Friday, April 29, 2005
Put the guitar down grandad!
AK's so slack he can't even be bothered to title his entries.
Was watching The Culture Show on BBC2 last night whilst eating the worst dinner I think I've ever made myself. I was too lazy to go to the shops or cook something decent... anyway. The Culture Show had an article about the Cream reunion gigs at the Royal Albert Hall. Their feature was all about why in classical music, or Jazz say, it was ok for performers to get older and carry on playing, in fact they respected their musicianship etc. even more but in rock'n'roll it seems that once you reach a certain age you are considered totally past it.
It was an interesting debate anyway, I know I've improved loads as a musician and musically in the last few years and I reckon I'll keep getting better. Luckily I don't care if people think I'm past it. Basically, if they're good enough they're young enough.
Just remember Dis'Guys.
I'm off to Scotland until Tuesday 10th May so you probably won't get any blog entries from me. There's loads of great gig stuff going on in between, next tuesday at Po Na Na, The Palestinians, Pete and the Pirates, Heartwear Process and Rebus is one of the best line-ups I've ever seen of local bands. Don't drink too much at the beer festival.
Was watching The Culture Show on BBC2 last night whilst eating the worst dinner I think I've ever made myself. I was too lazy to go to the shops or cook something decent... anyway. The Culture Show had an article about the Cream reunion gigs at the Royal Albert Hall. Their feature was all about why in classical music, or Jazz say, it was ok for performers to get older and carry on playing, in fact they respected their musicianship etc. even more but in rock'n'roll it seems that once you reach a certain age you are considered totally past it.
It was an interesting debate anyway, I know I've improved loads as a musician and musically in the last few years and I reckon I'll keep getting better. Luckily I don't care if people think I'm past it. Basically, if they're good enough they're young enough.
Just remember Dis'Guys.
I'm off to Scotland until Tuesday 10th May so you probably won't get any blog entries from me. There's loads of great gig stuff going on in between, next tuesday at Po Na Na, The Palestinians, Pete and the Pirates, Heartwear Process and Rebus is one of the best line-ups I've ever seen of local bands. Don't drink too much at the beer festival.
# posted by Mike @ 12:23 
