Andrew McKenzie
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I went to see the Diane Arbus exhibition in London, 45 pictures, highly recommended. (Though the city is a trifle too busy for my liking.)
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I went to see the Diane Arbus exhibition in London, 45 pictures, highly recommended. (Though the city is a trifle too busy for my liking.)
Musicians I've been to see in the last month:
. Tim Berne trio
. Mark Ribot solo
. Laura Jurd Quintet
. Evan Parker + Trance Map
. Fezz (Steely Dan tribute)
. Sam Eastmond's 12-tet
. John Bisset + Phil Minton
. Rachel Musson Quartet
. Gerry Hemingway + Izumi Kimura
. Neil Metcalfe trio
. Kim Cypher
. Tim Berne trio
. Mark Ribot solo
. Laura Jurd Quintet
. Evan Parker + Trance Map
. Fezz (Steely Dan tribute)
. Sam Eastmond's 12-tet
. John Bisset + Phil Minton
. Rachel Musson Quartet
. Gerry Hemingway + Izumi Kimura
. Neil Metcalfe trio
. Kim Cypher
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Musicians I've been to see in the last month:
. Tim Berne trio
. Mark Ribot solo
. Laura Jurd Quintet
. Evan Parker + Trance Map
. Fezz (Steely Dan tribute)
. Sam Eastmond's 12-tet
. John Bisset + Phil Minton
. Rachel Musson Quartet
. Gerry Hemingway + Izumi Kimura
. Neil Metcalfe trio
. Kim Cypher
. Tim Berne trio
. Mark Ribot solo
. Laura Jurd Quintet
. Evan Parker + Trance Map
. Fezz (Steely Dan tribute)
. Sam Eastmond's 12-tet
. John Bisset + Phil Minton
. Rachel Musson Quartet
. Gerry Hemingway + Izumi Kimura
. Neil Metcalfe trio
. Kim Cypher
I finally caught Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Was glad to see Nigel Tufnel now has a vast array of guitar pedals, including one that looks like a slice of pizza and sounds like a man singing through a duck.
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I finally caught Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Was glad to see Nigel Tufnel now has a vast array of guitar pedals, including one that looks like a slice of pizza and sounds like a man singing through a duck.
I went to see One Battle After Another. Leonardo DiCaprio is first a violent revolutionary, later a brain-frazzled addict with a teenage daughter. I was tense and excited almost throughout. There are nuns and elderly nazis, a groovy 17/8 riff during the chase, some jagged atonal piano. Recommended.
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I went to see One Battle After Another. Leonardo DiCaprio is first a violent revolutionary, later a brain-frazzled addict with a teenage daughter. I was tense and excited almost throughout. There are nuns and elderly nazis, a groovy 17/8 riff during the chase, some jagged atonal piano. Recommended.
I went to see Omega Institute this week. Aidan Searle drums, Jeff Green bass, Nigel Bryant oscillators. Most enjoyable. Propulsive and slightly unstable grooves, plus lots of squawking buzzing bubbling and screeching. Just what I needed, I'd like to see them again.
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September 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I went to see Omega Institute this week. Aidan Searle drums, Jeff Green bass, Nigel Bryant oscillators. Most enjoyable. Propulsive and slightly unstable grooves, plus lots of squawking buzzing bubbling and screeching. Just what I needed, I'd like to see them again.
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I enjoyed seeing The Talented Mr Ripley at the Everyman. Ten actors: at one point most of them were depicting a woozy memory of his cruel aunt. It's quite densely plotty, as he casually bumps people off and shuttles around Europe, juggling the contradictory lies he tells. I'm gonna reread the novel.
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I enjoyed seeing The Talented Mr Ripley at the Everyman. Ten actors: at one point most of them were depicting a woozy memory of his cruel aunt. It's quite densely plotty, as he casually bumps people off and shuttles around Europe, juggling the contradictory lies he tells. I'm gonna reread the novel.
