Saturday, August 11, 2007

Elephants on tightropes...

Playlist
Miles Davis – The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (6CD Box)
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Miles Davis – Miles in the Sky
Miles Davis – Seven Steps to Heaven
Miles Davis – Sorcerer
Miles Davis – The Essential Miles Davis
Miles Davis – TuTu
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Ersatzreal
Marillion - RadiationEmerson Lake & Palmer - Black Moon
Sparks - Interior Design
Jansen/Barbieri/Karn – Seed
David Cross & Naomi Maki – Unbounded
John Cage – Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
Robert Fripp - The Society For Ethical Culture, New York 25/6/05
Konrad Wiszniewski - Konrad Wiszniewski
Jonatha Brook - 10 Cent Wings

Up at 4:38 - couldn't sleep so listened to some more Miles Davis...

Back to bed at 5:20 and then up again at 6:30 and worked on the stats I've collated re my listening habits from May 2006 to April 2007...

More CDs arrived from e-bay - David Cross and Jansen/Barbieri/Karn - it's becoming a daily occurrence now that FOPP is closed...

11:45 to "The Simpsons Movie" with Anne...

I love "The Simpsons" and the movie was great but probably not quite as funny as four episodes in a row would have been - there was a certain amount of sacrifice to the movie genre unfortunately...

Then to my mum's for a couple of hours to see how she's doing - answer? She's doing just fine...

Back home and Anne listened to the footie on the radio while I practised some songs (for no particular reason - I've been offered a couple of gigs during the festival but have had to turn them down due to my going to see others performing...)

After dinner and doing the dishes, we set off into town for tonight's show, "On Danse" at the Playhouse...



This was brilliant - the music of Rameau crossed with Modern Dance and huge Video Screens...

Ballet, contemporary, African and breakdance with a stunning backdrop featuring lions, giant bunnies, tightrope walking elephants and erm, naked trampolinists...

Rameau's rhythms were strangely ideal for the dance moves and the juxtaposition worked superbly...

Back home just in time for "Match of the Day" and the start of the new season - Anne is now a Sunderland supporter...

Highlight of the Day : On Danse

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