Tag Archives: Finland

Making pictures with faulty equipment 0

Gaurav Vaz, bassplayer for Raghu Dixit, captured old-school 35mm style I like photography, though I’m not especially good at it. I know lots of people who are amazing with a camera – and their skills appear to be a blend of raw talent, creative flair, scientific knowledge and some sort of black magic. I don’t [...]

Finland, as described to New Zealanders 0

While I was in Helsinki, I was interviewed by Radio New Zealand National‘s Saturday Morning host Kim Hill. The pretext was that Finland had just been declared best country in the world to live in, and since I was a New Zealander who just happened to be there, I was on the radio for quarter [...]

A tour of the Finnish National Archives 0

I’m in Helsinki for the 9th Nordic Jazz Conference, at which I was doing a presentation about jazz on the internet, and my role in Rhythm Changes – a 3 year jazz research project I’m working on. The conference was held in the Finnish National Archive building – and today we had a bit of [...]