I went to Bristol Fringe and saw Laura Jurd, Raph Clarkson + Rebecca Nash playing a bunch of Kenny Wheeler tunes. As a long-time KW fan (ever since Gnu High + Deer Wan) I reckon they did a really good job bringing to life his morose compositions, including Kind Folk, Everybody's Song, Heyoke. Fab.
September 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I went to Bristol Fringe and saw Laura Jurd, Raph Clarkson + Rebecca Nash playing a bunch of Kenny Wheeler tunes. As a long-time KW fan (ever since Gnu High + Deer Wan) I reckon they did a really good job bringing to life his morose compositions, including Kind Folk, Everybody's Song, Heyoke. Fab.
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I went to see Bill Bailey at Tewkesbury Roses this week. He played Happy Birthday as a Kurt Weill tune, Coldplay as a Turkish folk song, Pachelbel's Canon as a Kraftwerk number. He played keyboard, two guitars, a saz-bouzouki / bouzouki-saz, a foot-operated bass drum, a laser harp, and the bagpipes.
August 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I went to see Bill Bailey at Tewkesbury Roses this week. He played Happy Birthday as a Kurt Weill tune, Coldplay as a Turkish folk song, Pachelbel's Canon as a Kraftwerk number. He played keyboard, two guitars, a saz-bouzouki / bouzouki-saz, a foot-operated bass drum, a laser harp, and the bagpipes.
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Not all heroes wear capes. For example this morning I am wearing shorts and a T shirt.
August 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Not all heroes wear capes. For example this morning I am wearing shorts and a T shirt.
I bought six novels by Gwendoline Riley. Have enjoyed three of them, all have similar characters. Each features a dissatisfied young woman with little or unfocused ambition, problematic parents, difficult relationships. I really like her flat, intense, downbeat style and focus on humdrum details.
August 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I bought six novels by Gwendoline Riley. Have enjoyed three of them, all have similar characters. Each features a dissatisfied young woman with little or unfocused ambition, problematic parents, difficult relationships. I really like her flat, intense, downbeat style and focus on humdrum details.
I went to see Reggie Watts at Walthamstow: I'm grateful to be living in the same simulation as him.
August 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I went to see Reggie Watts at Walthamstow: I'm grateful to be living in the same simulation as him.
I saw The Other Way Around, a quiet Spanish film. A couple split up after 15 years together, and throw a big party. Most of the film is them telling everyone they know. Throughout the film the woman is editing a film, namely the film we're watching, and discussing what its faults might be. Good film
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I saw The Other Way Around, a quiet Spanish film. A couple split up after 15 years together, and throw a big party. Most of the film is them telling everyone they know. Throughout the film the woman is editing a film, namely the film we're watching, and discussing what its faults might be. Good film
Scary lions in Eastgate shopping centre.
July 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Scary lions in Eastgate shopping centre.
I went to hear Rachel Musson at Centrala, Brum. I heard what sounded like at least 3 parallel sounds looping in real time: saxes/flutes/sounds of nature/weird electronics, in subtle counterpoint, multi-textured, gently rising and falling away.
The latest in a run of gigs I've enjoyed, thanks to TDE.
The latest in a run of gigs I've enjoyed, thanks to TDE.
July 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I went to hear Rachel Musson at Centrala, Brum. I heard what sounded like at least 3 parallel sounds looping in real time: saxes/flutes/sounds of nature/weird electronics, in subtle counterpoint, multi-textured, gently rising and falling away.
The latest in a run of gigs I've enjoyed, thanks to TDE.
The latest in a run of gigs I've enjoyed, thanks to TDE.
I went to see Woof Heckle in Digbeth: Liam Noble, Caius Williams, Will Glaser, Tara Cunningham. Cacophonous, fissiparous, disintegrational, stimulating. (Thanks as always to TDE.)
June 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I went to see Woof Heckle in Digbeth: Liam Noble, Caius Williams, Will Glaser, Tara Cunningham. Cacophonous, fissiparous, disintegrational, stimulating. (Thanks as always to TDE.)
