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— russell davies (@undermanager) August 30, 2015
I went to see enemblebash a couple of months ago. Very good. And they played a piece by Max Roach and M'Boom. I've been listening to M'Boom ever since. It sometimes gets too random and messy for me, but when it's tighter, more structured, it's lovely. Like 'In C' meets Junkyard.
Painted on the walls of the gallery
A lovely piece about the Wired style guide and a 'progressive' approach to grammar.
I found my own copy a little while ago.
Went to visit the Government Art Collection today. It's not a government privilege, anyone can go, you just have to keep your eye out for the occasional tours they do.
It's not the Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark-style warehouse you might imagine. Just a few smallish floors in a modest building off Tottenham Court Road. And most of the good stuff is 'out' - in Ministerial offices or Embassies - but it's still a fascinating hour.
We weren't allowed to take pictures of the art (because 'copyright') but actually the most evocative thing was seeing the title of something ('Everything Beautiful is Far Away') on the back of a picture, leaning against a wall.
There's no way the actual art could live up to the expectation of that title (which I've subsequently discovered is also a Grandaddy lyric.)
Twelve years of blogging
