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STING: GEORDIE IDENTITY AND SOME THOUGHTS ON THE LAST SHIP
I was back in Newcastle for one of Sting’s three The Last Ship shows, at The Sage in Gateshead last weekend. As I am in the closing stages of my book on Sting, it provided the perfect setting – … Continue reading
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Tagged akenside syndrome, Frank Zappa, Gateshead, Geordie, Geordie Identity, Jimmy Nail, joe starky, Newcastle, paul carr, sting, The Last Ship, The Sage, the Unthanks, The Wilson Family
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Sting and the Protest Song
I am presenting a paper relating to my Sting book in Limerick this month at a conference on music and protest. Here is an early draft of what I will be speaking about Introduction This paper will provide an overview … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Musicology, Sting
Tagged Arthur Koestler, Band Aid, Cueca, e Human Rights Concerts, George Lipsitz, Ghosts in the machine, Graceland, Human Rights Now! concerts, murder by numbers, Participation of Hope tour, paul carr, Paul Simon, Pinochet, protest song, sting, Synchronicity, The Rainforest Foundation, They Dance Alone, We Work The Black Seam, William Blake
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Psycoanalytic Approaches to Analysis and Musical Taste
As anyone who has read this blog will know, I have developed an ongoing interest in the ways in which music conveys meaning over the last few years. This has resulted in considering many academics’ thoughts – ranging from philosophers … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Music, Musicology, philosophy
Tagged Allan Moore, Celine Deon, Frank Zappa, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Immanuel Kant, music meaning, musical pleasure, musical taste, musicology, on the sensation of tone, phil tagg, philosophy, philosophy in a new key, phycoanalytical approaches, PSYCOANALYTIC, sting, Susanne Langer
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Update on Sting Book
I was in London last week doing some consultation for Pearson on the new A Level Music syllabus. The details of this are confidential, so I will use this post to provide an update on the other reason for my … Continue reading
Posted in Musicology
Tagged Acton, bayswater, flat, mike howlett, musicology, paul carrr, pearson, sting, strontium 90
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Well – its been a very long time since my last blog. Moving house got the better of me – so had no choice but to give in to the pressures 🙂 Anyway, I have just given a presentation at … Continue reading
Posted in Musicology
Tagged Frank Zappa, Geordie, Geordie Identity, Gordon Sumner, musicology, Newcastle, paul carr, sting
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Update on Current Projects: Sting and the Gravitational Pull of Newcastle
Just a quick update of some of my activities over the last month or so. So –Â not in any particular order – here goes. Firstly, last weekend I contributed to a radio show on The Alarm’s Mike Peters – … Continue reading
More Analysis of Social Space: Sting’s Dead Mans Boots
Last weeks post commenced with a discussion of the ways in which the background of a musical mix can resonate with the persona in a song – describing it as ‘Inert’, ‘Active’ or ‘oppositional’ (I still need more examples of … Continue reading
Posted in Musicology, podcast
Tagged Allan Moore, analysis, Dead Mans Boots, musicology, paul carr, Song Means, sting, The Last Ship
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Back to Blogging: More Zappa I am Afraid!
For a variety of reasons, over the last few months I have found it really difficult to find the time to blog – life has just been getting in the way. So – here is an attempt to get back … Continue reading
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