Dr Peter Starie
@stariep.bsky.social
Music, politics, history, art, photos, Southsea/Portsmouth & West Ham ⚒
Yes, saw it in person on Thursday afternoon!
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Yes, saw it in person on Thursday afternoon!
Justice in sociology, harmony in art: same thing - Signac.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Justice in sociology, harmony in art: same thing - Signac.
Brilliant new 3rd album by Emma Rawicz
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Brilliant new 3rd album by Emma Rawicz
An artist at work (I live somewhere in this evolving Portsmouth street art mural).
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An artist at work (I live somewhere in this evolving Portsmouth street art mural).
Roy Harper still delivering the goods at 84 years of age. A bit croaky but soldiering through. Marvelous stuff. Ably supported by his son, Nick Harper.
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Roy Harper still delivering the goods at 84 years of age. A bit croaky but soldiering through. Marvelous stuff. Ably supported by his son, Nick Harper.
A brilliant and intense performance by @sofasound.bsky.social (Peter Hammill) at the @rncmlive.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A brilliant and intense performance by @sofasound.bsky.social (Peter Hammill) at the @rncmlive.bsky.social
And here’s the bookshop, sadly closed 25 years ago.
September 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
And here’s the bookshop, sadly closed 25 years ago.
In addition to John Harris, also went to see Mick Herron/Will Smith (on Slow Horses/Clown Town) and Michael Sheridan (on Xi Jinping). But the highlight of the Jersey Festival of Words of course was @janecr.bsky.social talking about her parents’ bookshop, Thesaurus.
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In addition to John Harris, also went to see Mick Herron/Will Smith (on Slow Horses/Clown Town) and Michael Sheridan (on Xi Jinping). But the highlight of the Jersey Festival of Words of course was @janecr.bsky.social talking about her parents’ bookshop, Thesaurus.
From Prague to Berlin
September 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
From Prague to Berlin
Mahler conducted here at the Moravian Theatre, then the German Municipal Theatre I think.
September 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Mahler conducted here at the Moravian Theatre, then the German Municipal Theatre I think.
And Freud was briefly here as well
September 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
And Freud was briefly here as well
Have been in Brno, CZ for a few days. Yesterday, went on a bit of a Janáček tour. Now off to Olomouc.
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Have been in Brno, CZ for a few days. Yesterday, went on a bit of a Janáček tour. Now off to Olomouc.
Unhinged Daily Mail front page. Pathetic.
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Unhinged Daily Mail front page. Pathetic.
Right, that's enough re/posting the bad stuff; now enjoying Czechia after two great concerts in Dresden. Oh wait, same shit affecting Czechia as Eastern Germany as UK (all with different nationalists inventing different myths and lies) - it's like they've been globalised with far right money.
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Right, that's enough re/posting the bad stuff; now enjoying Czechia after two great concerts in Dresden. Oh wait, same shit affecting Czechia as Eastern Germany as UK (all with different nationalists inventing different myths and lies) - it's like they've been globalised with far right money.
11am concert in the Semperoper: Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings, a sublime performance of Mahler's Rúckert Lieder (with Marie-Nicole Lemieux) and Gatti conducting the brilliant Staatskapelle Dresden in a barnstorming version of Mahler's 5th symphony. Glorious weather as well #Dresden
August 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
11am concert in the Semperoper: Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings, a sublime performance of Mahler's Rúckert Lieder (with Marie-Nicole Lemieux) and Gatti conducting the brilliant Staatskapelle Dresden in a barnstorming version of Mahler's 5th symphony. Glorious weather as well #Dresden