I‘ve seen this video clip a while ago, but it’s never stopped me fascinating for the reaction of the French cinema and music stars. As I understand it, artists like Jean Rochefort, Charles...
They say that Twitter helps you find ideas. With regards to this post, Twitter helped me find the most of it… starting with a reminder about the famous Amsterdam bed-in at the Hilton Hotel stage...
Had I been blogging several years ago, I’d be in the same state of shock upon hearing of Falco’s death. But sadly, I knew very little about him then and didn’t even react to the news...
I have no doubt that very many of us – my age and younger, in particular – have known Locomotion as a song by Kylie Minogue. The older Anglophones are likely to remember the original Goffi...
We have heard Kim Carnes’s undying classic song, Bette Davis Eyes; and some of us have even seen the videoclip. But what about Bette Davis herself? Meryl Streep in her pre-Oscar interview to the...
I deliberately quoted Don Black’s introduction to Monsieur Legrand from the concert’s booklet. I couldn’t think of a better title, given the electrifying performance from Legrand Jaz...
This life does take us to different places. Two years ago Flickr featured Joe Ades, “the gentleman carrot peeler”, who was one of New York’s landmark characters, selling $5 vegetable...
I am pleased to confirm that I am going to the February concert of this multi-award winning French composer, and if you are Manchester-based you can book your tickets directly from Bridgewater Hall. T...
You will love this video if, like myself, you have always thought that Excel is for those tricky calculations, with too many functions that some folks just love using to produce even trickier results....
I have lived for a long period of time in the countries as wide apart as Russia and England – particularly where climate is concerned. In the last couple of years, however, the picture has seemi...