Friday, 13 June 2008

Listening Notes

Since I came out of Charing Cross this time I have been listening to Radio 3 a lot when I am at home, which has been an enjoyable and wide ranging experience.  

Recently I purchased the new Portishead LP, and my first feeling when I heard it was the pieces were so short! (Insubstantial?) Once I got past that, and accepted it for what it is, then I enjoyed the sonic mini-world they have have created.  It is odd that I have spent 25 years in the studio making almost exclusively short pieces.  I guess that is pop.

I have never been a fan of Paul Weller, but the revues of 22 Dreams have been so interesting that I was moved to buy that album too - and I have really been enjoying it.  A deep and wide ranging excursion.

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