The 2012 Olympics are over. If you weren’t in the UK you might not have been aware of just how transformative these two weeks were. That I’m even talking about it is evidence enough. Like many of my geek and writer friends I’ve often found myself in the position of fighting against the popular attention…
Category: drumming
BitchBuzz: The Next Big Thing
My latest column: Women are Key in Discovering the Next Big Thing The latest innovation from iTunes launched this week. Ping was supposed to revolutionize the music experience. Reviews, however, were tepid. The “social network for music” as Apple promotion called it turned out to be less social than existing networks and not integrated with…
Master Class with Evelyn Glennie
I roused myself from my sick bed on a Sunday morning to head to campus to enjoy the rare opportunity of a master class led by world-renown percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie (soon to appear on Ready Steady Cook!). If you haven’t heard her play or seen her fabulous film Touch the Music, you really need…
K. A. Laity 