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Columbia Clef

Posted in Uncategorized on 12/09/2023| Leave a Comment »

Columbia Clef (LINK to AROUND & AROUND) was the UK version of Norman Granz’s specialist jazz label. Whether you like the music or not, the label is worth a good look for David Stone Martin’s artwork, which makes some discs highly collectible.

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Never Have I Ever – review

Posted in Uncategorized on 08/09/2023| Leave a Comment »

Follow link to my review of NEVER HAVE I EVER by Deborah Frances-White at Chichester Minerva Theatre. It’s the world premier and running until the end of September so there’s ample time to see it. It’s set in a boutique restaurant run by Jacq and Kas. It’s about to go belly-up and they have to tell their friends, who invested in it. Heavy drinking and a game of ‘Never have I ever …’ ensues. It’s worth seeing though I suggest several improvements (arrogantly).

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Columbia (EMI)

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/09/2023| 1 Comment »

Columbia was EMI’s main popular music label. This very long, heavily illustrated piece at AROUNDANDAROUND.com traces the development and demise of the label. LINK here to Columbia (EMI).

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Macbeth – RSC 2023 review

Posted in Uncategorized on 03/09/2023| Leave a Comment »

Follow the link to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2023 production of MACBETH. This is a version with an all Scottish cast. It claims to be set in a future dystopia in Scotland, which does not explain why half the cast are wearing cast-offs from a Kurosawa movie. Reuben Joseph plays Macbeth crdibly, but it’s the longest version of the play I’ve seen, and good ideas add up to something of a mess. Worst of all is the insistence on 50/50 male female casting in the most male play of all. Meet Queen Duncan and Mrs Banquo.

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