Posted by Wendy Davis on June 2, 2015 and filed under blogjune•life•music•Uncategorized
Yesterday afternoon I just happened to be listening to @TunnRocks as I frequently do. And suddenly amidst the twists and turns of rock and/or roll I heard something that made me think I had inadvertently changed the station. John Denver. Yes that’s right. He of Grandmother’s Feather Bed fame. Leaving on a Jet Plane. Rocky […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 1, 2015 and filed under blogjune•life•music
I’ll begin with the usual apology. I cannot believe that I’ve not written a post since December 31. I’ve definitely thought about it. Perhaps I confused the posts I wrote for the work blog with my own personal blog. Either way, it’s the 1st of June and here I am looking down the barrel of […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on October 12, 2014 and filed under days of the week•music
I am at choir rehearsal but by the magic of the interwebs here is a running commentary on tonight’s @TunnFM playlist put together by yours truly. 1. Pixies – Bird Dream of Olympus Mons – start with a classic they always say. Well, I say anyway for this evening. And we all know all Pixies […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 30, 2014 and filed under blogjune•music
I was going to write something but decided to wrap up #blogjune with a song instead
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 27, 2014 and filed under blogjune•culture•life•music
I had an interesting conversation with my violin teacher at the end of my lesson today. We’d been working through some technical things, tiny micro-problems and challenges. We’d spent nearly half an hour on the first 8 bars or so the Beethoven G major Romance. Every time I played it, I was dissatisfied with the […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 24, 2014 and filed under blogjune•books
Little did I realise that in 2011, when I tentatively purchased my first Kindle, that it would change the way I read and consume books. My hoarding tendencies and love of books meant that I adored buying books in hardcopy. Whether it was to read once or many times, I had a […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 22, 2014 and filed under blogjune•culture•films•music•Uncategorized
Last night I decided to take my own adjustable piano stool to play at our choir concert. At our rehearsal on Thursday evening the seat with the piano in the hall annoyed me no end. It was too low and not adjustable. As a pianist it is rare that you ever perform on the instrument […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 21, 2014 and filed under blogjune•culture•life•living in the regions•music
Since I moved back to Bundaberg I’ve been involved with the Bundaberg Orpheus Singers. I was excited to join a choral group singing in 4 part harmony. Believe it or not – not all regional centres have adult singing groups. I was happy to sing with the altos for the first few years. I liked […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 10, 2014 and filed under blogjune•culture•music•Uncategorized
I opened up Spotify for the first time in months this morning thinking I would start using it on a regular basis. It looked like it would take a long, long time to get rid of the rubbish recommendations and set up playlists so I closed it again. Perhaps later. So I returned to my […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 8, 2014 and filed under blogjune•culture•films•life•living in the regions•music
Over the last year I’ve been trying to keep up to date (and do a massive catch up) on my film watching. One problem with living outside a capital city is that we tend not to get independent or more interesting films. Or, they play for a week at unfortunate times and then disappear. The […]