 in Film
In sickness…
I am just recovering from a short illness. From this experience, I can now recommend that you steer clear of the following books during the low points of your struggle to convalesce: Complications by …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2006 in Editorial
Nature’s way
My mother has a name for this kind of weather. She calls it “germ weather”. The kind of weather, she says, that you catch colds in. Spare a thought for Gary then, one …
- Originally published: 24 Oct 2005 in Personalia
Christmas 2009: a visit to the UK
We paid a brief visit to the UK this Christmas, via the ferry from Zeebrugge to Hull. My parents intend to move house next year, so this was also the last opportunity to …
- Originally published: 31 Dec 2009 in Personalia
Making a song and dance about it
Brief Encounter, The West Yorkshire Playhouse Noël Coward’s play Still Life (1936) formed the basis of the wonderfully restrained (or rather dry, depending on your sympathies) 1945 film Brief Encounter. The film tells the …
- Originally published: 4 Nov 2007 in Theatre
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Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
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I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.