Tag: music
Pink Martini
Anything goes and anything but typical: the eclectic curiosity shop of Pink Martini in Paris.
Mozart at the Karlskirche
Mozart left his extraordinarily emotive Requiem unfinished when he died and it had to be completed by another composer.
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.
Singing in the subway
Key intersections of urban life, subway stations are also highly controlled and sometimes cultural spaces.
The Lion roared
Covers bands will always be judged on the quality of their renditions. Fortunately these are sometimes good.
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
Who you gonna call?
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.
Shameless self-promotion
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.