Category Archives: Music
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Killing Joke last ruled the roost last night. The Ancienne Belgique is a good venue, a fact that becomes evident before you even reach the main hall. You can dump your belongings in a locker downstairs, so there’s no need … Continue reading
To Brussels For A Joke
It’s been silent on the blogging front of late, as you may have noticed. You may thing that means not much has been happening, but in fact, the opposite has been true. Something had to give, so there wasn’t any … Continue reading
Breaking The Silence
When Fenella asked me why the dining-room had no music source, it suddenly occurred to me that my Bowers & Wilkins wall-mount M-1 loudspeakers, lying in a box in the cellar, didn’t have to be mounted on the wall. They … Continue reading
Shop Til You Drop
As the sun in Iceland rises later and later each day, so, too, do we. After hauling ourselves out of the hotel at 10:30, we headed for Kaffi Hljómalind and had a modest breakfast of toast and macchiato. Eloïse played … Continue reading
Lisa In Antwerp
Yesterday, we all drove down to the Flemish capital, Antwerp. The reason was Lisa Gerrard’s concert at the Koningin Elisabethzaal. We’d rented two hotel rooms for the night, one for us and one for Sarah’s folks, who would be performing … Continue reading