by JAK | Jul 17, 2012 | music
Every so often I come across something very like musical sonar. When I listen another part of me feels the connection. A great musical performance is a series of magic moments – a fleeting array of light and shade. I get to spend time with architects, musicians...
by JAK | Jul 14, 2012 | culture, music
Today is an overcast but beautiful day in Auckland. Its perfect for a bike ride and a swim but then in my world every day is perfect for those. Have you ever had one of those days where you are really happy but you want to weep at the same time? We live in...
by JAK | Jul 10, 2012 | culture, music
They say there is nothing better than the smell of gunpowder in the morning but a bright red guitar on a music stage goes one better for me. I love going along to live music gigs and so Southern Fried Sundays which happens on the last Sunday each month was a...
by JAK | Jul 10, 2012 | music, swimming
Going to a new city is an chance to try out a new swimming pool. I love to swim and the best way to unwind after a flight or two is a few laps ( usually – quite a few ) and so last week I stopped in at the Moana Pool in Dunedin. This is a 50 m pool and is named...
by JAK | Jun 7, 2012 | big ideas, culture, music, TEDx
Yesterday New Zealanders had an extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus in transit across the face of the Sun on Wednesday the 6th of June. This opportunity will not occur again for 105 years. “From 10:15am until 4:43pm, viewers will be able to observe a...
by JAK | Jun 6, 2012 | big ideas, music, TEDx
I heard Linh speak in Sydney a week or so back and she is now 21 and still going strong. Here she is at TEDxChCh – Linh Do – Defying Social Norms for Social Change – from Oct 2010. “In this talk, Linh Do asks some important questions: What is...
