What nobody likes to say about arts funding is that from the 60s to the 90s the UK had 3 amazing funding schemes for young artists and musicians. The dole, student grants, and no university fees.
Nine minutes past nine on a Sunday evening; that time when I used to be frantically trying to do my homework. Those damned Etruscans! Where’s my protractor? What did Shakespeare mean by that?
The weather was wet and miserable today but things brightened a little when I followed a link to this album, The Stubborness Of Things by Peter Rogers (Bandcamp). I had one listen through and bought it soon after. My new “Good Things” Twitter list is bearing fruit already.
Delighted to report that CD copies of our new album 'The Life Of The Honey Bee and Other Moments of Clarity' have landed at Abel Ganz HQ.
We now have a TON of them to get through [responsible, socially distanced]… https://t.co/h0O0yBxvz3— Abel Ganz (@abelganz) June 20, 2020
First world problems. I’ve got two spare tickets for a big concert coming up and I can’t decide if sitting at the front or twelve rows back is better.
“You know, it's when people who proclaim themselves as "white supremacists" turn off Good Omens after the first few minutes, and then come on Twitter to tell me off, that I think sometimes a negative review is a marvelous and heartwarming thing. https://t.co/AwX3oclXaZ”
For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley. Last week, at a TED talk that became a global viral sensation, she told the tech billionaires they had broken democracy. What happened next?
“He played this beautiful guitar work on it. We met up at the Hall of Fame and everything. I kept looking at him, saying ‘We’re gonna sing together. We’re going to work together again.’”
Jon Anderson Reunites With Former YES Band Mates On New Albumhttps://t.co/HXWDBrvuks
— YESofficial (@yesofficial) March 11, 2019
