2009/11: Matter -- Iain M. Banks

Matter -- Iain M Banks

The galaxy was linked like chain mail ... It was all loops and circles and long, joined-up threads and looked like that old-fashioned stuff some old knights from the deepest, darkest shires and valleys still wore when they ventured to court, even if they rarely polished it in case it got worn away. (p. 320)
( my slightly spoilery review )

[concert] Colin Steele (trumpet) / Robert Pettigrew (piano)

"Flat fives and strange movements in the chords," said Steele, introducing one of his own compositions.

Today's Anglia Ruskin lunchtime concert (a selection of jazz) did nothing to change my opinion* about jazz. But it did not distress me in the way that some avant-garde jazz does, and while the music made no sense to me (indeed, I scribbled myself a note about the pseudo-Neanderthal music being more 'musical' to my brain) I was able to appreciate the musicians' skill, both in playing and in interpretation.

*DOEZ NOT WANT