I've acquired this piano-like thing. Once it's plugged in I might do some grades, and then I might learn some Latin.
June 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I've acquired this piano-like thing. Once it's plugged in I might do some grades, and then I might learn some Latin.
I saw The Ballad Of Wallis Island: really good, Tim Key made me chuckle a good deal, the others made me weep in sympathy. You'll probably like it too.
June 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I saw The Ballad Of Wallis Island: really good, Tim Key made me chuckle a good deal, the others made me weep in sympathy. You'll probably like it too.
I went to see Joe McPhee, Susanna Gartmayer, Maria Portugal & John Edwards, an intercontinental quartet. Worked superbly together, they were excellent: playing, singing, reciting, yelling, mostly improvising, but at one point openly singing my funny valentine. I loved it and got a cd. Thanks to TDE!
June 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I went to see Joe McPhee, Susanna Gartmayer, Maria Portugal & John Edwards, an intercontinental quartet. Worked superbly together, they were excellent: playing, singing, reciting, yelling, mostly improvising, but at one point openly singing my funny valentine. I loved it and got a cd. Thanks to TDE!
I saw The Phoenician Scheme: quirky, geometrical, mannered, whimsically amusing. I liked.
May 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I saw The Phoenician Scheme: quirky, geometrical, mannered, whimsically amusing. I liked.
A great gig at Cafe Oto on Monday: Xhosa Cole, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders. Creative, varied, imaginative collective improv. Thanks to Tony Dudley Evans as always for organising.
May 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A great gig at Cafe Oto on Monday: Xhosa Cole, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders. Creative, varied, imaginative collective improv. Thanks to Tony Dudley Evans as always for organising.
I saw When Autumn Falls at The Roses. A French grandmother poisons her daughter with mushrooms. Was it on purpose? I don't think so. The daughter survives, but some time later falls from her balcony and dies. Was she pushed? Possibly - we're not told. A beautiful, thoughtful, ambiguous film.
May 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I saw When Autumn Falls at The Roses. A French grandmother poisons her daughter with mushrooms. Was it on purpose? I don't think so. The daughter survives, but some time later falls from her balcony and dies. Was she pushed? Possibly - we're not told. A beautiful, thoughtful, ambiguous film.
I saw Slade In Flame from the 1970s at The Sherborne. The sound in there means I can only understand speech when Tom Conti is speaking. But I perked up when Slade started playing Monkeys Can't Swing, loud and raucous and absolutely swings. This is a proper film with proper acting, I liked.
May 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I saw Slade In Flame from the 1970s at The Sherborne. The sound in there means I can only understand speech when Tom Conti is speaking. But I perked up when Slade started playing Monkeys Can't Swing, loud and raucous and absolutely swings. This is a proper film with proper acting, I liked.
I saw Four Mothers at The Roses. Four white haired elderly ladies with quirky attitudes & firm preferences. Their four sons are all gay. One sleeps in his car, but only because the four ladies are staying in his house. Mildly amusing, jaunty, unexciting, but over and done with in 90 minutes.
May 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I saw Four Mothers at The Roses. Four white haired elderly ladies with quirky attitudes & firm preferences. Their four sons are all gay. One sleeps in his car, but only because the four ladies are staying in his house. Mildly amusing, jaunty, unexciting, but over and done with in 90 minutes.
I saw The Surfer, a film starring Nicolas Cage, the jazz musician of American acting, as a wealthy man who somehow over a couple of days becomes a bum living in a broken down car near the beach. The Australian heat is palpable, he drinks from puddles and eats a rat. Slightly bonkers, I liked it.
May 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I saw The Surfer, a film starring Nicolas Cage, the jazz musician of American acting, as a wealthy man who somehow over a couple of days becomes a bum living in a broken down car near the beach. The Australian heat is palpable, he drinks from puddles and eats a rat. Slightly bonkers, I liked it.