music

Music of the Marionettes

Five. Four. Three. Two. One. It seems hard to believe that Gerry Anderson, pioneer of Supermarionation and producer of classic kids' television like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet might have...

Jazz Can’t Get Enough

Jazz astounds Jazz confounds Jazz rebounds betwixt the soul and the bones Perpetual motion in search of a home Never at rest Aural physics of the blessed Jazz resounds As Mr....

Lily Allen: The New Arthur Scargill

Enjoy this blog as a podcast here or at iTunes. George Orwell wrote about Salvador Dali: "One ought to be able to hold in one's head...

Ideas: Worth Less, Worthless, or Worth Even More?

When the US was a young nation, it was greedy to learn and to grow. A good example is Benjamin Franklin a famous...

Do You Realize?? – Never Mix Politics with Rock and Roll

Do you realize how much trouble can be caused when politicians get messed up with music? I am not talking about asking your...

Twenty Alternative British Anthems (Part Two)

These days, there is a plethora of lists. Wherever you find them - on television, in magazines, even on Amazon.com - they always...

Twenty Alternative British Anthems (Part One)

If Britain was to select a new anthem, how would it go? Probably, thanks to a combination of political meddling and Eurovision-style voting...

Save the Emo

I was at the Reading Festival (a music festival in Reading, Berkshire, England - not a festival about reading books) a few years ago,...

Selling Bits of Music

The music industry really is turning completely bonkers. First, Radiohead sell an entire album for whatever people fancy paying, from UK£0.00 to UK£99.99...

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This website showcases content created by Eric Priezkalns, who also uses the pen name Ray Blank when writing science fiction. It includes stories, essays, poems, short films and audio recordings.

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