Pandemic Planning 1580 Style

Pandemic Planning 1580 Style

As unprecedented as Covid-19 is we have all been here before. This is not the first time the human population has faced off against a pandemic. The Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 was started because some local merchants wanted shiny new cloth. They broke the...
James McNeish – Books – The Sixth Man and others

James McNeish – Books – The Sixth Man and others

In New Zealand we have have had a 4.5 week lockdown and now we are 2 days into a still restricted time period to help manage the health risks from covid-19. There are many responses to this kind of enforced stay at home but one of my first thoughts was finally I can...
Return of the Jokerman

Return of the Jokerman

This week in lockdown viewing I wanted to take in some music films and I had another shot at watching the Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)  I had started watching it when it showed up on my Netflix recommendations list but given up...
Music as a circus or a place of revelation

Music as a circus or a place of revelation

I was listening to some live music last night* and one of the performers said something like here is a song about some of the monkeys in my circus. Your circus will be different but we all have monkeys. He had me at monkeys. That is a great way to make a connection...