And... if you're wondering what happened to the extra And... it's gone. I was going to start expanding this blog into other areas apart from words and music. But I'm now going to be able to do that in a new online project, which should be up and running in April.
More news on that nearer the launch.
Words and Music will be sticking to words and music.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Pistorius... Pastorius
I've been away... I'm back.
Whenever I hear the name Pistorius (which I seem to do quite frequently at the moment) I hear it as Pastorius — another remarkable person and troubled soul.
While I find it difficult to warm to the macho, guns and ego story of Pistorius, I still find the tale of Jaco Pastorius a hard one to bear.
Apparently a sufferer from a bipolar disorder (which may in its way have fuelled his genius for playing electric bass), Pastorius ended up on medication, on too much alcohol... and finally on the street.
His work with Weather Report, Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell was stunning. His death in 1987 — after an altercation with a bouncer — at the age of 35 must be one of music's greatest tragedies.
Whenever I hear the name Pistorius (which I seem to do quite frequently at the moment) I hear it as Pastorius — another remarkable person and troubled soul.
While I find it difficult to warm to the macho, guns and ego story of Pistorius, I still find the tale of Jaco Pastorius a hard one to bear.
Apparently a sufferer from a bipolar disorder (which may in its way have fuelled his genius for playing electric bass), Pastorius ended up on medication, on too much alcohol... and finally on the street.
His work with Weather Report, Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell was stunning. His death in 1987 — after an altercation with a bouncer — at the age of 35 must be one of music's greatest tragedies.
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