Nan Goldin “Heart-shaped bruise” New York, 1980.
Whispering Jack Smith “Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya Huh”, 1926.

Gosh don’t the weeks fly by…For the past week and a half I’ve been meaning to mention my enchanting encounter with the late 19th century French composer Jules Massenet’s beautiful and splendidly romantic Werther at the Vienna Opera House. The opera is based on Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther – a well-known Sturm und Drang novel from 1774 which tells the story of a young middle-class man, and his impossible love for the uncorrupted country dweller Charlotte.

Werther’s aria ‘Pourquoi me réveiller’, sung by the brilliant tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who’s beguiling voice never fails to expose us to the beautiful mystery of music…

Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjarne Nilsson’s
(quintessentially Scandinavian) short film from 2001.
Looking forward to seeing their new feature film ‘Sound of Noise’.
Music with a twist.

Directed by Solve Sundsbo
Music by Owen Pallett

On the road>Jan 26.The Railway.WINCHESTER.Jan 27.Mad Ferret.Preston.Jan 28.The Rainbow.Birmingham.Jan 29.Uncle Alberts.Middlesbrough.Jan 30.King Tuts Wah Wah Hut.Glasgow.Feb 10.Milo.LeedsFeb 11.The Portland Arms.Cambridge.Feb 12.Night & Day Cafe.Manchester.

That’s a little bit of my friend Dave.

Working on SB6…

I want yr sx (TBA version) by thebrownacid

The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.