I’ve started hosting couchsurfers again. If you’re not familiar with the concept, basically people travelling who need a place to stay can come and sleep on your sofa, your floor, or – if you have one – your spare bed. They get to stay for free, and you get to share their stories, hear about [...]
Categories: Travel
Tagged: couchsurfing, culture, Latvia
There’s a piece in the Guardian in which DJ and film-maker Don Letts dispenses a few observations about culture and society. There’s one line in it that some friends of mine on Twitter (professional musicians and DJs, as it happens) have seized upon and retweeted as a bit of a ‘hell yeah!’ to the bumper [...]
Categories: culture
Tagged: Art, Creativity, culture, Film, Music
Photo by Dunechaser The record industry is in turmoil. We’ve known that for a long time. But today, the news comes that Guy Hands is desperately trying to stave off a firesale by doing some sort of deal with the other major record labels to manage its catalogue. I’ve been reading a book recently (actually, [...]
Categories: 30 Days,Business,culture,Idea
Tagged: culture, EMI, Recordings
Photo by rockcreek I don’t own a television set, and while I do watch the odd show, it’s usually at a rate of about one or two programmes per week, give or take – and never on any particular schedule.* If I have a bit of downtime, and my brain isn’t up to much, I’ll [...]
