Music

Bax of Delights

18th August 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

There have been quite a few occasions when one wished one was a fly on the wall to listen in on a conversation. The private discussion between Sir Arnold Bax, Master of the King’s Musick, [more…]

Soundies – The First Music Videos

16th August 2019 Going Postal 0

I subscribe to a 1940s Society publication and in one of the issues a year or two ago was where I first saw mentioned something called ‘Soundies’ that came along in the early part of [more…]

In Chaos there is Fertility

29th July 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

I would be very surprised if any of you good Going Postal readers would say of Sir Malcolm Arnold “never heard of him” when I tell you that he was the composer of film scores [more…]

Postcard from Bloodstock 2018

26th July 2019 Katabasis 0

I know, I know – in two months you’ll be seeing another piece from me. ‘Postcard from Bloodstock 2019’. What can I say, this is one of those posts I had been meaning to finish [more…]

Red Tape

21st July 2019 Going Postal 0

Tied up in Red Tape around a Death As some of you may remember my Mother died back at the end of March. She was nearly 100 so it was not really unexpected but [more…]

Jen the Blue Miniature Tribute

12th July 2019 Going Postal 0

Call me Doxie as I am the proud owner of one of those loud velcro sausages on four little legs. I grew up in Devon but now live in France. I used to be the [more…]

All that Jazz – Part 3 (1962-1965)

21st June 2019 Going Postal 0

“Blue Note Records are designed simply to serve the uncompromising expressions of hot jazz or swing, in general. Any particular style of playing which represents an authentic way of musical feeling is genuine expression. By [more…]

The History of Pop Music – 1990

14th June 2019 Philthetestmanager 0

Featured song: Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz (I & II) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]

How to Finger

14th June 2019 Going Postal 0

During a recent bout of insomnia caused by near-fatal man flu I tuned into the GP night shift to provide some distraction from the snuffling, hacking, wife-disturbing misery. It was only a tea-lit personal message [more…]