Magnificent – it was
Seeing Elbow perform songs from ‘Little Fictions‘ at the Hammersmith Apollo last night confirmed the strength of the new album. ‘Magnificent’, in particular, lived up to…
Game Plan: Board Games Rediscovered
As far as markontour was concerned, board games started in about 1976 with an animal-based memory card game. But, having been educated by the Museum of…
Early doors for Hockney
Tate Britain now opens its weekend doors from 8am for members, which markontour is taking as a sign of progress in otherwise dark times. So it…
Elbow’s Little Fictions – Album of the Week #15
My introduction to Elbow’s new LP, Little Fictions, has followed a familiar pattern to previous new output from one of my very favourite bands. On first…
There will be fun
One of my many short-lived obsessions as a boy was with magic. Not the black arts kind, but the Three Card Trick variety. Apparently my nieces…
Eugene Skeef and the Abantu Ensemble
Eugene Skeef and the Abantu Ensemble started an extraordinary performance at the British Museum last night with the sound of bird song. Not sampled sparrows, but…
Wanted: a proper London gig guide
It’s an odd thing in age where there’s an app or website for everything, but there doesn’t seem to be decent one-stop-shop London gig guide, or…
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
A friend’s older brother took us to see Gil Scott Heron in the back room of a Derby pub in about 1989. I loved his lyrics…
Why I love Leme Light
For the last three years I enjoyed the luxury of being required by reasons of my employment to visit Rio de Janeiro on a regular basis.…
Album of the Week #13 The Good the Bad and the Queen
I’ve been going back to The Good the Bad and the Queen a lot over the last few days. A good friend of mine died over…
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