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Stephen Pieper

| January 28, 2020

‘Always finding nice things in a tragic situation’ - Robert Wyatt at 75 (Morning Star)

MILES ELLINGHAM meets the unique left-wing singer with his partner and muse Alfreda Benge at their Lincolnshire redoubt

My On This Day page reminded me that it’s Robert Wyatt’s birthday. Here’s a new interview with him in The Morning Star.

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Stephen Pieper

| January 13, 2020

Leonard Rossiter: A difficult man - Comedy Chronicles - British Comedy Guide (British Comedy Guide)

In this edition of Comedy Chronicles, Graham McCann looks at the remarkable career of actor Leonard Rossiter, and one fateful meeting that lost him a part in an iconic BBC sitcom.

Nice bit of UK sitcom history and insight into one of the great comedy actors here.

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Stephen Pieper

| January 11, 2020

Love remains, though everything is lost | Philip Wilding | Writer, Journalist & Radio Producer (Philip Wilding | Writer, Journalist & Radio Producer)

Memories fall towards you sometimes, like brown leaves out of the blue of the sky. The thunder of drums coming through the wall backstage at a long defunct outdoor arena on the outskirts of Nashville. The eve of the R30 tour, myself, Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee mid-interview, I’d already spoken to Neil in his dressing room across the hall, seated next to a drum-kit the size of which can best be described as ominous.

Beautiful and moving tribute to Neil Peart. I’m still coming to terms with this.

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Stephen Pieper

| January 11, 2020

Rush's Neil Peart: unassuming, thunderous drummer who became a music legend (The Guardian)

The Rush drummer, who has died at 67, was worshipped by fans and beloved by friends

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Stephen Pieper

| January 9, 2020

Doors drummer John Densmore: ‘It took me years to forgive Jim Morrison’ (the Guardian)

When he was at the centre of the US counterculture, he lived in terror of his bandmate. Yet after the singer’s death, he fought ferociously to protect his legacy. But, he says, he still regrets not calling out Morrison on his abusive relationships with women

This is really good. I’ve always really admired John Densmore’s refusal to sell out to advertisers.

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Stephen Pieper

| December 27, 2019

Georges Perec: A User's Manual (frieze.com)

Georges Perec and the Oulipians: Almost all literature is written according to some form of convention or conceit. Such constraints are as old as literature itself, but it was not until the late 50s that a small group of (mainly French) writers arrived at the conclusion that these restrictions had been fully and terminally explored.

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Stephen Pieper

| December 24, 2019

An Attempt to See Paris Through the Eyes of Georges Perec (Literary Hub)

Date: January 9, 2019 Time: 2:10-5:00 pm Location: Café de la Mairie Weather: Cold and gray I’m in Paris for a week, and I have been sitting in a lot of cafes. Yesterday I sat in cafés for six hour…

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Stephen Pieper

| December 17, 2019

'He was a musical warlock': reflecting on Frank Zappa's greatest album at 50 (the Guardian)

The 50th anniversary of the experimental musician’s album Hot Rats carries with it resurfaced material and a re-examination of its finer points

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