Apropos of Nothing: rare Tom Waits interview

As far as I’m aware, Tom Waits gave only one interview for his last album. It was for the Take 5 radio show on ABC (Australia), with Zan Rowe. And it’s a real gem. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/take-5/tom-waits-take-5/9671280 The format of the show is a bit like Desert Island Discs, where musicians pick 5 tracks from their heroes… Continue reading Apropos of Nothing: rare Tom Waits interview

Apropos of Nothing: Colourised Historical Photographs

This month I have been mostly marvelling at colourised historical photographs. Hardly a new phenomenon, particularly on the internet. But it recently struck me just how much of a difference it made to the photos adding that one ingredient: colour. Because we all know that grainy black and white photographs happened in The Past. In… Continue reading Apropos of Nothing: Colourised Historical Photographs

Covers of John Cage’s 4m 33s

That’s right, my little wolfcubs: covers in the plural. Is it a gimmick? Yes, probably. But then, isn’t the original piece a gimmick? So here are a few genre interpretations (and I’m not even including covers by the likes of Frank Zappa and Living Color): First, the original: Then, the famous Death Metal version:

Apropos of Nothing: Jessica Mitford Facts

Jessica Lucy ‘Decca’ Freeman-Mitford was one of the six legendary Mitford Sisters — caricatured by The Times journalist Ben Macintyre as “Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-lover; Nancy the Novelist; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur”. In this very well-connected aristocratic family, Jessica was known as the “red sheep”.… Continue reading Apropos of Nothing: Jessica Mitford Facts