For about two months now I've been waiting for and then recovering from a major surgery. As a result I've been consuming a lot of electronic media. It's been a steep learning curve looking for something new to consume as I rapidly used up known territory. Of all the material I found, the most impressive … Continue reading Civilisation: A Personal View
This is a vegan dish to spread on bread instead of cheese and butter. This works well with red kidney beans, chick peas, chana dal. 150g (dry weight) will make 6 or more portions. Soak beans overnight in plenty of cold water (say 450g). Drain, cover with plenty of water and bring to the boil. … Continue reading Bean Pâté
I came across this rather lovely clip where, at 2:34, Idris Elba plays a guitar and gets Paul McCartney to guess some chords without looking. Paul says "This could be embarrassing", meaning for himself, and Idris, thinking Paul meant embarrassing for Idris, says "Yeah, do you remember the time you pulled out a guitar in … Continue reading Idris Elba, Paul McCartney and the mutation of chord memory
Note: I wrote this piece about 6 years ago, but somehow it got lost. I found it again today and thought it was worth revisiting. At the station I spot the friendly barista who works in the local coffee shop where I like to sit and write. He seems delighted whenever he sees me in … Continue reading The Elephant House
It is a well known fact, that I discovered accidentally, that garlic turns blue when you pickle it. The recipe could not be simpler. Heat jar(s) and lid(s)(resealable) in the oven at 100C. Peel garlic cloves, larger ones are easier. Heat vinegar in a pan to nearly boiling(I used distilled) and add some muscovado sugar. … Continue reading Pickled Garlic
UPDATE 25th April 2024: I've revised this recipe to reflect my current practice. I've been baking sourdough bread since the start of lockdown in March 2020. In this post I'll describe my process now. I'll try to make it as simple as possible. Note that all the measurements here are approximate. Starter I begged some … Continue reading Simple Sourdough Bread
I've been looking at another tune that seems very familiar, but that has a couple of corners in it that up until now I've never untwisted, Like Someone In Love. It was written by Jimmy Van Heusen for a 1944 movie called Belle Of The Yukon (which I probably don't ever want to see), and … Continue reading The First 8 Bars Of “Like Someone In Love”
A lot of fakebooks and other sources give the middle eight of Softly As In The Morning Sunrise (in the key of Cm / Eb) as: | Eb | ./. | C7b9 | ./. || Fm | F#dim | DØ | G7b9| I've never been able to make sense of the change F#dim | DØ. … Continue reading The Middle 8 Of Softly
This is a recipe for pickled chillies that I made today, based partly on what my father-in-law Grandpa Josh used to make, and partly on all the recipes that I see on the webs, for example this one. I put a 900ml jar and lid in the oven at 100C to sterilise. I put in … Continue reading Pickled Chillies
Here's another post in a series on simplifying chords for soloing. This is not rocket science, so advanced players don't need to read it. Lockdown has been a good time for revisiting standards that I learned in my jazz infancy and haven't reconsidered since. Tunes for which I worked out an approach based on my … Continue reading The pitfalls of Fake Books
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