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- Wondrous, beautiful concert tonight by The Mornington Singers. Good chats in the pub after, *and* I made it to the last DART. #fb 4 days ago
- Excuse me, it's actually 'Take the power back' which is even better, IMO. 4 days ago
- 'The Wood Song' by The Indigo Girls is just lovely. My genius mix has gone to 'Killing in the name of' now. Also brilliant... 4 days ago
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Category Archives: Brilliant
The Good Book
AC Grayling, one of my very favourite writers and thinkers, talked at the Sydney Writer’s Festival yesterday about his latest work, the culmination of three decades of living as a philosopher. In ‘The Good Book’, Grayling aims to open up … Continue reading
Posted in Brilliant, Intellectual, togetherness
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50 people, one question
A beautiful video. If you haven’t watched it, then please do before you read on. The thing that struck me was the pacing of the video. We don’t hear the question until almost three minutes in. When we do, we … Continue reading
Posted in Brilliant, Ethical, Technical, togetherness
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Cuban Landscape with Rain
A beautiful performance of Leo Brouwer’s ‘Cuban Landscape with Rain’ by Dublin Guitar Quartet. I came across Leo Brouwer’s work while helping catalogue guitar music at The Victorian Music Library in Melbourne in November. One afternoon I popped out for … Continue reading
Posted in Brilliant, composers, lovely performances, Technical
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Jesu, Joy of “Man, that’s awesome!”
Stunning engineering, beautifully executed. We’ll forgive the slightly unmusical tempo fluctuations, yeah?!
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Brilliant
I’m starting a new set of categories for things that are ‘brilliant’. I thought about doing this after Susan Daly tweeted about Roddy Doyle’s short story of the same name (commissioned for this year’s St Patrick’s Day Festival). It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in beautiful minds, Brilliant
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