Tag: music

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

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Family portraits

Just a few family photos taken recently. …

Barcelona

The Barcelona of my expectations turned out to be a bit different to the Barcelona in reality. …

  • Originally published: 14 Jul 2009 in Europe

Growth sport

Be there or be shaven! …

Mean Streets

A sparklingly childish De Niro and some very mature directing. …

  • Originally published: 30 Aug 2006 in Film

Body Worlds in Brussels

The art of the Ancient Greeks and of the Renaissance shares a common concern for anatomical accuracy. It comes as no surprise, then, that these were also periods in which anatomy itself …

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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant 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 Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.

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