Groningen I’m in the North of Holland this weekend, giving a presentation at something called Lopend Vuur. It’s a music industry thing, and I explain it a little bit on my New Music Strategies website. It’s a part of the country I haven’t been to before. I’ve visited Amsterdam a number of times, and I’ve [...]
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Moving around a bit 6
I’ve started the year off with a bit of moving about — both in terms of visiting places and in terms of upping sticks and moving house. I spent much of last week at a conference in Cardiff. I’d been there once before with Jake, but didn’t really have the same experience. In fact, when [...]
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Tagged: Birmingham, Personal, Travel, Whisky
Alice Russell 0
After dinner last night, Bobbie and I went with Sam to see Alice Russell live at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath. Great venue for live music, by the way. Alice Russell’s an amazing soul/funk vocalist and, among other things, fronts the Quantic Soul Orchestra. We left Jake at home with his friends Ethan [...]
Oaky smokey 1
I mentioned the other day that I’d had a drink with my friend Clutch – and that we’d discovered a Glenfiddich Toasted Oak limited edition that we quickly became quite fond of… Well, it being payday yesterday, there was a grocery shopping expedition at Tesco (it’s convenient, all right? Where’s the Waitrose near here?), where [...]
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A bit pricey 0
A new world record was set today (28 September), with a bottle of whisky selling at auction for a remarkable £29,400. The Bowmore single malt whisky is the oldest bottle of Bowmore known to be in existence and is believed to have been bottled on Islay around 1850 by W & J Mutter. It was [...]
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Watch this space 2
It’s not so much a question of ‘what should I write about?’ as it is ‘where should I start?’. It’s been a week of change and activity this week. Some stuff I’m not even allowed to talk about yet, so you can imagine how significant those changes could be. What I can tell you is [...]
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Tagged: Personal, University, Whisky
All about the free stuff 0
Doesn’t hurt to ask… A couple of months back, I started a blog about whisky. I don’t really know very much about the stuff, except that I’ve grown to quite like it and it’s a really interesting and complex subject that combines history, geography, science, economics, folklore and sociology. And while I don’t drink it [...]
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