All Fours
Her mood was a little off when I arrived. Or, not off (who was I to judge?), just unfamiliar. She took a long time hanging up my coat. “Are you okay?” But she didn’t do well with direct questions like that. As per our ritual we immediately went grocery...
Landmarks
I am wary of the dangers of fetishizing dialect and archaism – all that mollocking and sukebinding Stella Gibbons spoofed so brilliantly in Cold Comfort Farm (1932). Wary, too, of being seen to advocate a tyranny of the nominal – a taxonomic need to point and name,...
Akilter – for the brothers
Philonise Floyd’s incredible speech in tribute to his brother George inspired and features in this mix.
we all out here
With title and inspiration from the excellent We Out Here compilation this is straight out the best jazz compilation you’ll hear for our times. Oh, and it changes every day!