Kevin Burrell
@k-burrell.bsky.social
Reading books, listening to jazz, making photos, hoping for a better world
The Jazz Tome – Jazz liner notes, reviews, and ephemera
thejazztome.info
February 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
From our trip to Venice last week. Just a higher shutter speed away from being a decent photo. Next time…
February 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From our trip to Venice last week. Just a higher shutter speed away from being a decent photo. Next time…
Great to see one of my favourite photographers is now posting new work here
February 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Great to see one of my favourite photographers is now posting new work here
When you’ve read a book twice on your kindle, have loved every page, and decide you need a real copy for the next reading.
February 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When you’ve read a book twice on your kindle, have loved every page, and decide you need a real copy for the next reading.
Maybe not so modern. My O Level text book in 1976. Introduced at an early age to Hemingway, Lawrence, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and lots of great white writers (and drinkers). We’ve moved on in terms of inclusion of race, gender and sexuality, but nonetheless an early immersion into some fine writing.
January 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Maybe not so modern. My O Level text book in 1976. Introduced at an early age to Hemingway, Lawrence, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and lots of great white writers (and drinkers). We’ve moved on in terms of inclusion of race, gender and sexuality, but nonetheless an early immersion into some fine writing.
My next neglected book, inspired by a comment by Sam on the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social podcast. I’ve had this on the shelf since c. 1992
I’m looking for a better balance of new books / rereading favourites / neglected books from the shelf this year.
I’m looking for a better balance of new books / rereading favourites / neglected books from the shelf this year.
January 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My next neglected book, inspired by a comment by Sam on the latest @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social podcast. I’ve had this on the shelf since c. 1992
I’m looking for a better balance of new books / rereading favourites / neglected books from the shelf this year.
I’m looking for a better balance of new books / rereading favourites / neglected books from the shelf this year.
Some pearls of new wisdom for our complex and challenging world from @theartsfuse.bsky.social
Happy New Year! A collection of a some memorable quotes, words that have stung or sustained me over the past 12 months.
"How much time do you devote each day to thinking?" -- Simone Weil
artsfuse.org/302607/speci...
"How much time do you devote each day to thinking?" -- Simone Weil
artsfuse.org/302607/speci...
Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year - The Arts Fuse
A collection of quotes that have stung or sustained me over the past 12 months.
artsfuse.org
January 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Some pearls of new wisdom for our complex and challenging world from @theartsfuse.bsky.social
The Conversation experts music list is way more interesting than the book list - lots of independent and less well known music compared to the book list - and Crowded House 🤔
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
The ten best albums of 2024 – according to music experts
From Charli XCX’s global domination with Brat to Kendrick Lamar’s rap game-changing GNX, these are the best albums of 2024 according to our academic experts.
theconversation.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
The Conversation experts music list is way more interesting than the book list - lots of independent and less well known music compared to the book list - and Crowded House 🤔
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
This a rather conservative list, albeit with some excellent books included. Maybe experts only read best sellers or prize shortlists?
Independent publishers have been hugely under-represented on nearly all of the “Best fiction of 2024” lists I’ve seen.
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
Independent publishers have been hugely under-represented on nearly all of the “Best fiction of 2024” lists I’ve seen.
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts
These are the ten books that made the most lasting impression on our expert reviewers
theconversation.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:32 AM
This a rather conservative list, albeit with some excellent books included. Maybe experts only read best sellers or prize shortlists?
Independent publishers have been hugely under-represented on nearly all of the “Best fiction of 2024” lists I’ve seen.
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
Independent publishers have been hugely under-represented on nearly all of the “Best fiction of 2024” lists I’ve seen.
theconversation.com/the-ten-best...
How good a writer do you have to be to post such a sharp, funny, incisive review of a crazy football match 10 minutes after the final whistle? Quite brilliant.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Spurs’ Solanke helps send Manchester United out amid chaotic Carabao Cup tie
Dominic Solanke struck in each half as Tottenham sent Manchester United out of the Carabao Cup in a frenzied 4-3 win despite Fraser Forster’s errors
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
How good a writer do you have to be to post such a sharp, funny, incisive review of a crazy football match 10 minutes after the final whistle? Quite brilliant.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I’ve relaxed into this and now finding it enjoyable enough - but there’s a fresh copy of To the Lighthouse next to the bed making me a little impatient to get to the end. If it was a movie I might fast forward - just a little.
Is there a right time to give up on a book? I’m 140 pages into this and not getting much from the experience.
I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.
I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.
December 16, 2024 at 7:45 PM
I’ve relaxed into this and now finding it enjoyable enough - but there’s a fresh copy of To the Lighthouse next to the bed making me a little impatient to get to the end. If it was a movie I might fast forward - just a little.
The perfect length for a side of vinyl?
This sounds so dynamic - and is my favourite non jazz record of the year
But still not sure about coloured vinyl. I know black vinyl is coloured but it just looks better IMO
This sounds so dynamic - and is my favourite non jazz record of the year
But still not sure about coloured vinyl. I know black vinyl is coloured but it just looks better IMO
December 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM
The perfect length for a side of vinyl?
This sounds so dynamic - and is my favourite non jazz record of the year
But still not sure about coloured vinyl. I know black vinyl is coloured but it just looks better IMO
This sounds so dynamic - and is my favourite non jazz record of the year
But still not sure about coloured vinyl. I know black vinyl is coloured but it just looks better IMO
Is there a right time to give up on a book? I’m 140 pages into this and not getting much from the experience.
I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.
I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.
December 13, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Is there a right time to give up on a book? I’m 140 pages into this and not getting much from the experience.
I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.
I’m very aware that sometimes I only realise how good a book was once I’ve finished it.
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December 1, 2024 at 9:57 AM
There remains a lot of need across Oxford City. Please support if you can www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/oma2024
Having been guilty for many years of buying more books than I can read, an early resolution for 2025 is to try to read a neglected purchase for every two new books. To begin, Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy bought, according to the receipt still inside, in 1993 #books #booksky
November 23, 2024 at 1:39 PM