Tag: music

Pink Martini

Anything goes and anything but typical: the eclectic curiosity shop of Pink Martini in Paris.

Originally published: 5 Oct 2011 in Concerts

Mozart at the Karlskirche

Mozart left his extraordinarily emotive Requiem unfinished when he died and it had to be completed by another composer.

Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Concerts

Afrocubism

Visa problems stopped an Afro-Cuban soundclash in 1996, so producers recorded Buena Vista Social Club. Now after 14 years, the original project is here.

Originally published: 21 Nov 2010 in Concerts

Singing in the subway

Key intersections of urban life, subway stations are also highly controlled and sometimes cultural spaces.

Originally published: 12 Dec 2008 in Editorial

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Two thrash metallers turned acoustic pickers who busked their way to stardom.

Originally published: 1 Dec 2008 in Concerts

Salsa Celtica

What do you get if you cross a latin horn section with the bagpipes?

Originally published: 28 Apr 2008 in Concerts

The Lion roared

Covers bands will always be judged on the quality of their renditions. Fortunately these are sometimes good.

Originally published: 27 Oct 2007 in Concerts

Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …

Life’s a Quiche

A visit to Metz and Nancy, the two major cities of Lorraine.

  • Originally published: 8 Sep 2008 in Europe

Iceland 1.0

Our first trip to Iceland. Here’s a retrospective of photos scanned from the prints.

  • Originally published: 29 Mar 2004 in Europe

Lila Downs in concert

An enormously gifted Mexican singer who puts everything she has into every performance.

  • Originally published: 25 Jul 2007 in Concerts

The Aviator

Like the 1920s lifestyle – expensive but frequently soulless.

  • Originally published: 19 Feb 2007 in Film

Together (Tillsammans)

One of Moodysson’s lighter efforts: a warmhearted film for a cold winter’s night.

  • Originally published: 14 Feb 2007 in Film

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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.

I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.

I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.

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Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.

I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.

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